Dip Baby Dip (in Mary's Daily Dish)

All of this veggie talk has me thinking about dip. I am a huge fan of condiments so I thought we should explore the world of dips together.

Let’s look at the definition…

Dip (food)
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A dipping sauce or dip is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add flavor to a food, such as pita bread, crackers, cut-up raw vegetables, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips, or falafel. Unlike other sauces, instead of applying the sauce to the food, the food is typically put into, or dipped, into the dipping sauce (hence the name). Dips are commonly used for finger foods and other easily held foods.
Dip is a very widespread food; forms of it are eaten all over the world.

Dip choices are out of control… there are so many options.
Barbecue sauce, fondue, honey mustard, hummus, salsa, ranch dressing (shout out to you Sparks), sour cream-based delights, cheese dip, onion dip, soy sauce and the list goes on…

So now the important thing. Everyone knows that I have a theory that what one eats directly reflects qualities or characteristics of that person. I am constantly doing research on this and my current study is “what your dip preference says about you.”

In the following clip about dip we can clearly learn a lot about this person and their lifestyle based on his dip preference, way of making it and his dipping item. This guy is likely NOT my ideal veggie guy. See for yourself.

WC Dish’s preferred dips are: yogurt dipping sauce- savory or sweet. Savory is great for veggies and sweet is perfect for fruit dippage. I will disclose what this means about me in a follow up feature.

The Final Dish: Let me have it. Give your ideal dip and dipping items and I’ll tell you more about you than you ever wanted to know…

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Mary Bigham, the creator of wcdish, is a self-admitted sushi and travel addict. She has a crush on just about every food but refuses to eat American cheese.

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5 Comments So Far

wcdish – Jan 12, 2007

Sole Mate,

We all know your favorite dip and preparation style. Is it appropriate to share what I really think this says about you???
Sole Mate – Jan 12, 2007

I can remember a time when I hated dip. I was young and foolish, yes, but what 10-year-old enjoys a dish full of cold, mushy, over-mixed, mystery foods? It wasn’t until a few years ago that I discovered the wonders of dip.

I started small, with a dip that is still one of my favorites. It’s sour cream and a Lipton Onion soup packet mixed together, and is amazing with just about anything, though I prefer kettle cooked potato chips.

When I discovered refried beans a few years later, I next moved onto layered taco dip. With all the fixings of a taco in ready-to-be-dipped form, all you need is a simple tortilla chip to make this substantial dip.

Artichoke dip. We all know how I feel about this dip.

These days I am just a straight-up dip whore. If it looks like dip, I will dip the shit out of it. That means if there is an appetizing-looking candle sitting on a table loaded with other foods, there’s a good chance I will be consuming hot candle wax. And I donâ€™t’ waste my time with flavorful veggies, I go straight for the oil-loaded cracker or the fat-laden chip.

An ex-boyfriend of mine had a dip theory. I actually wish he had dip-htheria, but that’s a different story altogether. So his dip theory was that you could tell if someone was “fat” by the amount of dip they scooped/spread onto their dipable item. The larger the amount of dip on any one dipable item, the larger the person. I didn’t give it much thought until I began increasing my dip allotment per dipable item. While dip alone can not account for the weight Iâ€™ve gained since the dip theory was introduced, I can’t help but think assface was right.

I tend to gravitate toward dips with the following characteristics. But please, ask for recipes at your own risk:
*Spinach dip with water chestnuts
*Dried beef dip with other stuff in it
*Any dip with horseradish

I truly feel there is a dip out there for everyone; you just have to keep trying them until you find the one that makes you want to swear on your best friendâ€™s website.
wcdish – Jan 12, 2007

I love the dip theory. You know I’ll be testing that.
Jason – Jan 12, 2007

Hmm, I don’t think I have a favorite dip. My favorite dip is usually the one in arms reach.
wcdish – Jan 12, 2007

I love to be dipped on the dance floor.

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