World Cup Fans Embracing American Culture

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It is Tuesday, june twenty third and the TSA. has issued a notice to our foreign fans and friends who are visiting the US for the World Cup. Stop putting ranch dressing in your carry on And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ in what robes has really now become charming story and unexpected one out of the World Cup. I love this. Yes, This is one of the fun ones that we actually get to talk about because normally we pop on to do an episode and it's Death destruction, mayhem division. This is unifying who Would have thk it Ranch dressing is going to bring the world together here in the World Cup. And honestly, I didn't even necessarily know until this story and a recent experience that ranch dressing was quintessentially American. It is all ours. It was invented by a guy who was from Nebraska Moved to Alaska. Can't get more American than that. How How backacky does that sound like? But when he invented it, he was in Santa Barbara, but we'll get into that later. You always ask me too, it's funny when we go to other countries. Obviously, we love to travel. I think anyone who listens to this feed knows that. And you've even asked, like what is American? Like what do we have that people can only find here. And so we were trying to think like hamburgers that really dogs, I don't know because I feel like the Germans started all of that and then we kind of came up with barbecue and meats. And so that's where we had landed. neverever once did cross my mind that it was going to be ranch dressing that was going to put us on the map. I was gonna say culinarily speaking. Yeah, Ranch dressing, it's our thing. so funny. The French have their cuisine We got our condiment. We got our m dasin. This is such a cool story. and it It makes sense, Robes and it did because of recent experience. I thought it was in more than one place, but you and I bounced around Europe four countries in eleven days and I thought it was more than one occasion, but at least one notable one where you couldn't get any rress. I actually had the goall and now I'm laughing at myself, but we would whereere do we go? I didn't ask for it in France. That would have been reallying I was not dumb enough to ask for it in France I didn't ask for it in Belgium and I didn't ask for it in the Netherlands. I actually it didn't even cross my mind that they would possibly have it. But when we got to Ireland, I guess I felt English.' we're close enough. You know, our cultures aren't that different, you know, they should be I was just sure they were gonna have ranch dressing. She looked at me like I had three eyes. when I said, do you all have any ranch dressing or maybe some blue cheese dressing? She looked at me like I was crazy What were you trying to do? It was to dip a wing or was it Yes, I had some buffalo wings and I wanted actually asked for buuffalo sauce too Any of those three things, all they could give me was mayonnaise. At this point I'm hiding under the table as you keep asking American questions. Different flavored mayonnaise. Ew and obviously in Belgium, when they hand you fries because one has to order fries when one is in Brussels and they always just throw a big old plate of Monna on the table and for me that is about as gross as it get. So yes, I just had this experience foolishly thinking that in Europe I could have access to ranch dressing. Well, now everyone understands or at least the folks who have come to America understand why I so badly wanted ranch. They have been denied this experience for far too long Welcome to America. Yes, Rbe did it make sense? They're handing you mayo. What if they had ranch dressing available to them? Well, they're getting exposed to it. Yes, folks, there are many places around the world, of course that have ranch dressing, but a lot of places it's not It's not that prevalent. People haven't Come up with it, don't know about it. Don't keep it. It's not in the grocery store, it's not in the restaurant. So robes, they say folks are coming here and some of the stuff online, the social media is hilarious about it Folks are coming here tryrying ranch dressing for the first time Losing their mind. I love it. trying to stock up and take it back home to the point the TSA has playfully, but still they say it's serious. They're having to stop so many people trying to take ranch dressing back. And I understand it because it is so versatile. Think about it. What can't you dip ranch dressing into It's great obviously, it's a salad dressing, but then you've got The cr de, vegetables every vegg good. And you're not even a fan of anything creamy, but you love your ranch dips w wings the vegetables potato chips. Oh my gosh, hasas anyone dipped a la' potato chip? It ranch Dip. It's like crack. It's so good. So yes, not that I would know. That's just to saying. I wasn't gonna say So yes, please, please, understand that was just colloquially meant. But here's what the TSA put out Is this duffy again Because he has been very clever. I don't some probably twenty two year old running their social media account. This is very cute. It reads, it lands, It's very good. Here's the TSA post today. Who knew diplomacy could be achieved through addressing the obvious Ranch is the king of condiments. The world is slowly discovering ranch pairs perfectly with pizza, chicken wings, fries, onion rings quesadillas. crackers Chips vegetables. And the list just keeps growing. Are you kicking around the idea of flying home with your favorite dip? If you're traveling within the US, make sure to keep your carry on sauces to three point four ounces or less and plays any larger containers in your checked bags. Some heroes wear capes. others bring ranch Well done was Awesome. That's really mean really well. of that in this world from our government agencies Just Engaged with the public in a playful way I don't have that many pleasant TSA experiences, Robes. I don't think many people do. This is a nice one That's cute, that's fun, that's engaging and it kind of humanizes them. I really, really like that and wish there was more of it. And so this was all put up these next So yeah, what you read was the captions, but they had these just individual images, just blank p black pages with some of this writing on social media. So yeah, with the same post. And these were clever little sayings as well. One of them said, Okay, please avoid chugging your ranch outside security The airlines will check it for you It's kind of m make it a plane. you see people allugging their water bottle water. That's hilarious. I like this one days since the last airport ranch incident. Colon zero. That's good.. And then this is the other If you're visiting for a very large sporting event and you happen to discover ranch while you're here, please pack it in your check bag on the way home. Thank you. So they're literally putting out PSAs the TSA is about what to do with all the ranch dressing you're trying to bring with you. It's adorable. And I'm not sure how much they're really trying to cut down on the problem. They noticed a little uptick in something. so I don't know if they're just being playful or Or there is really something behind this. I haven't seen numbers about how many of these things they've collected Or would some people look, we've flown places before and been in another country found something we wanted It put it in our carry on They stopped us at the gate and we had to make a decision. We're just going to throw this away Oh we're going to go back and repack it and do the whole thing and Maybe some people are just going back and repacking and making sure they get the r. It's that valuable because you cannot get it anywhere else. I like what the Santa Clara Police Department put out. They jumped on this bandwagon as well and had a blast. And I thought this one was really clever. They said, we spent years preparing for the World Cup, traffic plans, security plans, emergency plans What we did not prepare for was a coordinated international enthusiasm for ranch dressing. We are now monitoring an emerging situation involving visitors and ranch dressing which appears to be spreading across multiple regions. If ranch dressing is accompanying you on your journey back home, please report your country of origin in the comments' trying to assess the scope of the situation That's cute And that's not something we usually assign to police. Cute. That's cute. that's almost even a service to the community there. I just love them getting in and engaging in this way. I've had not I got no negative when it comes to this, but again, Rpes,'s just It's kind of fascinating to think And we've gone places before and you discover something and Hell, we've packed hot sauce into our bag dr. We bring there's certain liquor you can only get in certain countries in the Caribbean. C certain chocolates you can only get. I evenli like European gum. I mean, there are certain things you just like in different countries that you bring back with your. Yes. and you stock up. So it's kind of cool that we have something now that's coveted that we never realized thinkink about how many times you and I have had that conversation, what is it that we have here in America that people don't know about that people can't get? neverever would have thought it. But this you did a little well, you did a big deep dive, not to minimize your dive. You did a dive on ranch dressing history and the creator Steve Henson, born in Nebraska moved to Alaska In nineteen forty nine, so he's been at this or he was at this for a while. Yeah, it's a cool. It really is a cool American story that of course I didn't know L Res. I guess I assumed. It was made in America But I thought maybe just some big company, some craft or Yeah, whatever like that. they mixed it up in a Somewhere in the lab and here's the flavor that we present Ranch, but it wasn't that at all I am going to explain that history But to go along with robes, I wanted to stick with our theme of companies getting in on this, police departments getting in on this Because craft did get involved. And I don't know, and if you can tell me, was this serious or not, Are they real? I don't know, but I feel like maybe they would issue a small batch or some sort of a one time marketing ploy and if it takes off, maybe they would start making little ranch bottles that are three point four ounces or less. just like, look, you've got the alcohol bottles that are in those self serve sizes. Mbe this is an opportunity for them that they're about to seize But yeah, they put out a photo. It was partially AI generated, which they acknowledged. But it says that they are working on a travel friendly way to bring the taste of America home. So is it introducing TSA compomliant Ranch? That's amazing. Are they for real? I mean, look They say that they're working on the real thing. I would take them at their word. What if you could capture what if they're capturing a moment here now, the world is talking about Rand's dressing But even folks, I mean, if you had the opportunity carry a few packets of ranch around with you when you He, wouldould you do that U yes. people walk peoplee carry hot sauce with them. you and I carry people and I. Okay, I won't say what we carry. But we carry seasoning you go. Especially when we leave the country So yeah If you really love ranch and you can't get it anywhere else. That's so funny. Ied that question and then immediately thought. I was like, wow We absolutely carry ingredients that we might need. Yes around Aolutely. But yes, Rob, I did not know this very much American story. I also didn't know what's in the stuff. It makes sense, but did you know what was in No I did not, but mayo, buttermilk, and herbs a mix of herbs. I knew there were herbs and knew there was buttermilk The mayo, I guess, might have been in the original recipe, but I just know a lot of times we get the packets and mix it up ourselves with like sour cream and the dip. I like that. No I just don't like anything that has that oily mayo like base or texture. And I never taste that or feel that when I'm putting it on. It always just it's so buttermilky. I love it. perfect. It's so good. Th those herbs are amazing. So how did this guy come up with this? His name is Steve Henson. He was born in Nebraska, but he moved to Alaska in nineteen forty nine after a stop in California when he was a teenager he worked Robes in Alaska in nineteen forty nine But was able to retire at the age of thirty five after he was working as a plumbing contractor. Successful then. Quite. so successful. he was able to afford to move to Santa Barbara. Hey, in the fifties, I assume it was still a thirtty swwanky place. But he bought a ranch? He got there, right and got bored retired at thirty five, maybe a gentlean farmer. Okay, so he wants to be a rancher. So what does he start doing Ranching and he bought what was called Sweetwater Ranch in nineteen fifty six and he turned it into the name of Hidden Valley an That's awesome. The company we know now, but he didn't start it Robes To make dressing, he started to be a literal guest ranch where you could come, you could rent homes, you could stay and you could go fishing, hiking. It's an outdoorsy thing, but he started serving the dressing Dinner time to the guests there Folks started going crazy. Word start spreading and then he gave a batch to a local tavern, It was a friend of his started selling it. That was the first place that ever had on a menu and it just went crazy. The ranch became a mail order business. They ended up out growowing the ranch and had to move to a big warehouse. He finally sold the company in the early seventies That is where you get your ranch. And that is about the most American story I have ever heard or American success story I've ever heard. So that's pretty cool. Oh yeah, he came up with it to feed his construction workers and whatnot, the plumbing business in Alaska. That's when he came up with it. It was just a random That's amazing. And I never knew that story. And who would have funked that it took the World Cup for us to actually learn something about head a quintessentially American continent that we all know and love that perhaps we just didn't know anything about until now. Very, very cool. How about this? when we come back Yes, we just talked about how ranch is sweeping the world, but so is a song From nineteen seventy one. We'll tell you what it is when we come back One thing we've learned is that life doesn't always follow a schedule. Summer especially can be a little chaotic, travel, last minute plans, late night with friends. So we try to focus on the small things we can control. 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So having a simple daily routine can go a long way Visit drink agG one. com slash TJ to get a free morning person hat And free Ay one flavor sampler in your welcome kit with your first AG one subscription, an eighty two dollars value. That's drinkagG one dot com slash TJ Welcome back, everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ. I wonder if all of you listening or at least some of you listening have been swept up with the World Cup fever. And you know what? I don't even really think you have to love soccer that much to just get excited about seeing all of these people from around the world make their way some of them to America for the first time. and they're not just going to big cities like New York and LA. No, they're going to Dallas. they're going to Seattle. They're going to all throughout this country and experiencing our country and maybe we're seeing our country through their eyes, people going crazy over free refills, Costco, the waffle house, twenty four seven diners, all these things that we kind of take for granted, they're in awe of. You know, I'm still kind of fascinated by some of those thingsion. We even were just in Ireland and we had some amazing people we met who were telling us every time they land in America, the first place they go is to CVS so that they can buy all the things that are banned in Europe Tetothh whitening toothpaste and whitening eyeedrops and melatonin. It's just funny. you don't realize when people come here. they're so excited to to take in so much of what we take for granted. And so it's been cool, I think, to see that all happen in a lot of news articles. So many people are on TikTok And it's just so cute to see Germans shocked that we have free refills. I mean, just little funny things like that. So those things You know, what are they calling it? This none is is hilarious. And if you ever get time to do it, just for Giggles Use the hashtag FIFA fifteen Hashtag FIa fifteen. Robes. They're saying people like your freshman year, you gain weight. People are coming to America consonsuming all of our stuff And they're picking up a FIFA fifteen pounds. That is good A hilarious and sad all in one because yes, we do know how to go some real. We like to call it comfort food, but it's just really massively unhealthy. So yes, they are leaning into the comfort food, they can go back and eat their healthy food when they get home, I guess. But the other the other fun little piece of America that is just spreading like wildfire is the song