Posted on 11/20/2021 7:36:04 AM PST by mylife
Eggnog: You either love it or hate it. But as controversial as the holiday drink may be — it’s only a fraction as contentious as ranch dressing, which is way off the love-or-hate chart.
Now the genius marketers at Hidden Valley Ranch — who have previously brought to the world such marvels as Halloween-treat-sized HVR packets and HVR Crocs — have boldly piled controversy upon controversy and seen fit to introduce a Limited Edition Holiday RanchNog Kit.
Yes, a kit to make ranch dressing eggnog is actually a thing you can now buy for $50 at the Hidden Valley Ranch Shop.
“This ranchified take on the iconic, sometimes polarizing drink marries the creamy, slightly sweet elements of eggnog with the savory, cool and herby flavors of ranch to delight superfans and surprise skeptics with how good it actually is,” the brand boasts.
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Eeew
A southern shipmate from Ga freaked out when I put butter, sugar and milk on my grits.
I’d never seen a grit, I thought it was cream of wheat.
You Sir! have offended my honor! you put black pepper on grits!
If I am ever down that way.... : )
UGH!
I used to have family in South Carolina, and started eating grits after traveling there and other parts of the South. I always put salt, pepper, and butter. I like shrimp and grits too. My one son discovered that jelly was what he liked. I have heard of other things, such as maple syrup. I am not sure what the “right” way is to eat them. I have never had anyone at a Waffle House look at me as if I were doing something strange. A lot of places never serve anything with them except butter, so I figured that with salt and pepper was the way to go. I consider grits to be like rice — a neutral flavored food that you can do a lot with.
they makem good up north too but them old ladies at the VFW in Tx been doing it a loooong time.
This was in SC! Dean was very upset! Butter and Peppah Sir!
I don’t care how much brandy you put in it.....no. Just no.
Those kinds of places, or church halls, are often good for a lot of things, especially with the older generation in charge. They know and care about what they are doing. My father used to go for a good lunch every Wednesday at the American Legion in his town.
Amen
smothered poke chops with stuffing and gravy!!
I love those places!!
Yeah, no.
I always called him on Wednesdays, and he would always tell me about what he had good for lunch. He was a member of that post, so it was a good social outing too.
Up here, Friday fish dinners are a big deal, and a lot of taverns, fraternal lodges, and churches have them. Some Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches make pierogis and other Eastern European foods, sometimes all year, sometimes only seasonally. The Serbian Orthodox church near here makes bakala during fasting times before Christmas and Easter. Bakala is rehydrated dried salted codfish mixed with boiled potatoes and lots of garlic. That’s where garlic belongs.
Love it!
Ranch Nog? Not so much.
Was it at the Cow Patio? Grand daughter had a birthday there. It was some where around Kansas City,MO.
I like ranch dressing, but I wouldn’t want to mix it with eggnog. That’s a bridge too far even for this ranch fan.
I sometimes make my own eggnog. The only problem is no matter how thoroughly you blend it, it will seperate, so you have to remix it. Besides being unhomogenized it is unpastuerized as far as the raw eggs go. I use alcohol to scald the nog. I use the same recipe for homemade or commercial eggnog.
1 part eggnog
1 part 80° dark rum
1 part 86° VS Cognac
Nutmeg to taste
Bacteria won’t dare live in it.
You won’t care.
Folks who weren’t eggnog afficiandos suddenly become huge eggnog fans.
The only mistake you can make is not having enough on hand.
Merry Christmas!
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