# McDonalds, give it a rest already, everyone knows that "Special Sauce" is.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095 "2010-02-08T01:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/41 "2010-02-08T23:26:42Z")
Remember this punchline? “Two Obese Patties, Special Ross, ‘n’ Lester Cleese Picking Bunions On A Sesame Street Bus.” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/42 "2010-02-08T23:28:14Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Maybe he’s thinking of Seven Seas? Naw, around here it would be more like Six Swamps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/43 "2010-02-08T23:47:58Z")
This discussion tires me. BRING ME MY RANCH DRESSING HOSE!!! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/44 "2010-02-09T00:03:51Z")
While I am probably totally wacked when it comes to my ranch/thousand island metal connection here is an interesting note: > **[Where Are These Thousand Islands? The Origins of 7 Condiments & Sauces](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/22010/where-are-these-thousand-islands-origins-7-condiments-sauces)** > > We've looked at the origins of a few of our favorite condiments on the blog before, but that didn't quite answer all of our questions about the namesakes of our favorite spreads, sauces, and dressings. Here are a few stories that you can use to... the worshistershire story is cute. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/45 "2010-02-09T00:39:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe I am just totally misremembering stuff here, but ISTR that Thousand Island was a type made by a specific company, then they got famous making that type and branched out to all kinds of other types, ranch being a “somewhat” close relative to the original “thousand island” flavor, as opposed to stuff like oil and vinegar/italian/russian/blue cheese kind of dressings. > > If I AM totally misremembering this, just ignore the fact that for some reason I made a mental connection between “ranch” and “thousand island”. Geez, its nots worth getting your salad in a toss or spilling some special sauce You’ve got it backwards. Ranch dressing was originally created by a resort called the Hidden Valley Ranch, which later expanded into selling other types of dressing. So Ranch was originally a brand as well as a type. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/46 "2010-02-09T00:46:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’ve got it backwards. Ranch dressing was originally created by a resort called the Hidden Valley Ranch, which later expanded into selling other types of dressing. So Ranch was originally a brand as well as a type. Thats probably the convoluted thought process/memory I have here. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/47 "2010-02-09T00:47:26Z")
Has everyone forgotten that the Big Mac is a poor copy of the Big Boy? Everyone where I lived knew it when the Big Mac came out. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/48 "2010-02-09T00:52:45Z")
“Thousand island” dressing once required a lengthy collection of ingredients from a vast archipelago, which in dugout canoes could take several generations to complete. So shut up and eat your goddamned Big Mac. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/49 "2010-02-09T01:38:19Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Has everyone forgotten that the Big Mac is a poor copy of the Big Boy? Everyone where I lived knew it when the Big Mac **came out**. Big Mac is gay?! :eek: Did he catch teh sauce? I don’t wanna even know about McDonals “fish sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/50 "2010-02-09T02:20:28Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Has everyone forgotten that the Big Mac is a poor copy of the Big Boy? Everyone where I lived knew it when the Big Mac came out. Except the Big Boy has an absolutely wonderful red relish on it instead of the dressing. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/51 "2010-02-09T02:52:03Z")
Not in the midwest- it’s thousand island style sauce. Now I want to go to Frisch’s! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095/52 "2010-02-09T03:15:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Try it on roast beef some time. That (or with Russian dressing) is how God intended roast beef sandwiches to be made. Isn’t that called the Morey Amsterdam sandwich \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-give-it-a-rest-already-everyone-knows-that-special-sauce-is/528095.md?page=2)