269516 Mon Dec 17 18:12:54 -0800 2001 6 17 What's My Craving? 0 1420109 I love Blue Cheese Dressing and would like to be able to make it at home (or buy it). The Dressings in the Grocery Stores aren't as good as those in restaurants (i.e., Outback Steakhouse). I've tried a few recipes that I've gotten off the net and they turned out o.k.; but, the type of cheese that I have in my area is too strong. Any recommendations? Mon Dec 17 18:12:54 -0800 2001 0 Bubba Cook 1 1420110 Here's a recipe I adapted from the one I got when cooking at a grand hotel in its heyday: Blue cheese dressing 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon lemon juice dash of tabasco crumbled blue cheese black pepper to taste Put the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and tabasco in the blender. Turn on and add enough milk or half and half to thin it to where the blender churns it. Now drop in blue cheese, blending between additions, until you have the flavor you like. You'll have to add more if it's not too strong, and less if it's very strong. Don't use a mild fresh cheese, you need one with a good flavor. Add more chunks after it's done if you want a chunkier texture. We used to pour blue cheese dressing over hearts of lettuce (iceberg lettuce cut into 1/8 head wedges. Mon Dec 17 21:31:43 -0800 2001 1420109 0 ironmom 2 1420129 I use Maytag blue cheese, it's the best. Blue cheese. Sour cream. Fresh ground pepper. Milk. Mash up the cheese, stir in sour cream and ground pepper, use milk to achieve desired thickness. Thu Dec 20 13:01:51 -0800 2001 1420110 0 Craig 3 1420130 I'm with you on Maytag Blue to make this dressing. Also add a little bit of very good quality red wine vinegar to give it a nice snap. Thu Dec 20 14:32:05 -0800 2001 1420129 0 Melanie Wong 4 1420139 You know, in Valparaso Indiana, about an hour or so away from Chicago, is a place called the Strongbow Inn. Famous for their devotion to turkey. Thanksgiving year round. The best legs, because they cook them apart from the rest of the turkey. But my favorite thing to eat at Strongbow, believe it or not, is the salad with the blue cheese dressing. It is a blue cheese dressing UNLIKE those previously discussed. Instead, it is a very garlicky vinagrette (the garlic is a key addition, like hot sauce is to the creamy version) with tons of blue cheese floating inside. With their very good soft rolls and butter, a fine, fine way to start a meal. Rob The Strongbow is on US 30 just east of Valpariso (or before Valpariso if coming from the East) Thu Dec 20 21:48:54 -0800 2001 1420130 0 Vital Information 5 1420140 Yes, yum! I love the vinegrette versions too. Best prepared table side, taking a coarse grater to the Maytag blue and mixing the grated cheese with the vinegrette and lots of freshly ground pepper (sorry, chows!), then tossed with the salad. I'll have to try the garlicky variant. Thu Dec 20 23:12:01 -0800 2001 1420139 0 Melanie Wong 1 1420166 Got this from topsecretrecipies.com Top Secret Recipes version of Outback Steakhouse® Bleu Cheese Dressing If you've had the Kookaburra Wings from Outback, then you've tasted the chain's thick and creamy bleu cheese dressing served up on the side. Use this stuff when you need an excellent dipping sauce for your next batch of wings, or just pour it over a salad and dive in. 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons buttermilk 1 tablespoon crumbled bleu cheese 1/8 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoon onion powder 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1. Mix all ingredients together by hand in a small bowl until smooth. 2. Cover and chill for 30 minutes before serving. (http://www.topsecretrecipes.com) Makes 1 cup. Tue Dec 25 02:10:52 -0800 2001 1420109 0 DiscoStu