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>then in 1983 they began selling a premade, shelf-stable bottle of it I was born in '83 and I still remember my mom mixing ranch dressing by hand in a special
by chris_mc 8y ago
>then in 1983 they began selling a premade, shelf-stable bottle of it
I was born in '83 and I still remember my mom mixing ranch dressing by hand in a special ranch dressing mixing bottle [0] that they sold. I always wondered why she mixed it by hand back then.
[0] (image of bottle a few screens down): https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ranch-dressing-served-at-restaurants-the-most-delicious-I-can-t-find-anything-even-close-in-a-bottle https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ranch-dressing-served-at-re...
- noer 8y agoOh, that bottle looks exactly like those shaker bottles people use for protein shakes. We had one of those bottles too, but it was red.
- jhowison 8y agoI find the taste of the hand mixed one to be an improvement on the premade bottled one. Although my preference for the taste may be nostalgic as that is what my parents and grandparents did as well.
- mrslave 8y agoIn the book The Hidden Persuaders (1957) by Vance Packard he describes research into failing pre-made products that revealed the buyers (homemakers) felt less self-worth if they weren't required to undertake at least some of the preparation. (IIRC cake mixture was the case study.) There was also a similar response by pharmacists when drugs first appeared on the market requiring no preparation.