28 April 2009

Ranch dressing and the American Spirit


H mixed up a tasty batch of vegetable dip for Saturday's party using only mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. It was a far cry from the ranch-flavored dips popular all over America and responsible for the traumatizing image above: "Blitz Blintz, a large meat pizza rolled like a blintz filled with ranch dressing," from This Is Why You're Fat.

Passenger H: I think that ranch dressing may be one of the aspects of America I find most disconcerting.
Passenger J: Are you bothered by its exceptionalism or its ubiquity?
Passenger H: Both. Obviously.

This is why my country can seem so bizarre from the outside. We are One Nation, Extra Cheese.

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