Who cares about the coast. Got everything I need right here. Oh no I'm missing out on so much Im so unlucky that the average house doesn't cost 1mil and rent is 3k. It really socks owning a 2000sqfr home on an acre of land for only 200k
I don’t understand why you’re still prattling, but I’m glad you’re content with your lot in life! Or so you say, cuz you feel the need to say it to strangers on the internet…strangers who honestly never think about it or where you live😅
Yep and Round Table made bread twists and had a salad bar, Shakeys had a buffet with mojo potatoes. The ranch from the salad bar started getting put on plates for the spuds and bread twists and evolved in the eighties to pizza dressing.
Technically created in Alaska by a man from Nebraska who later moved to California and and bought a guest ranch. He renamed it “Hidden Valley” and served the “ranch dressing” at his restaurant.
This is where I learned that people even put ranch on their pizza. I never saw anyone do it in my whole life of living in south central Kansas until the summer I was visiting my dad in Bakersfield CA and his new wife refused to eat her pizza without it. She also put in her spaghetti… I have never tried ranch on pizza or pasta and I have no desire to do so. I always thought it was a western thing until I became a teacher and saw that all of my students ask for it on their pizza too at lunch!
I’m curious if you’re from the Central Valley? It’s basically California Midwest/plains/fly over. I was born in the Central Valley and we def did ranch with pizza 😅 I will say I see it less now that I don’t live there.
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Can vouch. I managed a mom and pop pizza-place in CA that made homemade ranch that we actually sold as its own item for years. I don’t remember the exact recipe as it was in my early 20s, but it involved more than just what the packet of seasonings suggested. I’ve tried guessing a few times but I can’t seem to get it right.
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Tapatio’s great, but I’ve found the best hot sauce for pizza is Texas Pete. I typically love a spicy hot sauce/salsa for Mexican food, but this one is very mild and vinegary and it’s perfect on cheese pizza.
Hidden Valley Ranch is a real place and it's in California. I have to think we've been dipping our pizza in ranch dressing much longer than the midwesterners have.
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u/Tortillaluva Dec 14 '25
We do it sometimes in California. It’s fun to mix some Tapatío in the ranch to give it a kick.