I don't give a shit that America is 250 years old. This country lets people without insurance die, leaves its veterans to rot on the streets, and blows up little kids in their schools.
A Black man created ranch dressing — and most people never knew.
Kenneth “Steve” Henson, born in Nebraska in 1918, was a plumber who cooked for his crew in Alaska. One day he mixed buttermilk, mayo, herbs, and spices… and ranch was born.
In 1954, he and his wife bought land near Santa Barbara and named it Hidden Valley Ranch. Guests loved the dressing so much they begged to take jars home. By 1957, stores were selling his dry mix. Orders exploded. Factories followed.
In 1972, Clorox bought the recipe and the name for eight million dollars. Ranch went nationwide. By 1992, it was America’s #1 dressing.
But the man behind it? Nearly erased.
Every salad, every wing, every fry dipped in ranch — that’s his legacy. He mattered. He was the blueprint.
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*TRIGGER WARNING* I’m only posting this because I really need a update on what happened to this little girl, & wanna know if she’s been removed from this home. And is her mother and this big funky ass nigga who was chasing her to drag her off camera being investigated / arrested.
in case you didn’t know, butter pecan ice cream exists because Black people in the South weren’t allowed to eat vanilla ice cream in public..because it was white ... so they added butter nd some pecans to it to make it acceptable for them to eat in public.
Just a little reminder on this Juneteenth,and remember that, when you’re eating butter pecan ice cream: the thousands of different acts of resistance, both great nd small, that black folks have had to use to overcome the scourge of white supremacy always ...
she was raped at 11 and developed severe headaches. started singing with james brown at 17. he was 29, initiated an abusive relationship w/ her and beat her within an inch of her life. she left him, went to med school, then found success with Motown and Marvin Gaye