By adding salad dressing, are we in fact "supressing" the "true" taste of vegetables or enhancing it?

Question

I love ranch. Ranch makes good food taste even better. Albeit, there are those who say, "Don't drown your food!"
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Answer 1

I love Ranch or creamy Italian too - or better yet Buttermilk or Bacon if available. I definitely say enhancing because most salads would have a dull taste without it. I can't imagine a salad without any dressing but yea, you can overdo it. I think to have an ideal salad you need a mixture of different things and dressing is just part of the mixture.

Answer 2

I would say it depends on the vegetables. There are some that I can enjoy without dressing, but others I'm unable to eat unless I have some type of sauce on hand.

Answer 3

Vinegarette dressing enhances it... i think
whereas ranch and other heavy dressing supresses its true taste

Answer 4

Keep the dressing on the side (don't pour it on the vegetables) and LIGHTLY dip each forkful into the dressing. That way you will be able to taste both the dressing and the vegetables.

Answer 5

It depends on how much dressing is used. I like to use a little salt and pepper and a squirt of lemon juice if the produce is very fresh, say from the farmers market.

Answer 6

I put ranch on everything. Especially pizza, spaghetti and lasagna. A salad should be light with vinaigrette's and lemon juice.

Answer 7

Suppressing.

Answer 8

supressing

Answer 9

supressing it