Well, years ago Hidden Valley set up a hunt a la Willy Wonka style, but with only one golden ticket in one bottle of ranch, only sold to people living in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, the Dakotas, and participating stores in Nebraska and Missouri. The person who finds and comes forward with the golden ticket gets to learn the location of the Hidden Valley. We're always in a scramble to increase our own chances of finding that ticket, so we have to use it on everything we can get our hands on. Some say it was all a trick by the company, but the true believers like myself know it's out there waiting for it's winner.
I once dipped a chocolate chip cookie in ranch. This was a Mistake. To be fair, I was much younger. To be unfair, I was still much too old to excuse this.
Never tried to duplicate Dorothy Lynch, although we've made homemade Ranch and French dressing before. I like to put a little Dorothy on my (American) tacos or dip my grilled cheese in it also. 😋
As a Buffalo resident, ranch on wings means they're not Buffalo wings. Buffalo wings are spicy chicken wings with blue cheese dressing. If they're not spicy, they're not Buffalo wings. If they're not chicken wings, they're not Buffalo wings. Same for the dressing.
Don't think I've bought ranch in 15-20 years. Not a big fan huge fan of ketchup these days either. If I get a sauce at all it's usually honey mustard. Salad dressing I'm a bit across the board: Caesar, french, raspberry vinaigrette, just had a really good roasted sesame seed dressing.
Some ppl seem to like a sauce more than what they're putting it on. Don't think I've ever been that person.