Ketchup getting trendy

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Just do not put it on hot dogs!

http://www.nwherald.com/2011/07/22/if-grilling-season-gets-boring-switch-up-ketchup/aa88bfj/

Ketchup, the big red staple of American pantries, is catching up with the cool crowd as chefs and food entrepreneurs seek new inspiration. Not only are there lots of varieties to buy, but you can make your own or doctor the bottle that's in your fridge right now. “It’s a very exciting time to be making ketchup,” says Scott Norton, who with Mark Ramadan founded the recently launched Sir Kensington’s Gourmet Scooping Ketchup.
Organic ketchup, spicy ketchup, gourmet ketchup, curry ketchup, all have blossomed in recent years, a development that James Oseland, editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine, has noted with approval. “Who doesn’t love a good catsup?” he points out.
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So if you want to be one of those hipster douchebags go for ketchup
on everything :D:D:D



I am sure it will taste good as you sit in your skinny jeans, sipping a PBR.


;):D;)
 
Someone has got to explain to me this whole ketchup fetish of yours. I am growing more and more concerned about your desire for ketchup.
 
Ketchup is delicious. IN fact, I am going to go eat some hot dogs with ketchup on them now. I bought a 30 pack of Oscar Meyer Weiners last week.

I also have some State Fair corn dogs, and I plan on putting Ketchup on those too.

Pictures to follow.

Oh, and I don't think I'm a hipster, unless hipster has changed a lot since the last time I accused someone of being one :D
 
SkyHog said:
Ketchup is delicious. IN fact, I am going to go eat some hot dogs with ketchup on them now. I bought a 30 pack of Oscar Meyer Weiners last week.

I also have some State Fair corn dogs, and I plan on putting Ketchup on those too.

Pictures to follow.

Oh, and I don't think I'm a hipster, unless hipster has changed a lot since the last time I accused someone of being one :D
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OK but only if you don't post those other pictures you were searching for. I would like to keep the ketchup down.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
Someone has got to explain to me this whole ketchup fetish of yours. I am growing more and more concerned about your desire for ketchup.
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It's an ongoing debate between ketchup lovers and ketchup haters. The haters see ketchup lovers as illiterate rednecks, I think, and the lovers see the haters as supercilious snobs. Here's another thread that ran on for some time:
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39381&highlight=ketchup

I use ketchup on my eggs and I'm not even an American. If it's a plate of sausages and eggs and hash browns I like to eat them with a mix of ketchup and HP Sauce (HP mostly unknown in the US). I prefer spicy mustard and spicy relish on a hot dog. I prefer mayonnaise, relish, mustard, and jalapenos on a hamburger, complete with a thick (>1/4", <1/2") slice of raw onion. It has to drip some and cause oral pain to be really good. If the bun isn't completely soaked by the last few bites, there wasn't enough goop on it.

Gonna have to give up the ketchup soon, though. Tomatoes and their various products make my arthritis flare up. So does pork and ham.

Dan
 
Dan Thomas said:
It's an ongoing debate between ketchup lovers and ketchup haters.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong.

It is not about hating ketchup at all. I like ketchup, I like it on proper food such as french fries and burgers. The issue is the placing of ketchup on the food of the gods, aka the hot dog. That is is absolutely a culinary abomination.

It has been observed that the most perfect of foods, the Chicago style hot dog, has been corrupted by anti perfection zealots, notably New Yorkers, who put ketchup on a hot dog. Like white shoes after Labor Day, the sweat tomatoey concoction does not belong on the noble tube steak, it is a tasteless epicurean addition.
 
ScottM said:
Wrong, wrong, wrong.

It is not about hating ketchup at all. I like ketchup, I like it on proper food such as french fries and burgers. The issue is the placing of ketchup on the food of the gods, aka the hot dog. That is is absolutely a culinary abomination....
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Agreed. I like both ketchup and mustard - in their place. That, of course, depends on who you ask. What I resent are purveyors of food items deciding for me which I get (often both). Likewise their usual assumption that I want a handful of ketchup packs in those cases where it is served separately (although I do take it home for use on those rare occasions when I do want some). At least I never have to buy any.

Dave
 
Dan Thomas said:
Gonna have to give up the ketchup soon, though. Tomatoes and their various products make my arthritis flare up. So does pork and ham.
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You were a "hipster" right up until that sentence, man... should'a stopped while you were ahead. :popcorn:

:D :D :D
 
I KNOW that I should NOT wade into this debate, but my mind is made up. I don't care whether you like Ketchup on your hot dog, or dislike it, or like or dislike mustard on it, but why on earth are you stooping to eat that lame excuse for meat on white bread? Makes the ketchup vs. mustard, etc... argument moot.

Ryan
 
Dan Thomas said:
It's an ongoing debate between ketchup lovers and ketchup haters. The haters see ketchup lovers as illiterate rednecks, I think, and the lovers see the haters as supercilious snobs. Here's another thread that ran on for some time:
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39381&highlight=ketchup

I use ketchup on my eggs and I'm not even an American. If it's a plate of sausages and eggs and hash browns I like to eat them with a mix of ketchup and HP Sauce (HP mostly unknown in the US). I prefer spicy mustard and spicy relish on a hot dog. I prefer mayonnaise, relish, mustard, and jalapenos on a hamburger, complete with a thick (>1/4", <1/2") slice of raw onion. It has to drip some and cause oral pain to be really good. If the bun isn't completely soaked by the last few bites, there wasn't enough goop on it.

Gonna have to give up the ketchup soon, though. Tomatoes and their various products make my arthritis flare up. So does pork and ham.

Dan
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HP-A1=Same-Same
 
Telemakhos said:
No way, man. A1 is much stronger and more piquant. HP is not as runny as A1, nor as darkly colored.
Both have no place on a hot dog.
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I agree.

HP also seems a little more tomatoey to me than A1. I do like HP better. I recently found a local store that carries it. Great on hamburgers.
 
i like ketchup and mustard in their respective places too. mustard belongs in the trash. ketchup belongs on hot dogs!
 
I use ketchup and mustard in making various sauces.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
I heart A-1
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Eh. It's fine, I guess, but I can never figure out what to put it on. If I'm eating a delicious steak, then I wouldn't dress it with A1 because the sauce would overpower the meat.
Maybe if I were dragged to an Applebee's or something and had to consume one of their "select" grade pre-portioned steaks, I would break out the A1. Honestly, though, if forced into one of those restaurants I'd probably order something else that's less easy to screw up, like nachos, and then count the minutes until I could be in a non-Applebee's location.
A1 might be best for putting on random leftovers while hungover. It's sort of spicy, sort of acidic/tangy, and boosts the flavor of food that you don't really care about the taste because you're trying to eat your way out of a headache.
 
Telemakhos said:
Eh. It's fine, I guess, but I can never figure out what to put it on. If I'm eating a delicious steak, then I wouldn't dress it with A1 because the sauce would overpower the meat.
Maybe if I were dragged to an Applebee's or something and had to consume one of their "select" grade pre-portioned steaks, I would break out the A1. Honestly, though, if forced into one of those restaurants I'd probably order something else that's less easy to screw up, like nachos, and then count the minutes until I could be in a non-Applebee's location.
A1 might be best for putting on random leftovers while hungover. It's sort of spicy, sort of acidic/tangy, and boosts the flavor of food that you don't really care about the taste because you're trying to eat your way out of a headache.
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A lot of sauces are overpowering if used in quantity. The trick is to use very little. I always prefer to apply condiments myself (many cooks tend to over-season things, given the opportunity).

Since several condiments other than ketchup and mustard have been discussed, how about one more? Anybody familiar with Maggi sauce?
Great stuff for improving the taste of soup or chili. I use it on steak myself.
Anybody else?

Dave
 
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