Tomato Ketchup: Classic or Dud?

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In my feverish state I've homed in on the ultimate question...to me it's a classic, a chip without ketchup, would be unthinkable and unpalatable...What's your favourite brand? Mine is Hienz!

― james e l, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

yup..Hienz..try that new green colored Hienz yet? it's ketchup..but GREEN. insane?

― kevin enas, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Heinz. That's not my favorite, I don't care for ketchup (though I'll eat about 8 gallons of it with fries), but it's just that it's called Heinz. I see it every night, since we never eat dinner at home. I'm being pedantic.

― Ally, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I swear never to taste any ketchup that comes in little plastic packets. It's disgusting, doesnt taste like ketchup at all. It tastes synthetic or something. Yeauchh. I sometimes veer between putting brown sauce and ketchup on chips. I still say ketchup is king however.

― Michael, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My sister used to drink ketchup out of glasses as a kid, she didn't like milk or juice. The sight of that was disgusting enough to put me off it forever.

― Nicole, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ketchup is good, blue cheese dressing is unbeatable (with french fries).

― Otis Wheeler, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I prefer catsup.

― JM, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic - anything else with chips (=uk fries) is decadent.

A couple of years ago I finally managed to score one of those red plastic ketchup squirters shaped like a giant tomato - you used to see them in every uk transport cafe, greasy spoon and wimpy burger bar, but now it's all 'individual sachets' (shudder) I thought I would never see one again. The green stem spout does get all clogged up with dried sauce, though.

And I've got a loony friend who swears that the Heinz ketchup that comes in plastic bottles contains more vinegar so that it's easier to squeeze out - tastes exactly the same to me.

― Andrew L, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Whole Earth ketchup beats yer Heinz muck. Same with Baked Beans.

― Johnathan, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like it well enough on my fried potato products, but a couple of my friends at primary school liked it so much that they put ketchup on everything, including baked beans.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ketchup? I far prefer barbeque sauce. I mean, liquid smoke, world's deadliest carcinogen... is there anything yummier?

― masonic boom, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This may be an old-timer thing (or worse, a Shropshire thing), but when cinemas sold hot dogs in the foyer, it came with a ketchup which had the same effect as the blood in Alien, only it was stronger. If it actually touched like your LIP, you still felt acid- burn discomfort by the time the movie was over.

― mark s, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Belgo's is totally to blame for my lapse into decadence, but I have taken to having mayo with chips. In fact the last time I had them I had no ketchup at all. Though I was in London's Trendy East London at the time.

Ketchup and sausage (SOSSAGE!) is the way to go, though. And anything barbequeued with ketchup - NOT 'BBQ Sauce', emphatically.

― Tom, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Are we talking tomato sauce here? And at what stage did this k thing take over from the more traditional HP's and worstechire?

― Geoff, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mmm HP, I put that stuff on potato chips (the crispy kind I mean) and Heinz 57 is where's it really at.

I have a bottle of that green ketchup in the fridge, when I tried it... it tasted pretty much the same, as near as I could tell. Thing was though, that I just could NOT look at it while I ate it. RED = Ketchup is just so strongly ingrained. I hear that green was a concession - apparently they have the awesome power to make it blue. Even.

― Kim, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The whole time they were selling green ketchup here I never noticed or bought any. Of course now that I know about it our stores don't have it. But they do have bottles of red ketchup that say 'NOT GREEN' and other humorous things where it normally says 'HEINZ'.

― Josh, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh and if you buy anything but Heinz you are a cretin[*]. I totally do not understand how you could buy anything else, hello.

*: even if they do not have Heinz where you live. If they don't you should just use mustard.

― Josh, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SOSSAGE + red sauce = good, SOSSAGE + brown sauce = heavenly.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I prefer BBQ sauce on my fries, actually. Or ranch dressing.

― Kerry Keane, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ew, ketchup is TOO SWEET. Brown (HP) sauce every time: Mmmm... mildly spicy. Perfect on burgers, great on chips.

What's worse, though, is all the Burger chains put effin' MAYO on the burgers! What madness *is* this?? I mean, Mayo? What's up wi dat? How come they don't put ketchup on the burgers as standared like *normal* people do? No-one puts mayo on burgers cooked at home do they? No.

Anyway. I always loved, loved, lovvvvvved GRAVY on my steak and chips! Ooohhh - *now* your talkin'! Slobber!

― DavidM, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am almost obsessed with the current Heinz Tomato Ketchup advert with the Faster Than Rocks slogan. However I fear they are going down a dangerous road. Not only Green Tomato Ketchup (allowed because it is made of Green Tomato's), but Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup. I can imagine stocks running out in Highgate as we speak.

And them squeezable Heinz bottles. Just plain wrong.

― Pete, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ketchup is rubbish. what you want is hps brown sauce. hps is the shit.

― gareth, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sun-dried TK = the blackish stuff you get caked round the cap. Mmmmmmmm, unhygienic-y

― mark s, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A stray 'the' appears to have crept into the above posting, Gareth.

― Tim, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Fuck all that, use Encona hot pepper sauce. That, my friends, is the real shit.

― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

Hienz is my God! I've been known to eat it on chocolate chip cookies (for a bet!), and even drink it straight out of a glass! My fav however is Hienz on mac n' cheese...mmmm! And I just wanted to say "Thank You" to however thought of making ketchup potato chips, they kick ass! I'm not quite sure where Hienz got the idea to put little phrases on the bottles, but that was a good idea too, I collect them now. Well tata fellow Hienz worshipers!

― Erin McCready, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am waiting for the release of purple ketchup. If you slap a new label on it and dye it a funny color , i am beyond there.

― anthony, Tuesday, 14 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

The purple ketchup is very very good. it tastes a bit like cream soda.

― anthony, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Purple ketchup is bad enough, but purple ketchup that tastes like cream soda is surely a crime too great for creation to bear.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Atlanta Spaghetti:

As soon as yr spaghetti is done, drain, put back in pot, throw in big dollops of Heinz Tomato Quatcip and grated cheddar cheese, mix well, EAT LIKE KING.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic baby, buitalfully tasty, wonderful on chips

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR reading my answer

― Ben Green, Wednesday, 3 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

hps is the shits No dear - it merely looks like "the shits".

― Pete, Wednesday, 3 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Q regarding "tomato ketchup": Is there another kind of ketchup? In America, the word "ketchup" is synonymous with "tomato ketchup" so I wonder why ketchup bottles still feel the need to include the word "tomato" and what Stereolab was thinking when it titled an abstract orange-covered album Emperor Tomato Ketchup.

― Nude Spock, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mushroom ketchup, which I always keep in the cupboard. It looks and behaves a lot like Worcestershire Sauce, but it's easier to spell. It tastes a little different too, but is ideal for adding a little flavoursome saltiness to something.

― Tim, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Fascinating. Are you in America? I've never heard of another ketchup. I'm assuming at this point that ketchup just means "mashed up and mixed with vinegar". Is that the deal with mushroom ketchup?

― Nude Spock, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ketchup over here mainly = tomato ketchup. Tim is a weirdo. But ketchup was originally a far eastern thing that had nothing to do with tomatoes, I believe. Made of seafood and stuff.

― Nick, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Quick Ketchup History:

17th-century China: a spicy pickled fish sauce was called ke-tsiap.
came to Britain, where made with mushrooms, walnuts etc
only became tomato ketchup when it arrived in New England

however, anything other than tomato is totally obscure nowadays

― m jemmeson, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sheesh, no way am I as weird as mullethead Dastoor of the Funny Coloured Trousers. Yes, mushroom ketchup is kind of obscure, but not so obscure you can't find it in Tesco.

Here's an equal and opposite question: Americans seem to refer to apple cider, when over here we simply use the word cider. Is there another sort of cider over there?

Mmmmmmmmm, cider.

― Tim, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Some people over here call perry 'pear cider'. Perhaps the Americans do too.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But doesn't 'cider' in America generally mean non-alcoholic apple juice?

― Nick, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eleven months pass...

Back to the ketchup debate, I would have to say that the only way to fly is to cake your fries in mayo and chicken salt. MSG heaven, it's the Bomb !!!

― Rupert Finniganiganson, Friday, 27 September 2002 10:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, ketchup is big DUD. I always make the burger chains prepare my burgers specially w/out that freakin' 'orrible ketchup they use. Also, Rupert is OTM about chips and mayo (or Bearnaise sauce, for pref.) But don't cake 'em, a dipping pot on the side is the way to go.

― zebedee (Jeff W), Friday, 27 September 2002 10:05 (twenty-three years ago)

mmm, mayonnaise and vinegar, and salt. mmmm, looks revolting, tastes amazing.

― chris (chris), Friday, 27 September 2002 10:10 (twenty-three years ago)

It's simple, mayonnaise if you are eating white meat with yer chips and ketchup if your eating red meat.
You can't beat the special chip mayonnaise you get in Holland though

― Plinky (Plinky), Friday, 27 September 2002 10:23 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

Dud. I'd rather have blue cheez dressing or BBQ sauce on fries.

― libcrypt, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)

This thread is further proof that 9/11 changed everything.

― JTS, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)

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