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We're not talking about real rules like "No double dipping." No, I'm talking about everything else, like what dipping sauces go with what kinds of finger foods, if it's okay to "embellish" a dipping sauce with salt, pepper, or Tabasco, or whether you can dip in one sauce and re-dip in another to make a "combo" dip. Obviously, if you're eating your own plate of chicken fingers, you can do whatever the hell you want. If you're sharing an appetizer platter, what do you do?
I do everything. First of all, when the restaurant offers honey mustard with the chicken tenders because that's normal and accepted, I still like to ask for Ranch dressing and BBQ sauce. If I recall from my old Chicken Nuggets days, breaded, deep-fried chicken goes with: BBQ sauce, Sweet & Sour, and Honey Mustard. So the Ranch dressing is a little off.
As far as what goes with what, I would say tartar sauce for fish sticks, marinara sauce for mozzarella cheese sticks, and Ranch dressing for deep-fried zucchini. French fries, however, are the universal dipper. They can be dipped in ANYTHING. Sometimes I use sriracha sauce.
Embellishing just comes instinctively to me. I just automatically add Tabasco sauce to my Ranch dressing or BBQ sauce(always to ketchup, though I don't like ketchup that much to begin with). Salt and pepper, though? Not so much, if the dipping sauce are made correctly. Those dipping sauces should be fairly salty.
With chicken fingers, I always ask for multiple sauces because I like to dip in one, then re-dip in another. Bright yellow Honey Mustard sauce turns a creamy pale golden after a Ranch-soaked chicken finger makes a couple of passes through it. Ranch dressing becomes spotted with deep dark reddish brown of BBQ sauce. In the end, all of the sauce are varying shades of...beige.
What about French fries? I actually don't drip French fries in anything at all unless it's a bit of Ranch dressing, and that's a very special occasion. Some people dip their fries in mayonnaise, which I just can't bring myself to do, but dousing them with malt vinegar is pretty tasty.
Does anyone else have weird dipping rules, habits, or even choices in sauces?
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4-30-2006 @10:30PM Ginny said... Mustard - preferably brown spicy but never honey - for French fries and creamy Italian salad dressing for chicken fingers are my dips of choice. Actually creamy Italian is a great dip for almost anything dippable.
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4-30-2006 @11:54PM Chris Coyier said... Reminds me of a song I wrote a couple years ago:
On my mashed potatoes - you can guess what I will put
Tobasco & Black Pepper - you gotta mix it in real good
Easy on the Vodka - Heavy on the To-Bas-Co
One more Bloody Mary - Just before I go
Tobasco & Black Pepper - I put you on my food
Tobasco & Black Pepper - You make me go mmmmm good
Also:
Why does no where have ketchup in the little tubs like McDonalds Sweet & Sour come in? Ketchup packets are primative and need to be stopped.
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5-01-2006 @10:25AM B said... Tartar sauce is supringly good on chicken tenders or french fries.
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5-01-2006 @11:47AM Jumper said... I make a sauce of ketchup and mayo to dip my fries in.
And I when I am just using ketchup I add salt to it instead of the fries because when you salt the fries the salt falls off but salting the ketchup gets more salt on the fries.
Oh well, I think I have just shared more than I should have.
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5-01-2006 @11:48AM Jumper said... I make a sauce of ketchup and mayo to dip my fries in.
And I when I am just using ketchup I add salt to it instead of the fries because when you salt the fries the salt falls off but salting the ketchup gets more salt on the fries.
Oh well, I think I have just shared more than I should have.
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5-01-2006 @12:43PM TheMatt said... Sarah, I think you need to come out to Denver and we'll go to Vesta Dipping Grill: http://www.vestagrill.com/
As for me, I do A1 on chicken nuggets, Colman's on ham, and ranch or ketchup on fries.
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5-01-2006 @10:28PM stephanie said... I just had a mild heart attack after viewing the Vesta Grill website. I freaked out so much my husband thought I'd hurt myself. So many condiments... sauces... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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5-02-2006 @2:48PM liz said... Ranch dressing + friend cheese sticks (any kind)
French fries + shrimp cocktail sauce
And once in a blue moon, pepperoni pizza + ranch dressing.
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5-02-2006 @4:01PM Beth said... I like honey mustard with my mozzarella sticks, and definetely mayo+Ketchup for Fries. Chicken fingers can be dunked in anything, except A1. A1 should go into one place; the trash can.
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5-02-2006 @7:13PM stephanie said... Oh, and best sauce ever? Heinz 57 mixed with mayonnaise- but not too much Heinz (about 3 parts mayo to 1 part Heinz). Our friends call it French Fry fluff. Best ever.
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5-06-2006 @11:56PM Eric said... Hi, my name is Eric, and I'm a dipper.. My favorites? Chicken fingers with a 2/3 mayo 1/3 mustard dip (Kinda like that sauce that Sizzler gives you with their Malibu Chicken) and french fries with Beaver Hot and Sweet mustard.
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5-08-2006 @5:58PM v said... At vietnamese restaurants they serve a sweet chili sauce with their fried spring rolls, and you can find this sauce in many asian markets, or make your own mixing rice vinegar, chili garlic sauce and sugar. This sauce is great for anything fried, especially chicken.
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5-09-2006 @2:34PM forrest said... Ok, this sounds odd but its deeeeelicious!
saltine crackers spread with philly cream cheese, dipped in worchestershire sauce. Don't knock it till you try it!
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5-10-2006 @3:56PM Eric Krupin said... As a lad in short pants, when ordering the fish and chips and the International House of Pancakes, I would request a side of French dressing for dipping purposes. It made sense at the time.
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