Generation Ranch

So my friend Kristen and I were on the phone one day talking about stuff that people like us talk about, and we came upon the subject of ranch dressing. That’s right: RANCH DRESSING. And apparently Kristen works with someone who believes that only people in a certain age bracket truly understand the value and diversification of ranch dressing. Don’t believe me?

True or False?

1. Ranch dressing on pizza is second only to ranch dressing as a pizza dipper.

2. A breakfast burrito? Infinitely better with a side of ranch.

3. These are obvious, but ranch makes Doritos, fries and garlic bread terribly delicious.

4. Ranch does not enhance cereal, chocolate or most cookies.

If you answered “false” to more than one of these, you are probably not in Generation Ranch. This is the same generation that grew up eating C3PO cereal, drank out of red cups at Pizza Hut and only ate Wonder Bread. We are the generation of Kool-Aid with real sugar, canned vegetables and frozen fish sticks. We are the people who went to college, discovered mozzarella sticks and ate them three meals a day. We eat cereal for dinner, drink Diet Coke for breakfast and – truth be told – would enjoy a can of Bud Light if no one were watching.

Frankly, I think our house goes through at least one bottle of ranch a week. From salads to tacos, chips to pizza, ranch is like a great pair of earrings: your outfit looked fabulous before, but ranch dressing just made you even prettier. Some of you may not get this. That’s because some of you aren’t from the Ranch Dressing Generation.

Poor you.