# What On Earth Is 'Ranch Dressing'?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-earth-is-ranch-dressing/927036 "2020-12-02T18:52:36Z")\
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We did a thread on this fairly recently.

> [@Why do some restaurants have "House sauce" instead of Ranch dressing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-restaurants-have-house-sauce-instead-of-ranch-dressing/833802/46):
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> I would complain (not to the waitress, just an “eww” only people sitting with me would hear, maybe) if it did taste like bottled ranch. I can’t stand any bottled ranches, but sometimes quite like ranch served at some restaurants.

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