Who Knew Dip Could Be So Good

So it's 4th of July. Woop-woop! I wasn't counting on a big day. In fact, I spent most of it asleep. I woke at 1 o'clock...I just bought a new silk sleep mask that has changed my life, but that's another story.

It was time to go to our friend's house about the time I got hungry.

The spread was enormous. Lemonade, beer, wine, potato salad, corn salad, garlic marinated olives, fat sour pickles, mixed greens and walnut salad, juicy cherry tomatoes, two types of baked beans, the fattest hot dogs of all times, sauerkraut, and an amazing dip.

I'm too old and too female to eat like a longshoreman after a hard day on the docks, but I do it anyway.

I ate everything described above and enjoyed every second of it.

Dessert arrived on a giant tray. Eight different types of ice cream sandwiches, Popsicles, Drumsticks and the like where piled high and paraded around to the guests.

My mouth was not ready for sweets. It longed for more of that dip.

Since I denied myself the joy of a sweet treat, I grabbed another plate, a little (or really medium-sized) mound of chips and a dollop of creamy white goo.

Turns out the brawniest guy at the fete made this dip. He said it was a secret recipe he deciphered.

It was a sneaky deceptive treat, posing as run-of-the-mill Ranch dip. It wasn't until about the second chew that mouths were alerted to the firey zing.

Sour cream, cream cheese, fresh seeded jalapenos, pickled japs.,pickled jalapeno juice and two packages of dry Ranch mix whirled in a blender to make a sinfully rich, spicy cool condiment.

I'd skip the Popsicles any day for a dollop of Drew's Dip.