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Dipping sauce

Dipping sauce is something you use to make your food taste extra yummy! Imagine you have some chicken nuggets or crispy fries, you might want to dunk them in something to make them even more delicious!

Dipping sauce is usually a little bowl of goodness that you can dip your food into. Sometimes it's really thin and watery like ketchup, and sometimes it's thicker and creamier like ranch or honey mustard.

People make dipping sauces out of all sorts of different ingredients - some are made out of tomatoes, like ketchup and marinara sauce. Others are made out of mayonnaise, like aioli or chipotle mayo. There are even dipping sauces made out of cheese, like queso or cheesy garlic sauce!

When you're eating something with dipping sauce, you just take a bite of your food and then dip it into the sauce. It's kind of like playing in a swimming pool - you jump in and then you get out, and then you jump back in again!

Dipping sauce is a great way to make your food taste even better, and it's one of the best parts of a snack or meal!
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