Ranch with Wings?

[CreamyGoodness]

I wanna feel the burn, I ALWAYS get the hottest sauce they have, for me that is the reason for eating wings. I swear I almost get a buzz from super hot food.

*I cannot confirm what I am about to say as I am not a doctor or a scientist*

I have heard that that is almost exactly what is happening. The body is fooled into believing it is literally on fire, or has come into contact with fire, and does the only things it can do to combat this. It initiates perspiration and releases the body's natural painkillers. The hotter the peppers used, the more painkillers the body releases.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

You guys can keep your nasty Bleu Cheese. FWIW I rarely eat wings. I don't recall ever eating them with ranch or bleu Cheese, but I've had bleu cheese several times and I don't care for the flavor. The flavor that seems to keep coming up for hours and hours after.

I don't mind celery though. I often eat it for a snack at work. It's better with ranch though.

Sorry to do this to you (I know I argue against personal taste in food a lot, but seeing as my wife teaches cheese classes as part of her job I am morally obligated in this case). If what you are referring to is a dislike of bleu cheese DRESSING, this can be combatted by using a good quality bleu cheese cut into a bit of mayo and sour cream in order to make your own. Most often bleu cheese dressing is made with a very strong cowsmilk bleu, which (though I personally like it) might be a bit much for some.

Bleu cheese is such an umbrella term for a wide range of cheeses that have been exposed to either/or of 2 distinct secondary bacteria that saying you dont care for bleu cheese is like saying "I dont care for dark beer."

Should you ever find yourself in New York, the wife and I will see to it you have the good stuff.

If you decide to do some fiddling on your own, I would personally suggest Rogue River Bleu out of Oregon.

/rant

 

[MidTNJasonF]

Around here they are generally called Hot Wings and not Buffalo Wings. Regardless of what you call them salad dressing, Bleu or Ranch, simply has no place on wings. Just eat the damn wings ya big sissy.

I do have to agree with ol' Creamy above though. If you think you do not like Bleu Cheese dressing you really owe it to yourself to try some that is made from some quality cheese. I used to think all Bleu Cheese was nasty until I had some really good stuff that was so rediculously creamy and flavorful. Counterpoint however, if the cheese is really good stuff it is a shame to mix it up with a bunch of other pedestrian crap to make a sauce or dressing. Just enjoy the cheese, maybe with a light drizzle of local honey and a light cracker if you must.

Oh and chili... beans aside stop making crap with ground beef and calling it chili. You are not making chili you are making hamburger helper. Chili should have real chunks of honest to goodness meat in it not the frozen brick of 80/20 from the grocery store.

 

[KurtB]

How about wings topped with chili, topped with tortilla chips, topped with ranch, then topped with cheese sauce!! Oh, and throw a few hot dogs in there too.
I think I just discovered what I'm making for Super Bowl this year.

Don't forget the big handful of horehound candies for dessert.

As for the debate. Bleu Cheese, if it is good quality. Not something poured out of a bottle or scooped out of a gallon bucket by the dish washer/cook.

If the bleu cheese sucks, the wing sauce probably does as well and I won't be back a second time - at least not to eat the wings.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I skip eating super hot hings & just rub them on my crack. that way I can feel the burn right away. (and if y'all didn't catch that, I don't like wings of any kind. or chicken for that matter.)

 

[estricklin]

Sorry to do this to you (I know I argue against personal taste in food a lot, but seeing as my wife teaches cheese classes as part of her job I am morally obligated in this case). If what you are referring to is a dislike of bleu cheese DRESSING, this can be combatted by using a good quality bleu cheese cut into a bit of mayo and sour cream in order to make your own. Most often bleu cheese dressing is made with a very strong cowsmilk bleu, which (though I personally like it) might be a bit much for some.

Bleu cheese is such an umbrella term for a wide range of cheeses that have been exposed to either/or of 2 distinct secondary bacteria that saying you dont care for bleu cheese is like saying "I dont care for dark beer."

Should you ever find yourself in New York, the wife and I will see to it you have the good stuff.

If you decide to do some fiddling on your own, I would personally suggest Rogue River Bleu out of Oregon.

/rant

I just started reading "Artisan Cheese Making at Home: Techniques and recipes for Mastering World Class Cheese" by Mary Karlin and Ed Anderson and I am mezmorized by this cheese thing. I've never met a cheese I didn't like after giving it a chance, even limburger. Since brewing beer spills over somewhat into other types of fermentation I figured I'd give this cheese thing a go. What book does your wife suggest to newcomers?

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Mastering Cheese by Max McCullum and The Cheese Chronicles by Liz Thorpe are important tombs on the subject . Please dont forget that SWMBO is a cheese educator and monger, NOT a cheesemaker. We have not made much cheese (as yet!)

Leading question, is Kroger big in Arkansas?

 

[estricklin]

Oh I assume too much.

Well not as big as they are in Ohio probably, but there are Krogers here, most are small though with the exception of a few.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Aha, in that case I will merely suggest you swing by a Murray's counter at Krogers if you find yourself in Ohio. If they dont send you home with the best cheese you have ever tasted, my wife will want to know!

 

[WesleyS]

Mastering Cheese by Max McCullum and The Cheese Chronicles by Liz Thorpe are important tombs on the subject . Please dont forget that SWMBO is a cheese educator and monger, NOT a cheesemaker. We have not made much cheese (as yet!)

Leading question, is Kroger big in Arkansas?

If you love cheese, I suggest you get into cheese making. I haven't made any in a while, but my wife keeps bugging me to again. She says my pepper jack is the best cheese she's ever eaten.
Creamy, I bet you could make a great okra cheese.

 

[Conan]

Bleu cheese is my preferred wing dressing, but if I get ranch I don't really care. It's dressing on a flavored bit of meat. The dressing doesn't make one wing better than another- to me, the difference is the style. Are they served in a bowl of sauce or dry rubbed or charred? I like dry wings because they're easier to eat. And yes, I enjoy flavored wings and do not like anything more than your average Buffalo medium. Flavor-egotists may say I'm a wimp but I like to taste all my food and not have hotsauce flavor burned into my tongue and lips for an hour. Kyle

 

[Homercidal]

Sorry to do this to you (I know I argue against personal taste in food a lot, but seeing as my wife teaches cheese classes as part of her job I am morally obligated in this case). If what you are referring to is a dislike of bleu cheese DRESSING, this can be combatted by using a good quality bleu cheese cut into a bit of mayo and sour cream in order to make your own. Most often bleu cheese dressing is made with a very strong cowsmilk bleu, which (though I personally like it) might be a bit much for some.

Bleu cheese is such an umbrella term for a wide range of cheeses that have been exposed to either/or of 2 distinct secondary bacteria that saying you dont care for bleu cheese is like saying "I dont care for dark beer."

Should you ever find yourself in New York, the wife and I will see to it you have the good stuff.

If you decide to do some fiddling on your own, I would personally suggest Rogue River Bleu out of Oregon.

/rant

I can't remember ever having it as dressing. I've had a few things with bleu cheese in it or on it and I've never liked it.

It's not that I dislike it so much that I CAN'T eat it, I just prefer not to.

And I have close to ZERO interest in trying to make myself like it. There are many other flavors out there to enjoy. I'll go see if I can find one more of those.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I can't remember ever having it as dressing. I've had a few things with bleu cheese in it or on it and I've never liked it.

It's not that I dislike it so much that I CAN'T eat it, I just prefer not to.

And I have close to ZERO interest in trying to make myself like it. There are many other flavors out there to enjoy. I'll go see if I can find one more of those.

Ok ok, just promise me that if we get you a free seat at a cheese class SWMBO is teaching you'll taste all seven cheeses.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Wow, I knew people here got pissy when they see someone order a BMC. Never knew they got pissy seeing what type of sauce I dipped hot wings in. Next they'll be telling me I can't have BBQ sauce on my pulled pork and can only put mustard and relish on a hot dog.

The problem is that most people who prefer ranch either have never tried the bleu cheese or don't remember it.

It is akin to my 5 year old that thinks ranch goes on everything.

Grow up.

Blue cheese you might aswarm have a sweaty sock with them

you can say that again!! But it will still make no sense.....

Stupid auto correct as well not aswarm

...................

Ranch rocks. If I wanted nasty ass bleu cheese funk I would eat my wings out of a twinky Notre Dame jock strap.

Poor, poor lost soul. Ranch is for girls and little kids.

Here in CA it seems to be standard practice to supply ranch with wings, rather than blue cheese. I have to specifically ask for blue cheese, and even then lots of places DON'T HAVE IT. I have basically given up on eating good bar/restaurant Buffalo wings in this state. Even when they have blue cheese, the wings usually aren't very good anyway. It's like nobody has ever heard of Frank's Red Hot at these places. So, if I'm doing Buffalo style wings I will just make my own at home and do them the right way.


On the other hand, we have the Korean spicy garlicy wings, and Japanese tebasaki, both of which are fantastic in their own right.

You poor fellow!

While I respect the rights of others to use ranch or some other condiment or dressing on their chicken wings, bringing me a plate of wings with no bleu cheese dressing offered is akin to telling me to die in a fire.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

ranch is tasty. blue cheese is tasty. neither is just for women or children.

 

[cheezydemon3]

ranch is tasty. blue cheese is tasty. neither is just for women or children.

They are, I just think that many people think they don't like bleu cheese when in fact, they would love it.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

They are, I just think that many people think they don't like bleu cheese when in fact, they would love it.

I've found that very true myself. "Hey! I thought this was ranch! What is it?"

 

[landshark]

I don't know about the "you would like blue cheese" quote. I had it the other day ordered wings, came with blue cheese in one and ranch in another. Tried the blue cheese, just wasn't good. At all. Ranch was excellent with the wings. I've just never liked blue cheese, even on the accidental where I just had something to dip in I'm always "WTF is this nasty $#!+?" There is no "Hey this is good, but not the ranch I wanted, what is it?"

 

[Zuljin]

The problem is that most people who prefer bleu cheese either have never tried ranch or don't remember it. And in addition to having poor short term memory, their taste buds have also been permanently damaged by eating fictional meat products marinated in icy hot.

And then there's the whole bleu spelling thing. That just the pretentious nose uppery one would expect from those who think themselves too good for ranch.

 

[GrogNerd]

there IS a distinction between "wings" and "buffalo wings"

I like both

I MIGHT have wings with BBQ sauce, but my buffalo wings don't get bleu cheese or ranch.

bleu cheese (or ranch, but I prefer BC) is for the celery that comes as a side with my buffalo wings

but that is ONLY MY preference and I won't be forcing that on others nor have others force their preference on me.

 

[CGVT]

Ranch with wings?

Hahahahahahahaha

Carry on.

 

[cheezydemon3]

And then there's the whole bleu spelling thing. That just the pretentious nose uppery one would expect from those who think themselves too good for ranch.

LOL!! You is funny.

It is spelled bleu on the sh!t I buy, you want me dumb it down not to offend you?

Fat chance.

(you are still my favorite troll)

 

[unionrdr]

Put cole slaw on tha tgravied up weenie & you now have a WVA slaw dog. Good stuff! I want blue cheese dressing with my wings if any at all. Most of the time,I like'em neckid. Sometimes the honey lemon garlic ones are good,especially with a hefe. Or the parmasean wings can be tasty. I'm a freak for regiano.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I don't know about the "you would like blue cheese" quote. I had it the other day ordered wings, came with blue cheese in one and ranch in another. Tried the blue cheese, just wasn't good. At all. Ranch was excellent with the wings. I've just never liked blue cheese, even on the accidental where I just had something to dip in I'm always "WTF is this nasty $#!+?" There is no "Hey this is good, but not the ranch I wanted, what is it?"

i disagree with your statement.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I don't know about the "you would like blue cheese" quote. I had it the other day ordered wings, came with blue cheese in one and ranch in another. Tried the blue cheese, just wasn't good. At all. Ranch was excellent with the wings. I've just never liked blue cheese, even on the accidental where I just had something to dip in I'm always "WTF is this nasty $#!+?" There is no "Hey this is good, but not the ranch I wanted, what is it?"

i disagree with your statement.

I concur with Billy-klubb

For the record, I DON'T eat bleu cheez or ranch ON my wings.

It is for the celery.

 

[GrogNerd]

It is for the celery.

exactly.

salad dressing is for vegetation

 

[Zuljin]

LOL!! You is funny.

It is spelled bleu on the sh!t I buy, you want me dumb it down not to offend you?

Fat chance.

(you are still my favorite troll)

Uh-huh. This is bleu cheese. That bleu cheese flavored ranch dressing, oh... OOOHHHHH! Yeah. That's right. Try dipping that little frail chick wing into a solid block of cheese. Or try scooping out a chunk with a celery stalk.

Celery. May as well eat from the bottom of the lawn mower.

 

[Zuljin]

So we went to a wedding and they served a home cooked style meal. Brisket, corn bread, something else, salad and mashed potatoes. And what I thought was gravy.

I poured this "gravy" on my taters and brisket and proceeded to chow down. My wife doesn't say a word. After I was done, I commented on how the gravy had an interesting zing to it.

She about falls out. "That was Italian vinaigrette! I wondered what you were doing."

 

[two_hearted]

I used to would argue with you on that one but I'm going to let it go, because after staying a year in Cincinatti I learned there are worse ways to mess up a good bowl of chili. There, they put noodles and crap with the chili, and the chili is seasoned with cocoa powder and cinnamon, and yes it tastes as bad as it sounds. If you pass by a Gold Star, do just that, pass by.

I really get what the OP meant, I mean wings SHOULD come with blue cheese autmoatically, not ranch. If your that werid picky eater that tried blue cheese once when you were 6 and have your mind made up against it, by all means ask for the ranch, but let the rest of us be able to assume our wings are going to come with it.

Cincinnati chili is not chili... I've lived here for 11 years and they all seem to think its ok to put cinnamon and cocoa into their meat sauce, but it is not chili. It is a meat sauce that goes on tiny hot dogs. Don't get me wrong, skyline and gold star are a guilty pleasure. It took me a few years to try it and a few more to appreciate and crave it. However, it's not chili. It's not even chili dogs. Skyline is to chili dogs what White Castle is to burgers.

Furthermore, chili can contain beans, and always contains chiles.

Additionally, keep your ranch for your iceberg lettuce and dominos pizza... Sick.

****, I might even go eat some skyline tomorrow. You've got ,e thinking about it.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Cincinnati chili is not chili... I've lived here for 11 years and they all seem to think its ok to put cinnamon and cocoa into their meat sauce, but it is not chili. It is a meat sauce that goes on tiny hot dogs. Don't get me wrong, skyline and gold star are a guilty pleasure. It took me a few years to try it and a few more to appreciate and crave it. However, it's not chili. It's not even chili dogs. Skyline is to chili dogs what White Castle is to burgers.

Furthermore, chili can contain beans, and always contains chiles.

Additionally, keep your ranch for your iceberg lettuce and dominos pizza... Sick.

****, I might even go eat some skyline tomorrow. You've got ,e thinking about it.

JESUS CHRIST. Who let you in??? The chili nazi thread is down the hall!

For the record, skyline is AWESOME. Call it what you want. There are many who would howl at you for beans in chili. I am not one of them. I would stand by your side and thwart them ......mightily.