Ranch Dressing
Elizabetharess
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Does anyone have an original recipe for Ranch Dressing? I had one but it wasn't all that good.
No MSG, please.
Elizabeth
No MSG, please.
Elizabeth
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So here's something that you might like instead or even better. Once upon a time in the 50's, it was a closely guarded secret recipe from a supper club in Galveston. I lived there as a kid and my mom's friend Flossie conned it out of the chef. So, depending on whom you ask, this is either Flossie's salad dressing, The Balinese Room Dressing, or white French dressing:
1 whole egg
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoon onion juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon dry (powdered) mustard,
Alert to the sqeamish: this recipe contains a raw egg. I guess salmonella hadn't been invented yet in the 50's.
Crack the egg into a blender and beat it with the dry ingredients. Remove the thingy in the lid that leaves a hole to pour things thru and start adding the oil V-E-R-Y slowly. It will get quite thick so you'll periodically have to take the whole lid off and turn the mixture with a spatula. By the time the oil is all incorporated, the mixture will be very thick. You have just made mayonnaise from scratch. Next add the vinegar, lemon juice, and onion juice, again using the spatula as necessary until enough liquid has been added to run the blender.
That's it! By the way, in case you've never seen it, you can find onion juice in the spice section in those little bottles like extracts come in.
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I should have known better. I just had to explain to my assistant why I was laughing out loud.