While Cowboy Kenneth Henson was employed in a job as a plumbing contractor in Alaska, which also required him to cook for his colleagues, he’d use the time to perfect his buttermilk-dressing recipe. Kenneth and his wife could soon afford to purchase a ranch near Santa Barbara in 1954 which they named Hidden Valley Ranch. Kenneth’s invention was turned into the house-dressing; over a period, several people visited the ranch for its beauty and grew fond of the dressing. Kenneth hit the jackpot when he sold his recipe to a mass producer of condiments for $8 million! Baked, sliced chicken dressed in our roasted-pepper house-dressing served with mushroom brown-rice is a million-dollar meal! Try it! Serves 1.