Americans—is blue cheese just a dipping sauce to you, or does it have a place on your plate beyond the wings?

My favorite is blue cheese crumbles with mixed greens, dried cranberries, candied pecans, sliced pears, and steak or chicken. Lightly dressed with either a blue cheese dressing or a vinaigrette. Absolutely delicious sweet/savory combo where the salty funk of the blue cheese is just chef’s kiss.

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Electrical-Arrival57@reddit

This is going to sound crazy, but have you tried Culver’s Cranberry Bacon Blue chicken salad? I mean, it’s not Stilton or Gorgonzola, but for a fast food salad, it’s damn good. Mixed greens, dried cranberries, bacon crumbles, cherry tomatoes, cucumber (which I ask them to leave off), blue cheese crumbles and a whole (hot!) grilled chicken breast with your choice of dressing (which, duh! Blue cheese!) Absolutely one of my favorites. Carry some candied nuts with you and you’d be set!

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Astrazigniferi@reddit

I would LOVE to get a salad like that at a fast food place! I’ve never heard of Culver’s, though. Where are they located? I’m in Seattle.

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WhereTheSkyBegan@reddit

Oof, Culver's is pretty far away from you then. Culver's is a Midwest chain. Think Wisconsin and states close to Wisconsin. If you’re ever in the Midwest and need a quick meal, Culver's is a great option, but as much as I like Culver's, I don't think it's quite good enough to warrant a long road trip by itself.

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WildwoodShadow@reddit

Our Hellmart actually has that for one of their prepped salads. It's apples, dried cranberries, candied pecans, and chicken with the mixed greens and, I think, a sweet onion vinaigrette. It's amazing. I love getting it with a bag of those garlic knots.

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CVieira12@reddit

I do this with diced apples instead of pears and a variety of vinaigrettes. Such a great salad

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littlemsshiny@reddit

That’s the salad I go for!

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brownmouthwash@reddit

It’s good in a salad with apples, walnuts, lettuce, cranberries. Or a wedge salad with bacon, tomato, and dressing.

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blumieplume@reddit

I put it with spinach, arugula, tomatoes, avocados, and sometimes salmon as well with oil and balsamic

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Wild-Sky-4807@reddit

In the fall I will do spring mix, blue cheese, and either apples or pears. And then you put a balsamic vinaigrette on it. It's delicious and you don't need very much.

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mrsrobotic@reddit

One of my go-to's as well! 🤤

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

sounds sooo good

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jaker9319@reddit

I think part of the issue that people not from the US have (and even Americans) in understanding how Americans eat blue cheese is that when it is in salad dressing or dip form it is referred to as blue cheese but when it is solid form it is usually referred to as the specific type of cheese (Gorgonzola, Stilton, Roquefort, etc.).

Although this isn't a hard and fast rule (a fairly common burger is a "black and blue burger" where the cheese is a blue cheese).

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Wild-Sky-4807@reddit

It's very good. I highly recommend it. Next September, try it out. You'll be glad you did.

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Grom_a_Llama@reddit

Youll be glad ya did

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IthurielSpear@reddit

Oh you can not forget the pecans on that, or candied pecans if you want to elevate it further

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FreyjaVar@reddit

I just like it as a general dressing tbh. Just regular salad (romaine) and whatever toppings. However i only eat it at like salad bars at restaurants. Blue cheese is really good on steaks too. Thats a fav of my husband and mine when we want it, lil bit of melted blue cheese on the steak. So yummy.

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tombo12@reddit

Look up “Wedge Salad”.

It’s somewhat of a classic in the US, but like anything it’s not everyone cup of tea.

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RhinoPillMan@reddit

Haven’t had a wedge salad in a long time, now I want one. Super refreshing on a hot day.

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p333p33p00p00boo@reddit

Honestly I really do love iceberg lettuce.

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ImLittleNana@reddit

It’s my favorite lettuce. I like to put mine in the freezer for 5 minutes before I eat it. Probably has no real decrease in temp but it feels colder and crisper to me.

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EventHorizonHotel@reddit

I’ve always heard you need the crunchiness of iceberg to hold up to the heavier dressings like Blue Cheese

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Feminist_Hugh_Hefner@reddit

and the water content of the iceberg contributes to the overall experience... it's not just marketing, it's got a LOT of water in it

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fasterthanfood@reddit

I wonder if there’s some gene for iceberg lettuce like there is for cilantro. To me, it’s basically completely tasteless. I’m not one of those “can’t stand vegetable” types — romaine is fine, and I love spinach as the base of a salad — but every time I eat iceberg lettuce, I find myself thinking “this feels pointless.”

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illegal_miles@reddit

It has a mild sweetness and subtle leafy flavor to me. Definitely not totally flavorless. Just mild.

But the real beauty of it is the texture and that it holds up well to sauces and dressing in a salad or sandwich (or gringo taco).

Personally I love it. Just wish it had more nutritional value lol

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Drew707@reddit

It's a vehicle for other flavors.

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fasterthanfood@reddit

Meaning salad dressing? That’s the only flavor I ever get on mine, even if theoretically it should be picking up something from the other salad ingredients.

Same deal on a hamburger — other than the “crunch” sensation and perhaps some desire to feel like it’s healthier, I’ve never understood why people bother putting lettuce on.

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RhinoPillMan@reddit

Dressing, meats/ bacon bits, croutons, avocado, cheeses, chickpeas, eggs, other veggies like peppers. That’s the beauty of salad, you can put whatever the hell ya want on them.

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fasterthanfood@reddit

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy all of those and salad in general. But the iceberg lettuce I don’t enjoy. By “don’t enjoy,” I don’t mean it’s awful or anything, but it basically serves to dilute the other flavors.

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RhinoPillMan@reddit

That’s understandable. I was never really big on salad in general even though I’ve been plant based for most of my life now. I just like a super iceberg heavy salad on hot days because I like the light flavor and heavy moisture content. Follow it up with some diced pineapple and it’s the perfect snack when you’re the only plant based weirdo doing blue collar work in the Florida sun.

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fasterthanfood@reddit

That does sound good! I eat a lot of meat, but hot days are exactly when I want something light and cool. Apples are my go-to “quick break from outdoor work” snack.

Speaking of low flavor high moisture crunchy snacks, you ever do celery? I used to have kind of the same feeling about celery as lettuce — it’s fine, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat it — until I recently added it to my three-bean salad recipe and found that, just like you said, the change in consistency really improved it.

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NoDay4343@reddit

I've always thought that many of the people who like it are attracted specifically to the fact that it's tasteless. That makes it a good vehicle for other flavors, like salad dressing. If you only want to taste the dressing, it's perfect.

It's also got a higher water content than most other salad greens so in addition to the crunch that water content provides, some may just like a wetter feeling in their mouth.

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RhinoPillMan@reddit

People don’t use lettuce for taste, it’s for consistency. It’s a crunchy carrier for the things that do have strong flavors. That’s why a thick wedge salad is refreshing to me; tons of crunchy water with a slight roughage taste.

Hell, flour tortillas don’t really have a taste, but I absolutely love them for burritos.

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fasterthanfood@reddit

Fair enough. Flour tortilla does have a taste I can notice and that I feel does make a burrito taste better than a burrito bowl (which is what I usually order if it’s an option, to cut down on carbs), but I see what you mean. Next time I’m eating something with lettuce, I’ll lean into the consistency and try to really appreciate it.

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DjinnaG@reddit

The taste is much more subtle than even other lettuces, the point is usually the crunch, where it really does excel. Sometimes it’s also the lack of a strong flavor, so the it provides a base that lets the flavor of the other ingredients really stand out (like in a wedge salad)

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elfalai@reddit

We have a cat that is obsessed with iceberg lettuce. He won't touch my spring mix but begs for my husband's iceberg. That kitty understands the importance of the cool crunchy greens.

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Stop_Already@reddit

I just ordered lettuce chicken wraps from a Thai place earlier this week. They came with a wedge of iceberg & it was so refreshing and wonderful. The cool/crisp plus slight bitterness was a wonderful contrast to the chicken w/ ginger, carrots and cashews. I plan on recreating it!

Usually I’d use something like Boston or Bibb but the iceberg was terrific.

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Aspen9999@reddit

My husband loves them! We almost always have a whole head of lettuce for him to cut a wedge off of. Weirdly enough, he had a wedge salad last night for a snack with blue cheese dressing.

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AliMcGraw@reddit

I love a wedge salad!

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Copper-Alchemist@reddit

I looked this up, never heard of it. It's like a hand salad! 😂

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Persis-@reddit

I just put it on regular garden salads.

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AmishAngst@reddit

Yes, leafy green salads. In addition to the ones already mentioned, it's pretty common to see blue cheese on salads that also feature fruit (pears, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, etc.). The one I had when I went out to lunch yesterday was romaine, spinach, diced chicken breast, dried apricots, glazed walnuts, and blue cheese.

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Mad-Hettie@reddit

A black and bleu salad!

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Crafty_Ish1973@reddit

I'm a fan of any kind of steak salad with a strong cheese, like crumbled blue cheese or gorgonzola.

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DrBilliyB@reddit

Butter lettuce, frisée, bacon, bleu cheese, apple, pecans. Delicious.

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WhiskyStandard@reddit

Cobb’s probably my favorite, but if you wanna get weird and fancy, beets, endives, or pears can be a great contrast.

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TheOctoberOwl@reddit

Bleu cheese dressing is different from just plain bleu cheese, but both are commonly found in salads

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mich-me@reddit

Arugula, blue cheese, grapes, and candied walnuts with a nice EVOO and balsamic reduction is my current go too.

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zixy37@reddit

There is a restaurant here called Maggiano’s. (Yes a chain), but their Maggiano’s salad is amazing. It has thinly sliced red onion, bacon, crumbled blue cheese, and some kind of vinaigrette salad dressing. They include avocado, which I do not think fits on that salad. But it is simple and very good. Not overly dressed.

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NonStopKnits@reddit

My partner likes a 'black and blue' salad that has typical greens and steak in addition to blue cheese, one of his favorite things. We have a local wing place that has house made blue cheese and he always gets it when we go for wings. They sell by the pint and we have bought the pint a few times for him.

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ghost_suburbia@reddit

Mixed greens with pecans, blue cheese crumbles, dried cranberries, some other stuff in a bagged salad kit, I've been buying that frequently. As the other poster mentioned, blue cheese is also my top choice burger topping - good with caramelized onion and tomato slice for me.

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julesk@reddit

I like spinach salad with blue cheese yogurt dressing and chopped apples.

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plotthick@reddit

Black and Bleu is my favorite. Blackened steak, beets, bleu cheese, a bunch of other stuff. Delish!

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gard3nwitch@reddit

A "wedge salad" which is like a wedge of iceberg with blue cheese and bacon and onion straws.

Or a spinach salad with balsamic or bacon vinaigrette

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diversalarums@reddit

Blue cheese has been used as a salad dressing on all kinds of lettuce salads for nearly a century. But it began to go out of favor with the advent of ranch dressing. Most people I know won't eat plain blue cheese just as a cheese. Partly it's the sharp flavor, and partly I think some people are germophobic enough to be put off by the visible mold. I like it myself.

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SadExercises420@reddit

I made myself a Buffalo chicken salad last night and put blue cheese crumbles on it.

I also put it in wraps, on burgers, steak even

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Adorable-Growth-6551@reddit

Bar and Grill near me puts it on their "Southwest Chicken Salad" it is actually pretty good, chicken with a spicy breading, lettuce, chips and salsa, topped with blue cheese.

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Zendarrroni@reddit

I worked in fine dining for years. The main one I remember is Arugula with pears, blue cheese, walnuts, cranberries, and a vinaigrette. There are many variations of this salad, much of it seasonal.

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Sufficient_Career713@reddit

I like it with radicchio, endive, and candied pecans.

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taxwench@reddit

It is in Mad Green Caesar dressing.

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seatownquilt-N-plant@reddit

for salads anything that also has walnuts and dressed with balsamic. The lettuce and vege are just filler for the right combo of walnut, cheese, and balsamic flavors.

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SadLocal8314@reddit

Roasted beet and arugula salad with blue cheese. Nothing finer.

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medium_green_enigma@reddit

Any green salad.

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WellWellWellthennow@reddit

Michigan walnut cherry salad w blue cheese.

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Fairycharmd@reddit

Baby spinach walnuts cranberries filet mignon, blue cheese crumbles

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Realk314@reddit

on a spinach and apple or strawberry salad with a vinegar dressing it's pretty good to me.

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IthurielSpear@reddit

Blue cheese salad.

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reversedgaze@reddit

anything that spinach, tomatoes, or whatever, it's generally pretty good. I will not eat it on wings because I just don't like wings.

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CandyCoatedDinosaurs@reddit

Root vegetable salads

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CriticalSuit1336@reddit

I like it best on a steak salad. Now I'm hungry for one

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Redbubble89@reddit

Wedge or Cobb salad typically.

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iowanaquarist@reddit

Many salads, particularly those with other strong or bold flavors like arugula, dried cranberries, or a raspberry vinaigrette.

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NoFleas@reddit

Crumbled in regular lettuce-based salads, aside from the Caesar salad - it's always a topping at the build-your-own salad bars.

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tsukiii@reddit

Wedge salad or pear & Gorgonzola are the ones I see most

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neBular_cipHer@reddit

It’s standard on a Cobb salad.

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

Crumbled blue cheese is a staple of the classic Cobb salad.

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Vegetable_Fly_8687@reddit

One of my favorites is a wedge salad. Wedge of iceberg lettuce, unchopped. Blue cheese crumbles, bacon, cherry tomatoes, and dressing.

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Wind_Responsible@reddit

I eat blue cheese on all sorts of salads. I also eat it with carrots, or other veggies. I use it as dip for fried foods as well. Mmmmmm

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SpiceEarl@reddit

Pretty much lettuce and vegetable salads. Blue cheese dressing was one of the more popular creamy dressings when I was a kid. More recently, it was largely replaced by ranch dressing as the creamy dressing of choice, though many restaurants have both.

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Kingsolomanhere@reddit

Biaggi's Italian Restaurant has one of my favorite salads - a wedge salad. Iceberg lettuce, bacon, oven dried tomatoes, onion, and blue cheese dressing

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Plastic-Sentence9429@reddit

I like it on almost any type of green salad, and some pasta salads. If I see it on a cheese board I'm having some, and I'll include it on mine if it fits.

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blablahblah@reddit

Pretty much that. The most common one to find it on would be a cobb salad which is lettuce, bacon, chicken, hard boiled egg, and blue cheese.

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Isgrimnur@reddit

It's a standard salad dressing option at restaurants alongside Ranch, Italian, French, etc.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

It doesn't "show up in ranch." Blue cheese dressing and ranch dressing are different sauces.

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throwa1589876541525@reddit

I think some people are confused about what ranch dressing is. A long time ago my graduate advisor had a caesar salad and complained that it was "literally bathed in ranch." It wasn't ranch, there was just more caesar dressing than he would like. Which raises other questions, like do people around the world just hate light colored salad dressings?

If this is resonating with anyone, ranch dressing is flavored with buttermilk and specific herbs. There can be variations, but just because it's opaque and white-ish doesn't mean it's ranch.

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304libco@reddit

I pretty much hate all white and creamy dressings. Anything based in mayo is gross.

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BusybodyWilson@reddit

They’re not mayo based. They may have similar ingredients, but Caesar dressing is not mayo.

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27eelsinatrenchcoat@reddit

Caesar is in fact mayo based. Lots of recipes use store bought mayo as a starting point. Fancier ones have you emulsify oil, egg yolk, and lemon juice as part of the recipe, which is just making mayo.

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Sh0ckValu3@reddit

As a kid growing up, it was my job to empty the ranch dressing into the mayo container when the appropriate amount of mayo was left in the jar.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

Ranch is generally made of various combinations of sour cream, buttermilk, yogurt, and mayonnaise. Not all ranch is made with mayo, but there absolutely are mayo based ranch dressings.

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FaxCelestis@reddit

Literally none of the dressings described are based on mayonnaise

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Thereelgerg@reddit

Ranch is generally made of various combinations of sour cream, buttermilk, yogurt, and mayonnaise. Not all ranch is made with mayo, but there absolutely are mayo based ranch dressings.

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FaxCelestis@reddit

You keep saying this but that won’t make it true.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

https://barefeetinthekitchen.com/homemade-ranch-salad-dressing/#wprm-recipe-container-20539

Mayo based ranch recipe

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hx87@reddit

Spamming mommy blogs isn't helping your case. They have a tendency to be wrong about...well, everything.

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ch00d@reddit

They are right here. Nearly every ranch recipe uses mayo. Sour cream ranch is usually just for veggie trays.

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FaxCelestis@reddit

Cool, that doesn’t make it correct either. People do all kinds of dumb shit with food and use the wrong ingredients.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

https://www.thepinningmama.com/homemade-ranch-dressing/#recipe

No mayonnaise, you say?

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Thereelgerg@reddit

https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/low-carb-keto-ranch-dressing/#jumptorecipe

Look at the 1st ingredient.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

Mo ranch wit mayo.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a10227/homemade-ranch-dressing/

Check out this ranch recipe, it's mostly mayonnaise.

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FaxCelestis@reddit

Oh my god fuck all the way off

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Thereelgerg@reddit

https://www.loveandlemons.com/ranch-dressing/#wprm-recipe-container-80388

Here is another ranch recipe with a mayonnaise base.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

https://natashaskitchen.com/homemade-ranch-dressing/

Another mayo based ranch recipe

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WorkingItOutSomeday@reddit

They're not based on mayo.

God American eaters embarrass us.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

Ranch is generally made of various combinations of sour cream, buttermilk, yogurt, and mayonnaise. Not all ranch is made with mayo, but there absolutely are mayo based ranch dressings.

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Remarkable-Bee-1361@reddit

I used to be the same. Wouldn't touch creamy dressings.

I don't remember how I realized it, but eventually I realized I only hated the dressings that didn't need refrigeration.

I don't know what they put in the dressing to make it shelf-stable, but I still hate them.

Some of the ones sold in the fridge/produce sections are good, though.

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True_Scallion_7861@reddit

I mean, I can’t speak for all restaurants of course, but I used to work at a very popular wing chain and our blue cheese dip was literally just our ranch with blue cheese added to it.

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Ananvil@reddit

Which is a sign you should eat elsewhere

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WhiskyStandard@reddit

Man… that’s neither ranch dressing nor blue cheese dressing. Amazing.

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Dwight_P_Sisyphus@reddit

It drives me crazy when I ask for blue cheese dressing on my salad and they counter with a offer of ranch. They are two completely different things, with only color in common, and I do not like ranch dressing. Sometimes they think I won't know the difference, and substitute without even asking.

It's bad enough that people offer me a side of ranch with practically everything these days. I don't need ranch with my teriyaki.

The whole thing is a pretty good example of the dumbing down of people in the U.S.

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Comfortable-Race-547@reddit

Its fucking gross and ass is a food group for me

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Any_Assumption_2023@reddit

I love blue cheese and will eat it plain.

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yourgrandmasgrandma@reddit

“And for the people who can’t stand it, is it the flavor or is it just that you’ve never had a good one?” This question is hilariously dumb. Obviously if someone can’t stand the taste of blue cheese they’re 100% going to answer that it is due to the flavor.

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

there are such things as a beginner blues, and many who have been converted! Quality also makes a huge difference for any artisanal cheese - sure you would agree.

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Dead_before_dessert@reddit

I think what they're trying to say is that unless you've tried a "good" blue cheese, how do you know that the "bad" blue cheese isn't good?

Personally I'm very "meh" about it. If it shows up on a salad I'll probably eat it, but I'm definitely not going to seek it out. And yes, I've tried many varieties including artisans ones from local creamerys and I'm just not a fan.

There are enough cheeses out there that I absolutely love that continuing to try to force myself to enjoy something I don't like seems pointless.

I know a lot of people who absolutely love the stuff, so its just a matter of taste. I do like it better than say, goat cheese though. People describe it as being mild and super creamy but all I can taste is strong, overpowering, FOOT.

I have a theory that its like the people who think cilantro tastes like soap. My taste buds are just wired slightly different.

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InannasPocket@reddit

I love cheese. I don't really care for blue cheese. Yes there are some that are ok. My husband and daughter love blue cheese so it's not that I haven't tried many varieties. I want to like it, but at best it's tolerable ... and for $25/lb give it to someone who actually enjoys it.

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Negative-Arachnid-65@reddit

The cilantro thing is actually tied to a specific set of genes that affect whether or not you can taste a specific, soapy-tasting chemical in cilantro. Same with Brussels sprouts and a chemical that tastes like burnt garbage for those with the genes to taste it at all (though in recent years, Brussels sprouts have been bred without that chemical).

I wonder if there's something similar going on with blue cheese and maybe similar flavors. What's your opinion on truffles?

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Dead_before_dessert@reddit

They're good! I like them in small doses though, as they can get overwhelming. I usually love mushrooms in general though

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kelsmania@reddit

Blue cheeses taste too much like mold smells that it really just puts me off. I’ve had plenty, and if it’s minimally in something (like on a sandwich) I will eat it, but otherwise it’s just not to my taste.

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ProfileFrequent8701@reddit

I hate blue cheese (have I had a good one? Who knows, they're all bad to me!) but I love goat cheese. So funny.

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Dead_before_dessert@reddit

I was shocked at how much I hated goat cheese the first time I tried it. I thought there was something wrong with my food. Kept trying it because my friends kept telling me how good it was.

Took me far longer than it should have to accept that for me...it doesn't matter the format. Its just inedible to me. 😞

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Negative-Arachnid-65@reddit

Yes but how would they know? Most people who don't like something - particularly a strong, distinctive flavor - are unlikely to go out of their way to buy a fancier, more expensive, and likely stronger-flavored version of the thing they didn't like. They would either say, 'No I tried it and didn't like it,' or at most, 'I may never have had an artisanal version but I don't like what I've had.' Don't you think?

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iLoveYoubutNo@reddit

I love blue cheese, but it is strong so I can't fault people for not liking it.

And higher quality blue cheese is even stronger.

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Ckelleywrites@reddit

It’s like the Europeans have arbitrarily entered a contest to determine which of them can be the most unnecessarily smug and arrogant. Pick on us for something we actually deserve; there’s plenty of it.

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garden_t00l@reddit

My wife likes blue cheese crumbles on burgers. For me on the other hand the only proper place for any blue cheese is the trash can.

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TooManyDraculas@reddit

Yes Americans are aware of blue cheese as cheese, and multiple kinds of blue cheese.

We make a lot of it. The cheese section of almost every supermarket has several options.

"Blue Cheese" in reference to the dressing is short for "Blue Cheese Salad Dressing". Much like "Ranch" is short for "Ranch Salad Dressing". And I figure some one from England of all places would be aware of the English language's propensity for shorting phrases and words.

It is also a salad dressing, originally, not a dip. We just also use it as a dip for certain things. Blue cheese doesn't "show up in ranch" those are two different things. Just cause they're both dairy based dressings doesn't mean they're the same thing, or related. And if you look at more than just Instagram and British food media, you might find that the dressing is used for a lot more than just wings. Including being one of the more common salad dressings on salads. But also that we use blue cheese a lot of different ways. besides in dressing. Including just eating it as cheese.

And for the people who can't stand it is it the flavour, or is it just that you've never had a good one?

People are allowed to not like things guy.

It might surprise that a lot of English people do not like blue cheese, even (gasp) Stilton. Which is hardly even the only English blue cheese, and outside your backyard isn't the best known (gorgonzola probably, which is what's in the dressing), or best regarded (probably Roquefort).

You might do well to ask that to another English person in person, and see what reaction you get to that. That a fully shitty way to address the subject.

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thechurchchick@reddit

Blue cheese is nothing to me. I will throw it in the trash anytime I see it. Ranch is where it’s at.

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GardenHobbit@reddit

I love to break pieces off a small wedge slowly and eat it with fresh raspberries. So good

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kd0g1982@reddit

Blue cheese tastes like ranch gone bad.

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JediLincoln14@reddit

Yes, we do have actually blue cheese that isn't a liquid.

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

hahaaa, what you do with it then?

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Madeitup75@reddit

We eat it! Sometimes alone, sometimes on stuff.

I went to the regular supermarket today. They had ~8 different blue cheeses. I didn’t buy any because I still have most of a wedge of St Agur after having some last night. I rotate between Stilton, Cashel Blue, St Agur, and a couple of American blues.

That’s common among foodies. Among the general populace, though, you’re right - not a lot of eating blue cheeses by themselves.

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Tricky-Wishbone9080@reddit

A lot of people don’t like it. I find it amazing. Along with Roquefort and Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola on a steak with sautéed mushrooms is divine.

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shelwood46@reddit

Or like me have a mold allergy that makes eating it have unpleasant consequences.

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Madeitup75@reddit

Agreed. My father is one of the people who can’t stand it - it tastes like rotten meat to him. Oh well, more for me!!

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iLoveYoubutNo@reddit

What do you do with any cheese?? Put it on stuff.

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cherrycokeicee@reddit

put it on salads and burgers and stuff. idk. cheese stuff.

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Wind_Responsible@reddit

Oooh I forgot cheeseburgers! Mmmmm so good on cheeseburgers!

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Tricky-Wishbone9080@reddit

A black and blue with bacon is my jam.

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202reno@reddit

The Triple B burger. My absolute favorite.

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MiddlePop4953@reddit

"cheese stuff" yup, that's exactly it 🧀👌

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wilkinsk@reddit

"cheese stuff" 👌

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Intelligent_Host_582@reddit

"idk. cheese stuff" 🤣🤣🤣 funny but true

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Redbubble89@reddit

what do you Brits do with salad cream? We don't have it here.

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Tricky-Wishbone9080@reddit

I bought some s to try it out. Imagine miracle whip that is less sweet and more tangy. It’s interesting. Not bad but I doubt I’d buy it on purpose again.

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Redbubble89@reddit

it was in the British pasty shop near me but I don't eat enough salad to buy it. It is unseasoned Ranch

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SilverRaincoat@reddit

Blue cheese crumbles are really good on steak too

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Responsible_Fish1222@reddit

Or in a compound butter thrown on a steak after it's done.

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jakerooni@reddit

A bit of it on a cracker with a small pear slice is divine

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WackZebra@reddit

Love bleu cheese with pears.

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Pear_tickle@reddit

Apples work nicely too

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Juniper0223@reddit

I do flatbread "pizza" with this combo - gorgonzola, pear, & prosciutto on lavash and baked until the cheese melts. Not a big blue cheese fan in general, but it does work really well here. I do enjoy an occasional bit of Cambozola on a cracker, though.

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kimness1982@reddit

I mean, what are you guys doing with it England?

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

Stilton rarebit, blue cheese dauphinoise potatoes, Stilton and broccoli soup also a great one. Plus all the regular salads and starters.

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PistachioPerfection@reddit

Blue cheese has never been a dip in my world. I can't stand the taste of the buffalo wings they use it for. I use blue cheese for steaks, salads, potatoes and appetizers.

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kimness1982@reddit

We do all of that here too. It’s certainly more popular in a dip/dressing here, but we eat in all sorts ways just like you.

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SharpAsACueball31@reddit

What do you do with it that you think we’re not doing in a restaurant? Sure it’s not as popular choice as cheddar, but it’s not some obscure thing that maybe telagio or epoisses is.

I spent a long time in relais and chateaux kitchens as a youngster. I’ve seen it used on cheese boards, salads, garnishes, melted on steaks, mornay sauce, Mac and cheese and several other ways besides a wing dipping sauce.

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Bigfops@reddit

Stuff it in dates which we them wrap with bacon, drizzle with honey and bake.

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stevepremo@reddit

Slice it and eat with crackers, melt it on a burger patty, etc. Gorganzola is amazing.

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UncomfyPerspective@reddit

I used crumbled blue cheese when I make buffalo chicken pizza.

Crust, garlic parmesan sauce, grilled buffalo chicken, bacon, red onion, crumbled blue cheese.

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3boysandachorkie@reddit

Same. Or if I make buffalo chicken soup I’ll add blue cheese crumbles

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Tiberius_Kilgore@reddit

I personally like crumbled blue cheese on a spicy chicken sandwich. Crumbled blue cheese is also a salad topping sometimes and not just liquid dressing.

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SussOfAll06@reddit

I eat it straight. After reading most of the comments, I guess I’m a weirdo. Lol

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Jim_E_Rose@reddit

Steaks, salads, burgers, by itself mostly

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

I'll generally eat blue cheese with crackers (like any other cheese). Sometimes with Italian Amarena cherries. Sometimes people have blue cheese stuffed olives in their cocktails.

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Blobwad@reddit

Burgers is the main way I eat it. Otherwise really just as a salad topping.

The salad dressing/dipping sauce is different than crumbles.

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FuckIPLaw@reddit

A lot of the same things you'd use crumbled feta for, if that helps it click.

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Any-Worldliness-679@reddit

World champion blue cheese, in fact, Rogue River Blue.

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LaLa_MamaBear@reddit

Blue cheese crumbles on a salad is delicious. Sliced blue cheese on a cracker is good.

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snarktologist@reddit

I love it in any form. Delicious!

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Ok_Storm5945@reddit

I love Blue Cheese Dressing on my salads.

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sneezhousing@reddit

Blue cheese dressing is just a dipping sauce

However you can buy just blue cheese it's used a lot on salads and cheese plates and even burgers.

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10thousndreflections@reddit

Dressing means it's for salad. Doing sauce is a side project.

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sneezhousing@reddit

Blue cheese dressing is what's 9 times out of 10 used for dipping wings.

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myheromeganmullally@reddit

It goes in the olives that go in the vodka.

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blumieplume@reddit

I buy my blue cheese imported from France to spread on bread. I also crumble blue cheese onto salads.

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Barutano74@reddit

Yes, I love blue cheeses (in their many varieties) because I adore cheese and I’ve developed a good palate for it over the decades. When I am in a cheese-producing European country, I always take something home with me.

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Footnotegirl1@reddit

It's not the most common cheese in the fridge, but beyond bleu cheese dressing, it's often served in steak houses crumbled on steak, and having bleu cheese crumbles in a salad is pretty frequent too.

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chodeobaggins@reddit

Love a blue cheese salad dressing or crumbles. Was snacking on blue cheese stuffed olives last night.

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Unique_Squirrel@reddit

We like to add it to a freshly shucked oyster and broil for a minute. Gorgonzola works this way too.

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vanishinghitchhiker@reddit

Blue cheese just tastes disproportionately salty to me for some reason, it’s like having wet clumps of salt dumped on my salad/burger/whatever. I have a similar problem with feta but it’s less pronounced. Don’t have a problem with the flavor otherwise, at least as far as I can tell.

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chicagoliz@reddit

I love blue cheese. You see it a lot on cheese plates, with steak, in salads, and on chips/potatoes.

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Jewish-Mom-123@reddit

Crumbled blue cheese is delicious on French fried potatoes or fresh fried potato crisps.

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Decent-Park-6681@reddit

Bacon and blue cheese crumbles on a burger is absolutely elite

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locustbreath@reddit

I buy Bayley Hazen bleu from Jasper Hill Farms and eat it on crackers. Yom.

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ButtholeSurfur@reddit

Blue cheese is just the cheese.

Blue cheese dressing is what you're referring to and that's mostly for wings and maybe a spicy chicken sandwich.

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Crazycatlover@reddit

And as a salad dressing.

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Bluemonogi@reddit

I have had it crumbled on cobb salads, in a salad dressing or dip, or on burgers. I will eat it on its own. I like blue cheese.

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Impossible_Kick616@reddit

I’m not fond of the flavor but I can tolerate it crumbled on a fruit and nut topped tossed salad. I think the flavor is more balanced in that case. Maybe I have never had a good blue cheese.

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Oktodayithink@reddit

I have some in my fridge. I eat it alone, in egg salad, and tonight it will go on my steak.

I also love Stilton and buy it when I find it

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animalisticneeds@reddit

I love a blue cheese crust on my steaks. Love it on my burgers. Crumbled in a wedge salad with a balsamic reduction is divine. I also love it on sourdough toast with honey drizzled over it. And i can't leave out my fave, a dirty martini with olives stuffed with blue cheese. You made me hungry OP!

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wunkter@reddit

Some of us here are buying Stilton, Gorgonzola, and Roquefort for use in salads and as items on cheese boards, although obviously blue cheese dressing is very common. I’m guessing the idea of eating mold scares off a lot of people here, even though it tastes lovely, but blue cheese is an integral element in a Cobb salad, which is ubiquitous in the states.

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Small-Neck-6702@reddit

Crumbly blue cheese, not the dressing, on green salad as a topping, melted on top of a burger or a steak, sprinkled on top of buffalo chicken wing dip after you take it out of the oven.. I love it!

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Smooth-Reputation502@reddit

I sometimes crumble blue cheese over a salad, especially with fresh tomatoes and some well aged balsamic and olive oil

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Disastrous-Nail-640@reddit

It belongs in the trash and nowhere near anything

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BigBearOnCampus@reddit

I’ll eat it on a salad or a burger. Most people just don’t like the pungent odor/flavor. I myself happen to enjoy a good bleu cheese

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Disastrous-Cat2840@reddit

Well, seeing as the American Rogue River Blue is one of the most famous artisanal cheeses in the world and won the World's Best Cheese in 2019, I would say that blue cheese is a bit more than just a dip here.

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Phil_ODendron@reddit

yeah I hate the condescending tone in these posts:

And for the people who can't stand it is it the flavour, or is it just that you've never had a good one?

Rogue River won at a world cheese competition hosted in Italy. It beat out European cheeses with hundreds of years of history and tradition. Not only do we have good blue cheese, we have the BEST blue cheese in the world!

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ProfessionalCat7640@reddit

If a US person went to AskUK with a similar question about food, they would get ridiculed and torn apart.

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ProfessionalCat7640@reddit

There is back history about European and Immigrant American cheese making that causes this competitiveness. Migrants from Italy, Germany, France, and the UK came to the US with generations of cheese making skills. It caused those who were “left behind” to feel a way about it. It became a source of contention between the “new American” migrants and the “old world Europeans”. I’ve heard some Europeans say even the best tasting Parmesan cheese from anywhere besides Parma cannot be Parmesan cheese because Parmesan cheese MUST come from the province of Parma. There are a number of foods the Europeans feel that way about, it’s a sense of old world pride.

Plus Americans developed “American cheese” which isn’t technically a cheese in the classic sense, which seemed pretentious to “old world” Europeans even though many Michelin star European chefs will admit American style cheese is often a “secret weapon” they use in dishes with melted cheese because of its melting capacity, but your “average” European doesn’t know anything about that.

Par that with Americans general nonchalant attitude towards the European desires competitiveness with the new world, we still have generational pettiness today that develop into, “Do Americans even know what blue cheese is?”

Sorry for the long history lesson, I’ll get off my soap box now.

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shinyplantbox@reddit

Depends. Some blue cheese dressing is just ranch with blue cheese in it, or mayonnaise with blue cheese in it, and it’s revolting.

Second the Rogue River blue, although my absolute favorite is Oregon blue.

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DynamiteWitLaserBeam@reddit

Always wild seeing Rogue Creamery mentioned in the wild as I used to work there a really long time ago (well before they won the big one). Always proud of their accomplishment and wonder if anyone I knew back then was part of that.

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ArgonautE4@reddit

With crackers Baby!

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edwardothegreatest@reddit

Salad dressing, good on burgers, good with apples

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BugApart8359@reddit

A nice hunk of bleu cheese on a rare steak with butter sauteed mushrooms and some brandy flambeed onion. Heavenly.

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Jhooper20@reddit

For me, like many others, the dressing form is frequently used for both dipping (not exclusively for wings) as well as the occasional salad while the actual blue cheese is good melted on a burger and crumbled on a sandwich.

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Alert-Painting1164@reddit

You can buy Stilton from England at my local cheese shop so yea Americans do eat blue cheese and in enough numbers to import Stilton

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bmsa131@reddit

American: a wedge salad is my absolute favorite. Blue cheese/ Gorgonzola etc are very popular for salad crumble too. Or a sauce for steak.

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MotherOf4Jedi1Sith@reddit

I like it for dipping, salad dressing and I've even blue cheese on a steak and it was delicious!

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78723@reddit

It’s my favorite. A creamy Gorgonzola on crusty bread still warm from baking, sometimes with a drizzle of honey, is my go-to treat.

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miketugboat@reddit

It's not put in ranch. Only lazy places do that.

Blue cheese dressing is also used as a salad dressing. This is the same stuff as we dip wings in. Or on some sandos.

The crumbles themselves end up on other salads and sometimes elsewhere.

A block of the cheese shows up on some cheese plates/charcuterie boards.

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Mad-Hettie@reddit

I love blue cheese and think it has a place on any cheese board.

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lowfreq33@reddit

I do a gnocchi with a Gorgonzola cream sauce. Usually have some kind of cured pork product in there. Bacon, salt cured ham, pancetta, guanciale, all good. Also works well with grilled chicken or pork loin. Beef tenderloin works too. Speaking of beef, a blue cheese compound butter is great.

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SteampunkRobin@reddit

Blue cheese isn’t always in ranch, usually it isn’t. If it is included then it’s called blue cheese ranch. The traditional ranch recipe does not call for it.

It’s used on salads and burgers, sometimes as a veg dip (carrots, broccoli, celery stalks, whatever you prefer). I’ve heard of it mixed in potato salad but have never run across that myself, or into mashed potatoes.

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iwannaddr2afi@reddit

Yes, plain old blue cheese in salads (especially love a wedge with lots of cracked black pepper) and on a black and Bleu burger! Gorgonzola for pastas and steaks! I haven't had the opportunity to explore much beyond that but my husband and one of his besties have been on a lifelong mission to experience the funkiest cheeses around and have tried LOTS of cheeses in that category. Mostly tasting solo, with bread or crackers.

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Quantity-Used@reddit

Dear OP: Blue cheese dressing is NOT blue cheese crumbled into ranch dressing. It’s usually a base of that can be mixtures of yogurt, mayonnaise, or sour cream, seasoned with salt, pepper, lemon, chopped parsley, and then lots of blue cheese mashed and mixed in. Then the flavors are allowed to blend.

The dressing is used on salads and as a dip. Crumbled blue cheese (not in a dressing) is also a common ingredient in salads that feature fruit and nuts like strawberries, raspberries, dried cherries, almonds, and pecans.

Blue cheese is found on many cheese boards across the country (especially during the holidays).

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Entire_Toe2640@reddit

Excellent in salads or even just on a cracker. Love it.

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Longjumping_Event_59@reddit

Well, it’s also really good on burgers, but also it’s just really good by itself. That is, if you like blue cheese, which I do, but it’s definitely an acquired taste.

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AgileSurprise1966@reddit

Bacon wrapped dates stuffed with gorgonzola, roll in lightly roasted pine nuts on the sides.

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potlizard@reddit

I love Bleu cheese on salads with cranberries, apples, grapes, walnuts etc. It’s great on a fruit and cheese plate too.

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Radar1980@reddit

I use it buffalo chicken and broccoli calzones, in addition to burgers, salads, or charcuterie.

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machagogo@reddit

"Liquid" blue cheese dipping sauce for wings/celery/carrots.

Crumbled blue cheese for salads, with crackers, etc.

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scroobiouspippy@reddit

We have it in many forms. Liquid, crumbles, slices and wedges. And it’s used for a variety of things, my top are on a cheeseboard with fruit and on hamburgers with sweet pickled jalapeños.

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Norwester77@reddit

The U.S. has a strong artisanal cheese culture, and it’s particularly strong here in the Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon, more or less).

Many people do appreciate a good blue cheese around here, and we make some very good ones (one of my favorites is Oregonzola, from Rogue Creamery in Oregon).

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

Why is it so big in the Pacific Northwest? Need to visit if I'm ever in the states.

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ZinniasAndBeans@reddit

FYI, Rogue River Blue, by Rogue Creamery in Oregon, won World Champion at the 2019/2020 World Cheese Awards in Bergamo, Italy.

You can walk into their shop and buy the current year's Rogue River Blue. We go there a couple of times a month.

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Aware-Goose896@reddit

As a sweeping generalization, I think it’s probably quite popular wherever you have wine country and/or a lot of affluent white people. The Pacific Northwest has both.

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Norwester77@reddit

It’s a good climate for dairying, there’s a (relatively) long cheesemaking tradition (Tillamook, one of the better mass-market dairy product brands, is based in Oregon, for one), and there’s a strong farm-to-table artisanal food movement here in general.

Do come! The scenery is spectacular. The climate in the coastal part of the Northwest is rather gray and drizzly much of the year (not too unlike the UK), but summer and early autumn are usually glorious.

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

hahaa thank you! Need a break from the grey, so summer sounds amazing.

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Triscuitmeniscus@reddit

The blue cheese dressing is one of the most popular salad dressings over here. In addition it’s a popular topping crumbled on top of salads, burgers, pasta, vegetables, etc. And a creamy blue cheese/Gorgonzola cream sauce on pasta or gnocchi is also reasonably common at Italian restaurants here as well. And of course it’s very common to eat the cheese on its own or with fruit, crackers etc. It’s pretty standard on a charcuterie board, which is a very popular appetizer.

Basically we consume it the same way British/French/Italian et al consume equivalent cheeses.

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ophaus@reddit

I use various blue cheeses in tons of ways. My personal favorite is using it in Mac and cheese... It's boring without it my beloved gorgonzola.

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yowhatisuppeeps@reddit

I cook with it a lot. I’ve put in leafy salads (crumbled, not dressing), pasta salads, in kinda eggroll things, etc

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fluffhouse1942@reddit

My restaurant has a steak salad with Bleu cheese and a black and Bleu burger. I also make a Bleu cheese stuffed meatloaf at home. And put Bleu cheese crumbles on steak at work and home.

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Quix66@reddit

I don’t like blue cheese at all, but it was a topping on salads decades before I ever saw it used as a dipping sauce.

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SkullLeader@reddit

I suppose in the blue cheese family, Gorgonzola is the one I prefer to eat as an actual cheese. Put it on crackers, put some crumbles of it in a salad, etc. More proper blue cheese itself is a little more difficult to enjoy - an acquired taste I suppose. Yes, probably more Americans use blue cheese dressing as a dipping sauce for wings or fries, or as a salad dressing on their salad, vs. actually consuming the cheese directly. Also sometimes a more upscale hamburger will have blue cheese or (probably not as frequently) gorgonzola.

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void_method@reddit

We use it all the time.

Some folks who are extremely ignorant of how cheese is made complain that it's "moldy."

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Electric-Sheepskin@reddit

OK a lot of people are talking like blue cheese crumbles on salad and on burgers is just hugely popular in America, but I don't think that's true. I think most Americans would say that blue cheese has a very strong flavor, and as such, they love it or hate it.

I don't get me wrong, I love it myself, but I don't know, maybe I'm talking out of my ass, but I would bet of all the burgers and salads sold and made in America, blue cheese is in a small percentage of them.

And it's not very popular as a standalone snack, either, like with crackers.

Lots of people, in fact, call it stinky cheese.

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JulieThinx@reddit

The blue cheeses that are smooth can be eaten with nothing else. I love a creamy blue.
I like cheese though.

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candyman1011@reddit

I eat it whether on a charcuterie or sometimes just by itself. Pretty sure I’m an outlier though.

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StatementEcstatic751@reddit

Blue cheese dressing is not the same as ranch with blue cheese in it btw. I've tried adding blue cheese to ranch when we were out of blue cheese. They're similar but not the same at all. I love blue cheese. A favorite restaurant used to make these wide curly fries and top them with Frank's Red Hot sauce, blue cheese, and green onions. It was awesome! I'll sometimes have just blue cheese and crackers as a snack.

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MurderBot1126@reddit

Cheddar and blue cheese is awesome on a burger.

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another-princess@reddit

Ranch dip and blue cheese dip are different things, and ranch dressing isn't made with cheese.

I've seen blue cheese used in plenty of places other than dips. It's definitely eaten with salads and sandwiches, for example. A black and blue burger is a cheeseburger variant.

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Responsible_Fish1222@reddit

Also... there are very strong feelings in Buffalo about dipping wings in ranch.

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Ananvil@reddit

Most of New York really

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BeerJunky@reddit

I love it on a charcuterie board with some nice prosciutto and other meats. Stilton is amazing.

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Hikinghawk@reddit

Blue cheese (or is it blu cheese?) is fairly common on burger too. Most sit down restaurants that serve burgers are pretty likely to have it as an option. I also see it in the specialty cheese/deli counter pretty regularly and those that do charcuterie boards almost certainly would have it at least once in a while

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Feisty-Tap-2419@reddit

I don’t like blue cheese. It’s too strong and stinky for me.

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Ckelleywrites@reddit

Blue cheese is an entirely separate thing from ranch. We either dip our wings in ranch OR blue cheese dressing.

Blue cheese itself is often used in cheese plates, crumbled into salads, and can be melted into sauces (Roquefort is great for that).

I like English cheeses. I’ve tried and enjoyed many. I don’t like blue cheese and I cannot stand the flavor of Stilton.

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bradd_pit@reddit

It’s a solid cheese. It’s a sauce, and it’s a salad dressing. All of which are disgusting to me

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Tasty_Reach4572@reddit

Love Roquefort cheese.

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shinyplantbox@reddit

Depends. Some blue cheese dressing is just ranch with blue cheese in it, or mayonnaise with blue cheese in it, and it’s revolting. Real blue cheese dressing is great on many things.

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Lemon-Leaf-10@reddit

It goes on some salads (Cobb) and we used it on a roast beef sandwich at the restaurant where I used to work. But a lot of people asked for it to be omitted from their food. It’s not a well-loved cheese in the US outside of the context of chicken wing dip.

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JesusStarbox@reddit

Even Cracker Barrel has a salad with bleu cheese crumbles.

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victromax@reddit

Good on pizza

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jtfjtf@reddit

Ranch and Blue Cheese dressing are salad dressings and are different dressings. Blue Cheese dressing was served with Buffalo wings, but then as wings spread around the country places started using Ranch. As for blue cheeses, the cheese itself is used as a salad topping, steak topping, or served on a charcuterie board. Gorgonzola is sometimes used on pizza.

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Galen_Live@reddit

blue cheese crumbled on a burger with bacon is probably the best thing you'll ever try. If you like blue cheese...

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danceswithsockson@reddit

Not a super fan of thick, creamy dressings. I do love blue cheese though, I frequently have some on crackers or over a salad. Or on steak. I love it on steak. Now I really want a steak with blue cheese.

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Other-Resort-2704@reddit

Some people use blue cheese as a salad dressing. I had a girlfriend that liked using it as a dripping for French fries or what you would call “chips”. It is a popular dripping sauce used with chicken wings or finger food vegetables like baby carrots, celery or broccoli.

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janegrey1554@reddit

A solid half my calories today have come from blue Stilton. I eat it by itself, and spread on sourdough.

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Runny_yoke@reddit

I don’t really enjoy it, but do enjoy Gorgonzola in one particular salad which I think is blue cheese adjacent?

I donno why I don’t really like but it just doesn’t leave me wanting more lol

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Nanocide@reddit

I love it on salads, burgers and even steaks.

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DrBilliyB@reddit

Salads and straight off the cheese board. Oh and a little in Mac and cheese

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DrBilliyB@reddit

Oh yeah! Bacon blue cheese burger

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spandexcatsuit@reddit

I’m from New England and blue cheese is fucking disgusting.

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Odd-End-1405@reddit

First, blue cheese is not in ranch dip/dressing.

Blue cheese is used in many places, including Blue cheese dressing, on steak, crumbled on numerous salad without being made into a dressing, and cheese platters.

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boyasunder@reddit

In Portland we have a local bougie ice cream chain with a pear and blue cheese ice cream. Not to my taste but it’s been on their menu since the beginning.

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Flaky-Boysenberry466@reddit

Blue cheese crumbles are INCREDIBLE in a salad

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tujelj@reddit

Even better than standard blue cheese: Gorgonzola.

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Flaky-Boysenberry466@reddit

Gorgonzola is increddddible

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firesquasher@reddit

I am of the superior feta in salad class.

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FlippingPossum@reddit

I prefer feta as I'm allergic to mold. Pre-made salads with blue cheese...sigh.

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acableperson@reddit

Goat is… the GOAT

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Norwester77@reddit

Eh, salty and otherwise pretty bland. I much prefer the deeper flavor of a blue.

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Gallahadion@reddit

Yeah, I much prefer feta. I've found only one restaurant so far that has a salad with blue cheese crumbles that I actually like.

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PaepsiNW@reddit

I like a nice cotija. Though, feta is amazing.

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bramblefish@reddit

Blue Cheese dressing is first a salad dressing, that has other uses. Only limited by your palate and imagination.

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Spirited_Season2332@reddit

Just wings for me

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Great_Chipmunk4357@reddit

Oh, you mean you can use blue cheese in other ways? I’m amazed. Most Americans still go out and shoot raccoons in the woods and eat them raw. We’ve heard those Frenchie people do something with grape juice, but we prefer to drink right out of the steam behind our wooden huts.

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madqueen100@reddit

Good creamy blue cheese is delicious eaten with sliced pears.

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ray_ruex@reddit

I like to put some in my mac and cheese when I make it also a little in my queso when I make it

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Different_Advice_552@reddit

i had a burger with bluecheese on it a while a month or so ago it was pretty solid tbh

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UntidyVenus@reddit

Sauce, dressing, I add it to Mac n cheese, add it to cheese platters, stuff inside dates, I mean, we use it for a lot.

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fredinNH@reddit

I’m quite into cheese and blue is probably the least-bought one we have in the house. We use it on burgers, steaks, and charcuterie. Occasionally a wedge salad.

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Calm-Maintenance-878@reddit

I like it as a dipping sauce for wings, but also veggies like carrots, cherry tomatoes, celery. I’ll dip my pizza slice too if given the opportunity🤣 I do not want it on a salad or say a burger…nope. The actual cheese, sure, but then not in the sauce.

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No-Mouse4800@reddit

The dipping sauce is actually called "blue cheese sauce (or dressing)" which happens to contain blue cheese as one of its main ingredients. It's also used in other things as well, such as cordon bleu.

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poppisima@reddit

IMO a cheese platter is incomplete without a blue. Iowa’s Maytag is right up there with Stilton, Roquefort, and gorgonzola.

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DangerLime113@reddit

Salads (all, unless it’s a specialty salad like taco, Chinese chicken, etc.), burgers- both on top and stuffed inside before cooking, cheese plate, dip for vegetables or wings, on roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon and a basalmic drizzle, etc.

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Silgad_@reddit

Blue cheese crumbles can be found in American salads, often alongside bacon bits.

I’ve also seen blue cheese crumbles on top of cheese fries once at a bar, but I don’t think this is common.

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Quirky_Commission_56@reddit

I use blue cheese crumbles in wedge salads. It’s delicious 🤤

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ahfuck0101@reddit

Only plate it has a place on for me is the plate I’m throwing in the trash.

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bknight63@reddit

A warm plate of potato chips with blue cheese sprinkled on top then drizzled with balsamic vinegar reduction.

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AdEastern9303@reddit

Wings. And then, only Ken’s Buffalo Style blue cheese.

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MelodyMaster5656@reddit

It’s more than just a sauce.

It’s evil incarnate.

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

We do import Stilton cheese to the US, as well as Gorgonzola and a range of locally produced blue cheeses. So your notion that we only eat blue cheese salad dressing and nothing else is odd.

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SignificanceOdd5980@reddit (OP)

Just seems like it online, from a complete outsider. Type blue cheese US and that's pretty much what you see, but I imagine for the blue cheese lovers, there's probably much more. Just wondering what else is actually popular - in the US* because I'd say cheese culture is much bigger there than anywhere else, so I'd expect there to be some pretty interesting things happening with the blue, beyond dressings.

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SaintsFanPA@reddit

There is the online narrative and there is reality. I’m not going to argue that US cheese culture is as robust as some other countries, but there are hundreds of world class cheeses produced in the US and imported options are widely available.

FWIW, I googled “blue cheese US” and the top of the page were links to buy Great Hill Blue, Point Reyes Bay Blue, and Rogue River Blue. The AI summary is as follows:

American blue cheese is a diverse category of cow's milk cheeses, ranging from creamy and mild to bold and crumbly, often characterized by distinct blue-green mold veining created by Penicillium roqueforti. Renowned examples include the world-champion Rogue River Blue, Pt. Reyes Bay Blue, and Arethusa Blue, which are often aged for several months to develop a complex flavor profile.

The top link is this: https://www.tasteatlas.com/best-rated-blue-cheeses-in-usa

Are you using an archived version of askjeeves.com or something?

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shealighthours@reddit

Type blue cheese US and that’s pretty much what you see

I think that might be because of search bias. Location and previous searches can affect results. When I search that, I get actual cheese, not dressing.

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

Hmm. As an American, I'd say that French cheese culture is much bigger than that in the US. Though yes, I agree, that blue cheese is wonderful and interesting. Having lived in Vermont and in the Pacific Northwest (both places of which have many high-end, artisan cheese producers) there are a lot of interesting blues that rival the very best British Stiltons, or any of the wonderful other blues I've had from cheesemongers like Neal's Yard in Covent Garden (Pevensey or Shropshire, etc.)

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Tankieforever@reddit

Maytag Blue is a good American one

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

Yes. As is Rogue River blue (from Oregon).

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Anthrodiva@reddit

Charcuterie boards are everywhere and many include a blue cheese, perhaps with a little honey on the side!

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theeggplant42@reddit

Plenty of things. Salads, burgers, stuffed celery

Why would you assume it's just wings?

Oh let me guess, America bad

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ChapterOk4000@reddit

Bacon-wrapped, blue cheese stuffed prunes. Sounds weird, tastes delicious.

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ProfessionalCat7640@reddit

Lol Americans know the difference between blue cheese and what you’re referring to which would be a “blue cheese dressing”. It’s really funny that you think Americans don’t know what cheese are.

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SanchosaurusRex@reddit

Any supermarket will have some options for blue cheeses. The higher end markets will have a large range. I like some blue cheese, but some French ones Ive had are formidable for me.

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Dorkapotamus@reddit

It belongs in the Trash!

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plotthick@reddit

Black and Bleu salads are lovely.

Bleu cheese against pickled beets is perfect. Also see Spiced Beets, Boston Beets.

Ranch dressing is ranch, it's often vegetarian. But Blue Cheese dressing is omnivore, it often has sauces in it which are umami like Worcestershire.

We have a bunch of creameries here which make lovely blue cheeses, especially on the West coast in the PNW.

Humans are born with tastebuds all over the inside of their mouths, not just their tongue. The buds die off as we age. So younger folks like milder flavors: they're flavorful enough to them. And you're born experiencing taste from your mother, so folks who were raised in a mild-flavor culture (most of the US honestly) aren't going to like blue cheese much. So it's not about "never had a good one", it's just different lived experiences. And that's OK.

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LangokiAgain@reddit

It does NOT appear in ranch. It has its own dressing.and i personally love it with pears

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KingPe0n@reddit

I love actual blue cheese, and despise blue cheese dressing.

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beyondplutola@reddit

Gorgonzola pasta sauce is also a thing in the US.

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wschus63@reddit

No, there's no place for it. It's disgusting.

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TiaxRulesAll2024@reddit

Salads too

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MarsupialOne6500@reddit

On salads

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dumptruckulent@reddit

This is the most condescending shit. “Do you American idiots even know what to do with real cheese that isn’t yellow plastic slices lol?” Fuck outta here.

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Great_Chipmunk4357@reddit

Good for you. I thought the same thing. It’s just another version of their “Why do Americans do things differently?” They don’t seem to have gotten the memo that we won our independence at the end of the 1700s.

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NameUnavailable6485@reddit

We eat it straight.

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Pickerington@reddit

I have a tub of blue cheese in the fridge from Sam's Club that I just nibbled on.

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elenchusis@reddit

Sauteed onions, cream, and blue cheese make an incredible sauce to pour over steak!

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WildwoodShadow@reddit

I love bleu cheese anyway I can get it. Unfortunately, dairy does not like me. lol On a bacon mushroom burger is my favorite, but it makes a pretty good dip for fried pickles.

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No-Kaleidoscope-166@reddit

It is a common cheese crumbled into salads. Like a garden salad. Or on a cheese platter to be sliced and eaten with crackers.

And then there is blue cheese dressing for salads. That is NOT the same as mixing it with ranch dressing. A blue cheese dipping sauce is not ranch. It's a blue cheese dressing.

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AliMcGraw@reddit

I will eat it in any form, any time, anywhere. Hot wings dip, salad dressing, cheese plate, burger ... give me all the blue cheese!

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Normal_Snow3293@reddit

I learned to love Stilton when a friend insisted I try it with Guinness. Delicious! Also have a friend who makes amazing chocolate blue cheese truffles. Sounds weird but they were delicious.

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Sowf_Paw@reddit

I think of it first and foremost as a salad dressing.

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cuentalternativa@reddit

Good on beef like burgers, steak, we don’t usually mix with ranch though those are two pretty divided camps

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Per_sephone_@reddit

It is primarily salad dressing. Secondly, a dipping sauce.

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wordfiend99@reddit

i put that shit on everything if the spot has it on deck

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TheGrauWolf@reddit

Blue cheese is a cheese.... Blue cheese dressing is the dip that comes with wings. One is dry and crumbly and the other is wet with bits of the cheese in it. You have blue cheese or blue cheese dressing on a salad.

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Any_Scientist_7552@reddit

Blue cheese has nothing to do with ranch.

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ProbablyMyRealName@reddit

I enjoy bleu cheese crumbles on salad, in salad dressing, and on hamburgers. How are you using it? Maybe on crackers or bread?

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Cottonjaw@reddit

Blue cheese is buffalo's best friend, and buffalo seasoning is an entire subset of food.

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HotButteredPoptart@reddit

I love blue cheese. It's good on burgers, salads, or just by itself.

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min_mus@reddit

In our house, we routinely eat blue cheese (and Stilton!) but never in dipping sauce or salad dressing form.

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zixy37@reddit

I love it on steak, crumbled on a salad, or made into a sauce on pork. I do not like the creamy blue cheese dressing.

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Regular_Boot_3540@reddit

I don't really like moldy cheeses, but it's a featured ingredient in Cobb salad, which I love.

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purplepeopleeater333@reddit

blue cheese on a steak and then broiled to a crust on top.

Blue cheese on a salad

Blue cheese on a cracker.

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PicklesMcpickle@reddit

I think you've been watching or eating at America themed places unless actual America.

I mean even like a regular grocery store might have like two or three brands of specialty blue cheese and I do mean like a regular grocery store.

I just checked. There's like a wedge. Five things of crumbles couple of dressings.

I think it's more of certain generations of Americans might have different feelings of it.

Like it's hard for me to eat kale. Because back from the '80s that's what my bowls of salad sat on in restaurants. My brain still sees it as a garnish you do not eat.

Blue cheeses literally moldy and some of us have really been drilled if moldy it's bad.

And I mean it's hard to kind of break some of those mental habits.

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vissionsofthefutura@reddit

Blue cheese dressing on a burger is really good too! It’s also good as a dip for cut carrots and celery.

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Icy_Persimmon7943@reddit

There’s a whole underground 22,000 square foot cheese making facility in my state (Vermont)… Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont. They specialize in blue cheeses but also produce a variety of other cheeses.

The blue cheese you have with hot wings is more like a salad dressing.

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Several_Ad_6576@reddit

Blue cheese crumble (not the dressing) on a burger is truly one of the best burgers around.

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Infamous-Phone-1973@reddit

I only eat it with meat. Either on steak or as a sauce for wings.

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crtclms666@reddit

Huntsman cheese is my favorite cheese. I eat it with crackers, and sliced pears and apples. I have trouble finding it, though, I haven’t had any in a couple of years.

I eat Stilton and Double Gloucester separately, but I like the combination best.

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Fingersmith30@reddit

Blue cheese dressing is a completely different flavor profile from ranch. Both are used for wings, but you don't put blue cheese IN ranch

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CinnamonGirl43@reddit

It is my single favorite food on earth. I put it on everything.

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amybpdx@reddit

Put blue cheese on sliced pears, broil for a few minutes, top with chopped walnuts.

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oneislandgirl@reddit

I love blue cheese salad dressing or crumbles on top. Also good plain on crackers/bread or as burger topping.

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ssinff@reddit

Blue cheese does not go into ranch dip. They are separate, blue cheese dip, ranch dip. I love blue cheese and enjoy it by itself and also on burgers or on salads. Lots of people here are grossed out by it though.

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VegasFoodFace@reddit

It's my go to garden salad dressing.

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CockroachNo2540@reddit

Salad dressing, burgers.

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Bulky_Employ_4259@reddit

I love blue cheese in a variety of foods. It’s regional, I think. Growing up in New England it was common but I’ve also lived in Florida and Idaho and it’s not as common in either place.

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FivebyFive@reddit

I don't like blue cheese dressing.

I do like actual blue cheese.

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PlanMagnet38@reddit

Agreed. I really don’t like most creamy dressings. If I must eat a creamy dressing, I choose caesar or bleu cheese, but I would rather just eat cheese!

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Tankieforever@reddit

Same

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BlackbirdSage@reddit

Tbh, there are only two types of Americans...

Those that Love Blue Cheese & those that don't.

For me, I love blue cheese in any form. 😊

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ComprehensiveFun6875@reddit

It is common on cheeseburgers and crumbled in salads.

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RickyRagnarok@reddit

Lotta older white ladies go nuts for blue cheese stuffed olives in their martinis.

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yyythoo@reddit

Blue cheese stuffed olives are delicious

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

If a menu has a blue cheese burger on it, there’s a 95% chance that’s what I’m ordering. Blue cheese crust on a steak is amazing, too.

My parents both love/d blue cheese, so when I was a wee child, that was the only salad dressing I knew. Servers in restaurants always side eyed my parents when I asked for it.

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RektInTheHed@reddit

Americans in Iowa invented Maytag Blue cheese to imitate Roquefort. It's does well accompanying fresh vegetables and fruits. Figs are particularly nice.

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maynelyjayne@reddit

For the record blue cheese dressing is not ranch with blue cheese in it. Totally different. Blue cheese dressing is way better. I also like to eat blue cheese crumbles as a snack.

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brian11e3@reddit

I love a good Stilton. I can eat it by itself, but I prefer it on a salad.

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DuxofOregon@reddit

I will swish it in my mouth like mouthwash.

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IHSV1855@reddit

I see it regularly as an optional topping on steak, either by itself or incorporated into a sauce.

It’s frequently served on burgers.

It’s in many pasta dishes.

It’s in many salads.

Also, as a note, blue cheese dressing used on salads and as a dipping sauce is not just ranch with blue cheese in it. It’s a completely separate sauce.

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BeachWaffles87@reddit

Blue cheese compound butter on steaks Blue cheese burger with bacon and blackening spice is delicious Blue cheese stuffed dates, wrapped in bacon are a favorite hors d'oeuvre Crumbles in a salad, especially with dried cranberries, walnuts, and dark salad greens is delicious, but i use a fruity vinaigrette for this, not blue cheese dressing And of course the typical, anything buffalo (wings, buffalo chicken cheesesteak, hot wing stromboli, buffalo chicken dip [especially good stuff in potato skins) or crudite gets blue cheese dressing/dip

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PlanMagnet38@reddit

Personally, I love blue cheese as cheese! So on a cracker, crumbled on a burger or salad, and baked into (American) biscuits or breads. With wine, I pair it with something sweet like an ice wine as a special treat.

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milkandsugar@reddit

Blue cheese is a regular cheese that some people like and eat... like any other cheese. It can also be added to salads or burgers, or really anything, in the same way that feta or goat cheese can be added to taste. Blue cheese salad dressing is a standard that is offered as an option in most every place that has any kind of green salads that one would put a dressing on. It's incredibly common, like ranch.

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SummitJunkie7@reddit

Blue cheese is a cheese. You eat it - on crackers, crumbled in salads, etc.

Blue cheese dressing is a creamy salad dressing made with or possibly just flavored like blue cheese. That is served on salads or as a dip for veggies, hot wings, etc.

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AdamOnFirst@reddit

Blue cheese dressing is both a dipping sauce and a dressing (it’s not the same as ranch or just dropping blue cheese into ranch). People eat plenty of blue cheese that isn’t in dressing, but not everybody likes it

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taxwench@reddit

As someone who is allergic to bleu cheese (anaphylactic level!) I have to carry an epi pen all the time because many restaurants have it as an unlisted ingredient many times. And I get it. It is delicious every time I have accidentally consumed it. This seems pretty consistent across higher end restaurants.

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Objective-Plum1201@reddit

I love blue cheese crumbles on all kinds of salads and burgers. My husband calls it “foot cheese” but he’s obviously wrong.

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Great_Chipmunk4357@reddit

Do the English ever stop fretting about what Americans are doing, especially with things dear to the English? “Why do you call it soccer? Why do you call it math? Why do you call it college? Why do you leave tips?” Now it’s “What are you doing with our cheese?”

The rightful answer would be, “When we’re in our own country, is it all right with you if we do as we please?” Instead, the nicer among us try to answer these ever so persistent questions.

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Aromatic-Currency371@reddit

I love blue cheese

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drakewouldloveme@reddit

I can’t stand blue cheese, it tastes rancid and sour. I am sure I have not tried quality blue cheese, though. I’d be open to trying it but won’t seek it out.

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Marx_Maddness@reddit

I love all kinds of specialty cheeses, including blue cheese. Gouda, feta, brie, goat milk cheese, manchego ect. I will eat a chunk of blue cheese with an Apple as a snack

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geekycurvyanddorky@reddit

Salads, sandwiches, charcuterie boards, and apparently blue cheese cookies. I always thought that was a joke though, because I heard about it from the kid comedy Snow Dogs.

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Imaginary_Ladder_917@reddit

Just FYI, it’s not in ranch dressing. Bleu cheese dressing is also creamy but different. It can be eaten on whatever leafy salad you want. I also like it on crackers and many of the other places listed here. My husband hates the flavor and won’t eat it.

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LordLaz1985@reddit

I don’t like bleu cheese at all. The mold just doesn’t taste good to me at all.

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

it seems to either show up in ranch as a wing dip, or not at all.

Your blanket assumption would be wrong. We like all types of cheeses. Some of us even have cheese courses during dinner. Stilton, bleu, feta, gouda, brie, baked brie, cheddar, white, the list goes on.

Your impression is incorrect.

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

I grew up with it, my grandma threw amazing cocktail parties when I was a kid (GenX). And I still love it, beyond wings and salads.

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EntertainerKooky1309@reddit

Wing “sauce” is typically salad dressing, ranch or blue cheese. They are both generally used on regular lettuce, tomato, and cucumber salad or a wedge salad which is iceberg lettuce often with crumbled bacon.

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Lovely-flutterby@reddit

Absolutely has a place among table cheeses, charcuterie boards, etc. My personal favorite is specifically Roquefort. It makes a lovely complement to soft, ripened cheeses, and tart apple slices or sweet, red grapes mellow out the saltiness and cut the richness.

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FarFarAway7337@reddit

I most often enjoy it in/on:

Salad topper or in dressing (any kind of blue cheese)
Sauce for steaks, roast beef, veal or pork loin (gorgonzola or Roquefort)
Mixed with walnuts and watercress as a spread for bread (any kind)
With walnuts as a stuffing for pear halved poached in white wine (Roquefort)

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waythrowa@reddit

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WellWellWellthennow@reddit

Blue cheese goes in salads, burgers, sandwiches, sauces over meats etc. It's makes a great sauce for a filet steak or a chicken breast. Gorgonzola is usually more of a popular and familiar blue cheese choice than Stilton.

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TankDestroyerSarg@reddit

Cheese should not be green or blue. That's cheese that's gone bad, and goes in the trash.

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Azariah98@reddit

Blue cheese, in any form, is vile and not food.

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andmewithoutmytowel@reddit

We put blue cheese crumbles on salad and some other vegetables (sautéed green beans comes to mind, we either use blue cheese or feta), blue cheese dressing on salad, I just went out to a steakhouse on Friday and got blue cheese on top of my steak, and you’ll see it on charcuterie plates, or appetizers like dates stuffed with blue cheese or goat cheese.

In my family, everyone but my son loves blue cheese; my daughter has enjoyed it on its own since she was 5 or so-anytime we were having it, we’d give her some to munch on.

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hominyhominy@reddit

Rogue River Blue was named world champion at the 2019 world cheese awards. It was the first time that an American cheese company won this prestigious award. And it is an amazing blue cheese by Rogue Creamery in Oregon.

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Medical-Total6034@reddit

love that stuff. It and the rogue caveman blue show up cheap as surplus at my grocery outlet sometimes.

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hominyhominy@reddit

Yea it’s quite spendy! Upwards of $54 a pound I believe

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witchy12@reddit

The best way to serve blue cheese is throwing that nasty shit in the trash.

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peppermintmeow@reddit

Steak.

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Gooeslippytop@reddit

I can eat blue cheese straight, soooo...

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AZNM1912@reddit

It’s used to fill up my garbage can. 😂

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Silver_Catman@reddit

I like blue cheese dressing, not just for wings. (But salads and stuff too, anything you'd have a dressing with)

Gorgonzola (Bleu cheese) is a very strong cheese. I'll have crumbles on salads, it's good on burgers sometimes, but my favorite is cheese and crackers.

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Big-Dig-Pig@reddit

I think of bleu cheese primarily as a salad dressing.

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CtForrestEye@reddit

It was great on my salad a couple nights ago but I wouldn't use the blue cheese butter on my steak as it would overpower the taste.

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Impossible-Leek-2830@reddit

IMO, it belongs in the trashcan.

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NoContextCarl@reddit

Primarily buffalo wings. Some folks enjoy with pizza. Some do use as a salad dressing, but likely not as popular here as it is in other countries.

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Tankieforever@reddit

Those all sound like used for blue cheese dressing rather than the cheese itself

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Aware-Goose896@reddit

I haven’t seen anyone mention pasta yet, but gnocchi in a gorgonzola cream sauce is fairly common at Italian-American restaurants. Trader Joe’s used to sell a pretty decent frozen version, too (not sure if they still do).

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Cathousechicken@reddit

I just had a fried Halloumi cheese sandwich for lunch, and blue cheese tastes divine in-between the roll and the Halloumi.

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blipsman@reddit

I LOVE Stilton! I have a wedge in my fridge and ate a good bit of it for lunch yesterday.

Blue cheese is common on cheese boards/charcuterie boards, crumbled into salads, sometimes found on gourmet sandwiches or burgers.

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didyouwoof@reddit

When strawberries are in season, there’s nothing better than fresh strawberries with English Stilton! And I’ll often crumble blue cheese on my salads.

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bansheesho@reddit

Or in olives that go in dirty martinis. Blue cheese is fantastic

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Content-Dealers@reddit

Its used, but not particularly often by most people. I like most things, but haven't really acquired a taste for it.

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Copper-Alchemist@reddit

I use the dressing in salads and blue cheese on burgers. Not the dressing just the cheese

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handcraftedcandy@reddit

Bleu Cheese dip is not just crumbles in ranch. There is a very distinct difference in taste between the two, and in my area there's a lot of contention about who makes the best Bleu cheese wing dip. It's usually got a pretty distinct vinegar taste.

It's also pretty common to use the crumbles as a topping on a typical salad. Bleu cheese burgers are also fairly common, they're like a typical cheese burger but with crumbles instead.

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Grreatdog@reddit

In our house it regularly goes on burgers with blackening seasoning.

It used to go on steaks. But with me having Alpha-gal allergy steaks aren't on the household menu anymore.

We also occasionally make coleslaw with blue cheese crumbles and baby lima beans in it.

Anyway there's always a block it or tub of crumbles in the fridge.

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Eened@reddit

It has a place in the trash

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TillikumWasFramed@reddit

I don't actually love it but I can contribute. They use crumbled blue cheese in/on a lot of things, and it often shows up on charcuterie plates. I've seen it in pastry. Since I don't like it, I'd say it's too much all over the place.

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DivaJanelle@reddit

A blue cheese burger done right (salty blue cheese!) is heaven. Usually have blue cheese salad dressing in the fridge, and I have been known to pick up a blue cheese too, of I am bringing a cheese plate to an event.

Blue cheese stuffed olives, too.

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cleverburrito@reddit

Stilton is great in charcuterie.

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Outlaw_Josie_Snails@reddit

In the US, blue cheese is often eaten as part of charcuterie and cheese boards, eaten with salads, paired with fruit, baked into au gratin, placed in dips, etc.

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TheDeadestMan@reddit

All of that exists here and common, but I only like the blue cheese as a balance to the sauce in wings.

Beyond the flavor, which I can't conjure but don't like, my ocd activates and tells me I'm eating something I shouldn't, when it comes to the crumblies. I think the big chunks of stuff (curds?) in the creamy is also kind of gross. All cheese grosses me out if/the more I analyze it.

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Personal_Pain@reddit

Blue cheese has NO place on my plate no matter what. I will die before I let someone take away my ranch.

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OneNerdyLesbian@reddit

The first time I ever tried blue cheese was in a salad. I've also eaten it in pasta.

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Patient_Character730@reddit

Oh it's more than a wing sauce to me. If goes on salad, it goes with my pizza, it goes on my hamburger. It is my go-to sauce for a lot of things.

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XFilesVixen@reddit

I eat it on salads and on other things as well.

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bearfootin_9@reddit

There's usually a couple of wedges of different blues in our fridge, plus a container of crumbles for salads. Rogue Creamery for the win!

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alt-box@reddit

Love a blue cheese burger, it's not uncommon to find those and I think they started to become more popular maybe 20 years ago or longer and is not uncommon now. Like you can get a blue cheese burger at a lot of casual dining chains (Red Robin, Ted's Montana, etc) so it's not really some niche thing. Also very common to find on a charcuterie board unless the person specifically hates funky cheeses. Salads as well.

A lot of US creameries will make a blue cheese, the thing about the US is it's a dairy-loving country so you'll find a lot of variety whether domestic or imports and people who enjoy it.

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TheArkedWolf@reddit

You mean that nasty mold filled cheese? It goes in the trash

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dangleicious13@reddit

Blue cheese has no place on my plate.

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SteampunkExplorer@reddit

You can get blue cheese, not just the dressing. I don't personally eat it in any form, though.

Ranch dressing is different. It's like the more complex cousin of sour cream and onion flavor. 🤤 I've never heard of it being made with blue cheese, although you do occasionally find different flavors.

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kppsmom@reddit

I like it on burgers.

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Army_of_Owls@reddit

I'm used to seeing it primarily not as a dip, either in salads or served on a cheese plate. You can get it on sandwiches/burgers a lot too, and I've occasionally seen it on pizza.

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Gallahadion@reddit

Not only do I not like the flavor, I find that even a little bit of blue cheese in a dish tends to overwhelm the taste of everything else, so I avoid it most of the time. I've only found one exception that I like (mentioned in a separate comment in this post).

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EatsOverTheSink@reddit

Go-to salad dressing for me.

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life_experienced@reddit

I don't think most Americans eat blue cheese as a course or snack on its own. I do like Stilton a lot. I can eat it with a baguette or crackers, or crumble it up in a salad with pears and walnuts and walnut oil dressing.

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GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit

Nope, no blue cheese for me.

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Dave_A480@reddit

Blue cheese crumbles on steak is amazing....

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Future-Mess6722@reddit

Culver's (fast food restaurant) has a cranberry bacon blue (cheese) salad that is top notch. However, I liked their Asian dressing (that's been discontinued) on it better than any others they now have.

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hollowbolding@reddit

with the disclaimer that my dad was french, i love a good roquefort to spread on bread; but in most grocery stores around here the only blue i can really find is pre-crumbled gorgonzola, presumably for putting into salad

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TripleDoubleFart@reddit

I eat blue cheese, so yes.

I would never use it as a dip for wings.

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Terrible-Image9368@reddit

I dislike blue cheese because it’s mold and I am allergic to mold

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brak-0666@reddit

I've had dates wrapped in bacon and stuffed with bleu cheese. That's the only time I've found it palatable and I suspect that had more to do with the bacon and the dates than the cheese.

In addition to dipping sauces, there is also bleu cheese salad dressing, it can be put directly into salads, or eaten on its own as part of a cheese plate.

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Cerulean_IsFancyBlue@reddit

Blue cheese is a cheese. It appears in cheese places: on a board, on a burger, on a salad, in various recipes,

Blue cheese dressing is a sauce / condiment for salads that also makes a nice dipping sauce for savory food. It’s in the same vein as tzatziki and gyro meat.

“Blue cheese” meaning the dressing is just a natural metonomy. Its rival is “ranch”, which is ranch dressing, a vastly inferior creamy sauce that heretics use on buffalo wings and salads.

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Traditional-Job-411@reddit

Blue cheese is not in ranch. Some people will swap them but it’s NOT the same.

I don’t like the dipping sauce. I like ranch. But I do like blue cheese on a salad.

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manokpsa@reddit

I absolutely hate blue cheese salad dressing, but I love some blue cheese crumbles on a salad with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

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z44212@reddit

It's a pretty strong cheese. A little goes as long way.

You'll find blue cheese crumbles on some dishes (salad, burgers, sandwiches) or it will be incorporated in a sauce or dip.

Even then, it is the dominant flavor.

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Ok-Reference9022@reddit

I like it crumbled on top of fettuccine alfredo.

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KingOfTheFraggles@reddit

Nowhere but the trash can, in our house.

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hrdbeinggreen@reddit

Omg I love it in salads as my cheese on a sandwich and well honestly I can’t think of all the things I use blue cheese for or on

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SamizdatGuy@reddit

We have everything.

Rogue Creamery is one well-regarded cheesemaker: https://roguecreamery.com/collections/blue-cheeses

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fishnfanatic@reddit

Rogue's caveman blue is my absolute favorite, I'll take it over a Stilton any day!

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TrumanD1974@reddit

Right, many artisanal cheese makers will have a blue cheese in their lineup. Here in Maryland, Firefly Farms even does a blue goat cheese (in addition to a cow’s milk blue) sort of like the more famous Humboldt Fog.

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Mean-Bandicoot-2767@reddit

They had a chocolate blue cheese spread at one point and oh my god it was so good. I don't know if they make that anymore.

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Left-Star2240@reddit

I enjoy blue cheese crumbles on salad and on spicy burgers. I don’t eat it on its own, but I’ve had it as more than just a dressing.

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InvincibleChutzpah@reddit

Blue cheese dressing for wings is more than just ranch with blue cheese crumbled in. Both are creamy, mayo based dressings, but the seasonings are different. Ranch has a lot of seasonings in it and is very dill forward. Blue cheese might have some garlic and black pepper, but it mostly gets it's flavor from the cheese.

Blue cheese is served on plenty of food in the U. Salads (cobb and wedge are the most popular), melted on a steak, on a burger. I like it sprinkled over roasted brussel sprouts with bacon. I also like stirring a bit of blue cheese into my grits.

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thatotterone@reddit

crumbled blue cheese on salad
it could go on any lettuce based salad, really.
my favorite salad is blue cheese crumbles and dressing, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, sliced sweet peppers or red bell peppers, and something crunchy (bacon crumbles, croutons, pine nuts, etc)

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AldenteAdmin@reddit

So for me the best non wings blue cheese item is a black and blue burger if done right. Best I’ve had is burger that been seasoned with blackening seasoning, caramelized vidalia onions, a bit of balsamic and blue cheese chunks.

But yeah in general you’ll find it on burgers and salads mostly otherwise. Some people here don’t like that blue cheese is well blue but it’s like people who think the red in steak is blood, they made up their mind and just don’t like it.

I’d say in the us it goes 1. Wings 2. Salads 3. Burgers/steaks

As far as what are the common uses for it here. It’s really just all about whether the funk contrasts or works well with the rest of the dishes flavors because otherwise blue cheese can overpower the dish pretty easily.

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No-Sail-6510@reddit

I like to put it on a bagel and toast it and it liquifies into the bread and make a sandwich with it. I usually have a bottle of the dressing you’re talking about around. I’d eat the actual cheese more but it’s expensive.

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EtchingsOfTheNight@reddit

Blue cheese is a specialty cheese now?? You can get lots of versions of it at any normie grocery store.

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10thousndreflections@reddit

Blue cheese sauce on steaks

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KatanaCW@reddit

Blue cheese crumbles on a salad or a burger, blue cheese dressing to dip my French fries into, blue cheese on a charcuterie board, blue cheese crumbles on a buffalo chicken pizza or buffalo chicken sandwich, or sprinkled over roasted Brussels sprouts. All yummy.

And there is no cheese in Ranch dressing.

As for people who don't like it, that is just a personal preference not because they never had a good one.

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

I love blue cheese on a burger

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Background-Cod-7035@reddit

Are you kidding me? A good blue (but it better be from a good shop) is amazing! The funkier ones deserve to be their own stars, just on crackers a la Wallace and Gromit, while the milder ones are incredible crumbled on steak, burgers, chunks in a salad—just about any salad as far as I'm concerned. Then in America there's this spreadable cheese "Cambozola" that's become super popular, half camembert half gorgonzola. It's like a tastier brie.

Mind you I'm in the northeast near a major city so I have access to specialty grocery stores. Like my husband's favorite cheese is Stinking Bishop :)

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awfulcrowded117@reddit

Mold doesn't belong on my plate in either capacity, no matter what brand you slap on it. You can eat what you want though.

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TheOkaySolution@reddit

People have covered many common uses beyond a dip/salad dressing. I've also used it in baked mac and cheese, blended with chevre and Gouda, with roasted red peppers, spinach and pine nuts.

I haven't made this in forever and now it's all I can think about lol.

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ScienceJamie76@reddit

I love crumbled blue cheese on burgers and steaks.

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StarWars_Viking@reddit

I eat it alone, on burgers, salads, scalloped potatoes, fancy cheese and meat trays, stuffed in olives. Tons of things.

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Js987@reddit

It’s most commonly seen in dipping sauces for wings and stuff, and salad dressings, but you’ll also see crumbles of it included on salads, burgers, even pizza. And of course, the cheese itself is available for consumers to buy. I’m personally not super fond of it, but I’m not super fond of most soft cheeses, I tend to prefer my cheeses either very fresh or super aged and hard.

As an aside…Ranch ≠ blue cheese. By itself, ranch includes no cheese. They tend to show up in similar situations so they often get confused.

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Haifisch2112@reddit

I'm one of the people who can't stand it. It just tastes like a wad of mold to me and grosses me out. I once forgot to ask for no bleu cheese on my salad and spent a good 10 minutes picking the crumbles out. Even after picking them out, I was hyper focused on making sure I didn't miss any while I ate it.

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Pepper_Pfieffer@reddit

Blue cheese burgers are still pretty popular. The blue cheese is mixed into the meat.

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torchwood1842@reddit

While it is a common salad dressing/dip, it is exceedingly common crumbled onto salads. I have some in my fridge right now for that purpose. You will also sometimes see it on charcuterie boards/fancy cheese boards. Fancy hamburger places will sometimes have a blue cheese hamburger.

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shammy_dammy@reddit

Cheese crumbles on salads and burgers. I

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Redbubble89@reddit

It's an acquired taste for a lot of people and it took me until 18 or 20 years old before liking it. With cream, it is a dip for Buffalo wings or salad dressing. Buffalo wings places offers both Ranch and Blue cheese but purist do pick blue cheese. Blue cheese crumble is on burgers.

Gorgonzola can be on cheese boards. It's a cheese type that people have an opinion on. Everyone can enjoy a mild cheddar or provolone but mold cheese is tough for some.

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New-Number-7810@reddit

If I’m having steak at home, I’ll have pieces of crumbly blue cheese on it as it cooks to add extra flavors. If I have a cheese board set out for a party, usually they’ll be a wedge of solid blue cheese people can cut slices off of.

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Newmillstream@reddit

There was a bar I went to that used to serve blue cheese on a heaping pile of French fries with buffalo sauce and with or without crumbled bacon to boot.

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OkPerformance2221@reddit

Blue cheese dressing is very popular: on wings, on Cobb salads specifically, but other salads, as well. It's used on burgers, in baked potatoes, and as a dip for crudites. Crumbled blue cheeses are also common on salads and served with grilled meats abd/or fesh tomatoes. Of course, not everyone likes it. Any strong flavor is going to be too much or wrong for some subset of the population. But, the calories are probably a big part of the reason people forego it, when they do.

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Geetee52@reddit

It’s wonderful on a steak sandwich.

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Murky-Purple@reddit

I like it on baked potato. It's quite common, I think, among middle class and up people if you had to categorize it that way.

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Rumpled_NutSkin@reddit

I nice crumbly Bleu cheese goes great on a greasy burger

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city_druid@reddit

I just baked blue cheese muffins last weekend.

It’s not super common/trendy outside of sauce/dressings but it’s common enough that you can pick some up in most grocery stores and it pops up on cheese plates and on fine dining menus a lot.

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rsvihla@reddit

I love the fromage bleu. Recently I ate chunks of it on a cruise.

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iowanaquarist@reddit

It's commonly used in salads, and on burgers and wraps, as well as the obvious charcuterie boards and stuffed in olives.

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J-Cody@reddit

Black and Blue burger.

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madelmire@reddit

"Blue cheese dressing" and "blue cheese" are different. Americans are comfortably familiar with both.

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sageamericanidiot@reddit

Not just for dipping. It's common to use it crumbled in salads, on charcuterie board, on steaks, etc.

I don't like it and I have had some very good blue cheese. The US is home to some top tier varieties.

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Cock--Robin@reddit

I love blue cheese, and often eat it as a snack.

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TheOnlyJimEver@reddit

I dislike blue cheese for the flavor. It taste bitter to me, but I'm not sure if that's just one of those things like cilantro (I'm one of those people for whom cilantro tastes like soap).

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annikahansen7-9@reddit

Gorgonzola is fairly popular. It is served on pasta or a pizza/flatbread.

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InsertDramaHere@reddit

It has nowhere to go on my plate or in my bowl.

Absolutely detest it.

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scumbagstaceysEx@reddit

Used as both a salad dressing and a dip.

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freedraw@reddit

It’s popular as a salad dressing. I like it in a fancy cheese plate, but it’s a little strong for a lot of people’s palettes.

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BullsOnParadeFloats@reddit

The US produces one of the top blue cheeses in the world

Also, I am fond of shropshire

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jvc1011@reddit

A lamb and blue cheese French dip sandwich is one of my biggest treats when I’m downtown. It’s made with cheese, not dressing.

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jvc1011@reddit

And I’d say the cheese (as crumbles or a sandwich topping) is at least as common as the dressing.

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Duque_de_Osuna@reddit

They sell it on it’s own and I think I have seen it in some salads. I think I have also seen it offered on hamburgers.

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drthsideous@reddit

Ok first of all, Ranch is absolutely trash, and trash people put it on things. Idc Middle America, you're all gross with your Ranch obsession. Downvote me into oblivion, but you all need help, or culture, probably both.

Second, Blue Cheese dressing IS NOT Ranch with blue cheese chunks, what a nasty thought. Blue cheese dressing is it's own dressing. And its the ONLY acceptable dip for buffalo wings.

Third, there is plenty of Blue Cheese in various dishes, charcuterie, and restaurants that is not the dressing. Blue cheese is very common in the US, as is gorgonzola. Blue cheese burgers and steaks are very popular. Every grocery store will usually have a few different brands of Blue cheese in crumbles and whole pieces.

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mtmc99@reddit

Blue cheese on burger is pretty fire.

But mostly have it in a dipping sauce with wings

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jakerooni@reddit

I didn’t realize it was common as a dipping sauce. I usually serve wedges of it when I have charcuterie when friends come over. Or melted over a steak

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tsukiii@reddit

Pear and Gorgonzola salads. Bacon and blue cheese burgers. Charcuterie plates.

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phred_666@reddit

I like multiple cheeses on cheeseburgers. I will typically use three types at a time. It depends on what I have on hand. American, Swiss and Blue Cheese is one of my favorite combos to use (blue cheese directly on the burger patty, American on that and Swiss on top. The American melts first and helps “glue” the others together)

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Ryebread095@reddit

The idea of blue cheese is revolting to me. It has no place on my plate. More for the rest of you who like moldy food.

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jessek@reddit

It's common salad dressing. I never eat it though because it gives me digestive issues.

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zoobernut@reddit

Blue cheese is delicious and has a home in all sorts of places in my family.

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RoarTheDinosuar@reddit

It’s so so good if you eat it with honey

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UncomfyPerspective@reddit

Blue cheese is only relevant for me when hot sauce is involved.

So basically just buffalo wings and buffalo chicken pizza in my case.

I'm am devoutly anti-Ranch Dressing though, which I do believe is by far the more popular dipping sauce here, and used for much the same applications, if not more.

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Agreeable-Sun368@reddit

I do not like wings. I like blue cheese salad dressing, like in a salad with apples, crisp lettuce, maybe some walnuts and spring onions.

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EaglesFanGirl@reddit

I blue cheese. For me, absoultely

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Mental_Freedom_1648@reddit

First, blue cheese dip is not made from Ranch dip. Yes, we have blue cheese crumbles for salad and burgers.

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ITrCool@reddit

I've always known it as a salad dressing or a dip, but I've tried genuine blue cheese. It is definitely an acquired taste, at least to me.

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r2d3x9@reddit

Eating moldy food is generally avoided in the United States. Blue cheese is creepy. We do plan to return to the moon and gather some rare lunar green cheese, for which we will be the only country having any

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BagOfLazers@reddit

It’s a sauce. Primary for wings, sometimes on a burger, but that burger gets really messy

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Henry_Fleischer@reddit

I've never tried it, but it's sometimes put on pizza, in a small amount like parmesian, alongside mozzarella.

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OriginalMcSmashie@reddit

Buffalo chicken pizza with bleu cheese crumbles is so good.

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Guinnessron@reddit

Crumbly Bleu in a salad or on a burger or steak is fantastic. I would say it’s most popular as a wing dip though.

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severinusofnoricum@reddit

It’s also a pizza topping - shoutout to Da Boyz in Yuma, Az for making a fantastic 5 cheese with blue cheese as one of the 5-

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matt_chowder@reddit

I hate blu cheese

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

I had a baguette and plate of blue cheese (a wedge, not dressing), creme fraiche, smoked salmon, olives, pecans, pickled green beans, and strawberries for brunch today.

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DragonScrivner@reddit

Salad dressing, salad topping, on a burger or sandwich, in a sauce for pasta (like a Gorgonzola), etc.

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ParrotheadTink@reddit

Blue cheese is the most disgusting cheese and belongs NOWHERE on my plate.

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madogvelkor@reddit

I eat it straight.

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Aloh4mora@reddit

I love it in salads, or on a cheese plate with grapes, figs, and nuts. It's especially good with something a bit sweet to set off its flavor. Have had many a delightful bite that mingles some lovely blue cheese with pomegranate seeds, or quince jam, or something along those lines.

A spinach salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, red onion, and chunks of blue cheese sounds fantastic right now. Maybe I'll pick up the ingredients when I go shopping later!

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Vyckerz@reddit

I use it on salads most often, unless I feel like a lighter salad, in which case I would probably do a light italian dressing but would say blue cheese is my #1 goto for salads.

I do also like buffalo wings or buffalo chicken sandwiches so I will use blue cheese dressing for that as a condiment for those as well.

If it's offered, I will also sometimes get blue cheese crumbled on my burger.

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BreakfastBeerz@reddit

I love it on salads and burgers. Also great melted over a steak.

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BiochemBeer@reddit

I love blue cheese! Dressing is common on salads. I love getting a blue cheese crust on a filet too.

Of course if there is s big cheese board I'll taking a big hunk. The stronger the flavor the better.

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