Ingredient
Ranch
Twelve plates at ten of the kitchens we read carry ranch. Seven of them sit under appetizer, and the shape it takes most often is the wings, on three.
From 40 menus · ranch is on 12 plates · How we read them
For the curious: the data views
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
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Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of ranch
The same 12 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | fried | 4 |
| How it comes | small-plate | 2 |
| Where on the menu | appetizer | 2 |
| Other | 17 other steps, added up | 18 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 7 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| fried | — | — | 4 |
| fried | small-plate | — | 2 |
| fried | small-plate | appetizer | 2 |
| fried | side | — | 1 |
| fried | side | not stated | 1 |
| fried | wings | — | 1 |
| fried | wings | appetizer | 1 |
| barbecued | — | — | 2 |
| barbecued | not stated | — | 2 |
| barbecued | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| barbecued | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| breaded | — | — | 1 |
| breaded | not stated | — | 1 |
| breaded | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| cajun-rubbed | — | — | 1 |
| cajun-rubbed | small-plate | — | 1 |
| cajun-rubbed | small-plate | appetizer | 1 |
| grilled | — | — | 1 |
| grilled | not stated | — | 1 |
| grilled | not stated | entree | 1 |
| jerk | — | — | 1 |
| jerk | side | — | 1 |
| jerk | side | not stated | 1 |
| smoked | — | — | 1 |
| smoked | wings | — | 1 |
| smoked | wings | appetizer | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
- Cheese4read by scriptall Cheesedistinctive
- Chicken3read by scriptall Chickendistinctive
- Bacon2read by scriptall Bacondistinctive
Dishes
Our reading of the menu lists burger, bacon jam and boom boom chicken.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Our reading of the menu lists: swiss, pickle, beef fries gravy.
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Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.
Hickory, ropewalk wings and rub come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.
Cornmeal, corn bread and corn on cob come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
In the family
Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.
One entry is all the menus we read give this. All sauce
Where on the island
The 10 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk | 1 | boardwalk |
| Lower Midtown | 2 | inland |
| Midtown | 1 | bayside |
| Uptown | 1 | bayside |
| North OC | 2 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 3 | harbor |