-Isms: Views on life in rural America

Baseball, hot dogs and apple pie are considered All-American staples. Should ranch dressing be added to the list?

The condiment - oh, it’s more than a salad dressing - is an every-meal accessory for a couple of our grandkids.

Drizzle it on pizza? Check. Add dry ranch seasoning to oyster crackers for “squeaky snacks,” as my kids call the treat? Absolutely. Dip chicken strips and fries in a dollop or twenty? All the dang time.

Buy it by the gallon? Heck no, not in this house. (Dorothy, on the other hand, yes we do.) My kids, though ... I have a sneaking suspicion they own stock in Hidden Valley....