# Bleu Cheese Dressing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681 "2001-08-17T03:15:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JCavalieri70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JCavalieri70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCavalieri70)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/1 "2001-08-17T03:15:34Z")
Does anyone know the origin of serving both blue cheese dressing and those little slivers of carrots and celery with buffalo-style chicken wings? Certainly, the blue cheese can diminish some of the slight spiciness of the chicken, and it is aesthetically pleasing, I suppose, but…? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/2 "2001-08-17T03:17:42Z")
I dunno where the BC or the celery or carrots came from, but I just wanted to chime in that I absolutely love blue cheese. I’ll eat it on damn near anything. ---
**Author:** ![Evno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Evno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evno)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/3 "2001-08-17T03:25:54Z")
very nasty stuff, tastes like you just ruined your food by pouring mold on it. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/4 "2001-08-17T03:46:19Z")
Roquefort is better than blue cheese. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/5 "2001-08-17T04:10:58Z")
And still no real answers. The celery and carrots are there to cleanse the palette if you really get burned bad. Also, the bar folks want you to have a healthy and fibre-filled diet. If you don’t eat your greens, how can you get your beer? ---
**Author:** ![Evno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Evno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evno)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/6 "2001-08-17T04:15:03Z")
eew, _blood pudding_?! No thank you! I’ll stick to the Brain and Kidney Pie. ---
**Author:** ![MrDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MrDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDeath)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/7 "2001-08-18T07:05:38Z")
Ruined your food? The mouldier the better I say! Give me your Roquefort, your Camembert, your huddled Stiltons yearning to be Brie! If I want a sterile environment, I’ll move to a hospital. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleu-cheese-dressing/76681/8 "2001-08-18T09:59:40Z")
Check out a couple of the origin stories at the below website… [http://buffalo.about.com/library/weekly/aa090699.htm](http://buffalo.about.com/library/weekly/aa090699.htm) The “Epicurious Food Dictionary”, according to the piece, claims the Anchor Bar as the originator. Another man John Young may have sold them in the 60’s but it doesn’t state whether it was with dressing or not.