What’s wrong with Ketchup???

[Fox Mike]

Well, disliking oysters does bring character into the discussion.


:devilish:

There is no WRONG WAY to eat oysters.

 

[el caminero]

Like others here, I do like ketchup on some foods, but not on most things.

For those who do like ketchup - do any of you remember when Heinz tried marketing ketchup in designer colors?

They made blue, purple and green ketchup for certain. Maybe some others as well. The flavor was unchanged, but nobody liked it. Biggest marketing flop I can ever recall.

Like the purple peanutbutter? Koogle's?

 

[krw]

My Dad made the tomato harvest one year when He was young. Workd in the cannery. He told story's about ketchup. I never saw my Dad eat ketchup. A bottle in fridge. Bottle/yr will do us

 

[el caminero]

Dad grew up on a dairy, so when the korean draft numbers got too close he joined the navy, " I Have Had Enough of Mud!". Mom got him into yogurt, but it had to be heavily flavored, and got him to eat cheese too by only giving him smoked cheese. Tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, apples, lettuce, some people who harvested them get REAL picky about the stuff at the store.

 

[mirglip]

I used to put Ketchup on my hamburgers for 50 years, but the last 10 years it's so sugared up I can't stand it. Now I use mustard instead. I tried to find Ketchup without sugar or very little sugar, even bought some at a health food store but it also tasted like corn syrup with red dye. I gave up.

 

[protoolman]

I heard there is a nk17 rule for hotdogs. No Ketchup over 17 year s old. Anyway it's fine for many things just not hotdogs! They deserve mustard and maybe relish or hot sauce. I agree Ketchup is too sweet nowadays.

 

[el caminero]

Mustard all my life on burgers and hotdogs, mayo on poultery, mustard very thinly on pork/ham, catsap mayo mustard melange on burgers is okay, but catsap or frysauce is for fried potatoes, and some chickenuggets.. Catsap is how dad spelled and pronounced it. Steak, and chickenbreast, gets butter-fried, no sauces. Lawreys often added before cooking

 

[Iguanason]

Ketchup has an interesting history. The first Catsup was a fish based sauce. It had many disgusting variations until evolved into its present condiment. I was recently in Europe on a river cruise for two weeks in France and I tried to never ask for ketchup. I almost made it but hamburger and french fries cause me to go get a little bottle that they put out because mostly Americans were on the boat. I put malt vinegar on my fish and chips and made it through the vacation without many condiments. Try mayo on your french fries that’s what the Germans do.

 

[el caminero]

Fry sauce, credited often to various owners or workers at utah arctic circle during ww2, but wiki disent support that particular part of the urban myth, and says its from a 1900 new orIeans recipe book. There was an a c in central oregon that local legend had it as the source for the sauce before ww2. Whatever, ketchap and mayo, with or without extras, has long been an acquired taste for fries. My brother put A1 sauce on his fries cos dad did. Dad also dipped his fries in wendys frostys

 

[gnappi]

I generally avoid the stuff except on a too dry burger, hot dog or french fries. I figure a little rancid taste from ketchup is better than desert baked dry food.

 

[Acorn]

I like mustard on hotdogs and used to put it on burgers but lately I’ve been using Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce on my hamburgers.

 

[GasGuzzler]

Ketchup goes with everything. If you don't like it, don't use it. But don't be a snob about it.

Mentioning the fact the FDA allows such high numbers of contaminates and that it has proven unhealthy ingredients isn't being a snob, it's avoiding one unhealthy food in a world full of bad things to eat. I never said anyone that eats it is disturbed, I merely argued against the poster who said ketchup is "healthy". Chocolate is just as contaminated and I like it anyway.

 

[Sam Summey]

Decades ago,, when Miss Penny & I were first together,, I was cooking them dinner. Venison backstrap. Her son,, of about 10, wanted ketchup to put on his venison.
I politely told him that we do not put ketchup on backstrap.
He replied; "I put ketchup on everything!"
Well, the little devilish gremlin in my head said; "Ok, you can put ketchup on it,, but one of these days,, I'm going to make you eat ketchup on something you will not want to put it on!"

He agreed and laughed.

I waited until the timing was right. Then one day,, when we were having ice cream,, I served his with ketchup. Boy was he surprised!!!!! He wanted the ice cream,, but he didn't want ketchup on it. He only ate a few bites & stopped. He did w/o ice cream that day.

That said,,like all things,, ketchup has it's place in our diet. I personally don't use it too often,, but some things it does assist in the enjoyment of the flavors.

Ketchup of today, seems to me, (at 77 YO) to taste different than it did back in the 1950s-90s, rather rancid. I avoid Heinz Ketchup (because of political affiliation) at home but it is popular in most "fast food" establishments. I think I would be happier with tomato paste.

 

[Sam Summey]

On fries and burgers, that's it. Putting ketchup on a hotdog is as bad as putting pineapple on a pizza.

I'm with Vito, mustard, chili and coleslaw, onion will make a hot dog a banquet. I prefer mustard, mayonnaise, tomato, lettuce and dill pickle on my hamburger though. NO KETCHUP!

 

[s4s4u]

I only buy ketchup without high fructose corn syrup; it's available about everywhere. All I've seen have sugar, though.

Aldi's organic ketchup is all I get anymore. It costs no more than Heinz, and that is when Heinz is on sale.

 

[redfernclan]

Ever try it on mac and cheese? Got my kids hooked on it too the point when they were little and ordered mac and cheese in a restaurant, they ordered a bottle of ketchup also. I still have it about half a dozen times a year. Put some on half the bowl and stir a little, Not too much! That way you can have a bite of plain mac and cheese, a bite with a little zing, and then a bite of sweetened tomatoey goodness.
Funny thing is I really do not care for tomato juice.

 

[eveled]

Vinegar on fries is good. Mayo too. First time I got gravy on my fries in Canada was a surprise.

Honestly I like to mix it up. I can’t think of anything I eat the same way every time.

If I had a plate of 4 hotdogs infront of me now, they’d be dressed 4 different ways. I’m sure ketchup would be involved somehow.

 

[KIR]

The only way to have ketchup, before it becomes ketchup is by having Grimaldi's (Sparks, NV) sun-dried tomatoes on a plain cheese pizza. Who would have thought that tomatoes could be so sweet!!!

 

[Tensaw]

I like ketchup on hamburgers, sausage dogs, french fries and in my cocktail sauce. Oh and on meatloaf.

 

[Tensaw]

Vinegar on fries is good. Mayo too. First time I got gravy on my fries in Canada was a surprise.

Honestly I like to mix it up. I can't think of anything I eat the same way every time.

If I had a plate of 4 hotdogs infront of me now, they'd be dressed 4 different ways. I'm sure ketchup would be involved somehow.

Four hotdogs! You must have a good appetite!

 

[steveodtw]

We do mix ketchup with brown sugar and make a glaze that gets smeared on top of the meatloaf in the last 20 minutes of cook time. Yum!

I make a great meatloaf from a Paul Prudhomme recipe. Not your momma's meatloaf, with a half cup of 10 seasonings mix. Makes fantastic gravy. Know what always goes on top? KETCHUP!

 

[steveodtw]

I just watched the Heinz "At Last" ad sung by Etta James. Interesting they created that great ad, now that half of Ketchup bottles are the upside-down squirt/splat variety.

 

[el caminero]

Ketchup of today, seems to me, (at 77 YO) to taste different than it did back in the 1950s-90s, rather rancid. I avoid Heinz Ketchup (because of political affiliation) at home but it is popular in most "fast food" establishments. I think I would be happier with tomato paste.

Rancid, he says. Its why i keep my ketsup in the fridge, like my mustard, and butter

 

[Sam Summey]

Rancid, he says. Its why i keep my ketsup in the fridge, like my mustard, and butter

I do too, fresh out of the bottle same taste, just doesn't taste the same as I remember.

 

[el caminero]

I do too, fresh out of the bottle same taste, just doesn't taste the same as I remember.

The cold damps it down

 

[eveled]

Four hotdogs! You must have a good appetite!

I certainly do. I won’t be going head to head with Joey Chestnut, but I can hold my own.

 

[MaxMan]

If it weren't for Copious ketchup consumption no one would eat my cooking.

 

[375hh1973]

I do have to say the first time I saw someone put some on scrambled eggs I got a little nauseous.
I had heard a rumor that Yankees liked to do this but could not even fathom that it could be true....

Only way I can choke down eggs. Cook em to death and cover in ketchup or hot sauce.

Did I mention that I hate eggs?

 

[bedfordboy]

Ketchup-oholic here especially with French Fry’s and meatloaf, hash browns too… probably one culprit for my current blood sugar levels
Not a fan of it on eggs or hotdogs although I have been known to put it on a hamburger occasionally.
I don’t do hot sauce at all, makes my head sweat and this includes Heinz ketchup

 

[s4s4u]

Rancid, he says. Its why i keep my ketsup in the fridge, like my mustard, and butter

I'm with ya but for the butter. There will be some softened goodness on my countertop.

Hard to make a PB sandy with hard butter.