Wed Sep 04 2002 at 16:00:41
Ranch dressing got its name because it was first mixed up and served at the Hidden Valley Ranch in Santa Barbara. Hidden Valley was a dude ranch in the 50s and 60s run by Steve Henson. Ranch was based on a recipe Henson first developed for hard working workers in Alaska who wanted a calorie-rich dressing. He made it from a mixture of mayo and buttermilk. When he opened his ranch, he tweaked the recipe a bit for the more refined tastes of his LA patrons.
The dressing soon came to over shadow the offerings of the ranch itself. People began to visit just to buy a jar of the dressing. Eventually he created a powdered version for sale in grocery stores. The dude ranch business was shelved and the land was converted into a mixing and packing center. Eventually volumes increased so much that the small road that ran to the ranch couldn t handle the truck traffic and the operation was moved to Nevada.
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