Ketchup on Eggs: Classic or Dud

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Well, what is it then? For years when I would see people eat their eggs with ketchup I considered them crazy. Lunatics even. But then one day I buckled under the pressure and tried it. And, dammit if I wasn't as wrong as can be. I can't do without it now. So call me a convert. Or call me a philistine. You decide. Fight!

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

I haven't liked ketchup ever since I tore open a packet with my teeth in second grade and it squirted up my nose. Dud, and since then I've never torn anything open with my teeth.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: exposing ambitious careerists as charlatans since 1986. (East, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

fried egg on toast with bacon and ketchup!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Eh. I like ketchup, and if some mistakenly splashed from my hasbrowns onto my eggs I would still eat them, but why intentionally use ketchup when there's hot sauce?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

I like them both with other things, but I don't like ketchup with eggs. It makes a funny taste.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Faith it's a crime! NO SAUCE TO GO ON THE EGG. Not even baked bean sauce! OK actually I will allow a bit of overspill on the white but NEVER ON THE YOLK.

Of course we are talking fried eggs, I hope no-one slathers tommy k all over their boiled eggz0r.

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

The ketchup must be warm or least room temperature in order for it to be classic. Cold eggs are for the birds.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.robinsonkurtin.com/HJH99/images/ketcheggs.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup on anything=dud.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup is fucking nasty. So if you like it, put it on whateverthefuck you want, you obviously have no taste buds.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

what crazy talk egg yolk ketchup combo is the nectar of the gods

― elwisty (elwisty), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup is for 3 year olds to put on their McNuggets. Salsa is for eggs.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

No ketchup. BROWN sauce on the egg and the sausage, innit?

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

tommy k?

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup on eggs = Dud, dud, dud, dud. Fucking gross.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

dud. i did this as a kid when i didnt really like fried eggs. now the thought of it is gross. only salt, pepper, and sometimes salsa goes on eggs.

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup on my rollanegg. HP on my rollansossidge.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

right, i knew the real issue here would be whether or not you liked ketchup or if you thought it was some plebian condiment used only by those without any taste/class. although, i liked ketchup alright even when i thought the idea of mixing it with eggs was disgusting. so who knows.

i've always been curious as to why it's such a devisive condiment. some people put it on EVERYTHING (which i personally think is a little too much) and others FREAK OUT if they see people putting it on anything. i have to say i agree when it comes to something like steak. but when people act all uppity when you put it on a hot dog i think we've crossed over into you being a little ridiculous. it's a fucking hot dog, kids! calm it down.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

mustard on a hot dog

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

My housemate uses ketchup on everything but won't eat a tomato.
He's funny about food though, we won't eat anything triangular.

I'll happily eat ketchup if it's already on the food, it's quite nice, but i wouldn't ever think to buy/request it.

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

I think ketchup is one of those things that, for me at least, will only ever fill a limited role in fooding, but an irreplaceable one. Like shredded iceburg lettuce on tacos or something. Ketchup I do kinda look down on, but when it comes time to cook up some meatloaf, it's the first thing out of the fridge.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

I can understand him. I'm not too fond of tomatos myself, but ketchup is really good (especially with fries). I also quite like curry-ketchup. I should try it with eggs.

― nathalie's post modern sleaze fest (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

xx post. Re: triangular food. Not a Half Man Half Biscuit Fan is he?:

"Have you ever wondered how you get triangles from a cow?
You need butter, milk and cheese,
and an equilateral chainsaw."

Its enough to put any young person off of triangular food.

― Guilty Boksen (Bro_Danielson), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

A friend of mine still eats ramen with american cheese and ketchup regularly. He's 40. And has tapeworm.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

xpost

no he's just odd. other things he is appalled by, and will actually physically move to get away from:

bananas
milk
any hot liquid (soup, tea etc)
coleslaw (or any salad/sauce mixture)
many more

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup on its own with eggs - Dud.

With Wocestershire Sauce - Classic.

― Spanner, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

SALSA??? On a fvcking FRIED EGG! You are an UTTER LOON whoever said that, an utter utter UTTER LOON. Ketchup (tommy k), brown sauce is not ketchup it is BROWN SAUCE or if you are a staunch loyalist "DADDIES". Jesus, salsa on a fried egg begob, what next?! People occasionally talk to me about curried eggs I SAY THEE NAY.

SALSA!

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

A friend of mine still eats ramen with american cheese and ketchup regularly. He's 40. And has tapeworm

Is he Canadian?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

do deotin dot n day
do deotin day-o
do deotin dot n day
no he's not Canadian.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

That was a bit illegible.

Tommy k = tomato ketchup = ketchup
Brown sauce = brown sauce/"daddies"
Salsa = a dip or it goes on mexican foods - fried eggs not being considered 'tex-mex' by any stretch of the Liffey, it does not go on EYREN.

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

SALSA??? On a fvcking FRIED EGG! You are an UTTER LOON whoever said that, an utter utter UTTER LOON.

Have you never had huevos rancheros?

http://www.ilovepickles.org/images/recipes/huevosrancheros.jpg

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Huevos Rancheros = Food of the gods

I found the greatest Mexican breakfast place over on 10th Ave near 47th St. OMG. Too bad I'm seldom over there.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

"Huevos Rancheros"

"Migas"

"Chilaquiles"

Like nobody ever fried an egg in Mexico. Get one clue.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Not you, Nate. I mean Lucretia.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

ketchup on meatloaf is vile, sorry nick

― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup goes *in* meatloaf, when you're making it! Totally necessary (hell, it's meatloaf after all and by right should have things like ketchup in it.)

Eggswise, dud except for on fried egg sandwiches. I went through an eggs and hot salsa phase too, but that is very over and turns my stomach now. (rrgh, I annoy myself.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup is also necessary to make sloppy joes.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, ketchup in the loaf, preferably beef gravy on the loaf. This may actually sound more vile though, I don't know.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Salsa on eggs = yay. Tabasco on omelettes = yay. A bit of ketchup on the potatoes with the eggs = okay enough, but not a regular desire.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup with some Tabasco mixed in goes with the home fries next to the eggs. If a little bit gets in the eggs, no problem, it's an occasional treat. Ketchup specifically brought out to go on eggs -- no thanks.

Salsa (with a little sriracha mixed in) goes on a cheese and mushroom omelette very well.

A peeled, seeded, chopped ripe tomato is the best tomato-based condiment beside some scrambled eggs.

Fried eggs: no condiment please. The yolk IS the condiment.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Tomato sauce, not ketchup, in the meat loaf. The ketchup (and mustard, vinegar, brown sugar, etc.) goes in the sauce over the meat loaf.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Don't see the point - eggs provide their own lovely yellow sauce.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

fish fingers!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

Now Heinz do a readily available garlic mayo, I really don't see any need for ketchup.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

Yes because in Mexico it's a law salsa has to go on everything, apparently PS just because some people are bonkers about it to the extent of considering it soul food doesn't mean that SALSA SHOULD GO ON EGGS which are quite adequately catered for with their own yolk!

Then again I also take a hardline on anything red touching the egg eg fried tomato/baked beanz0r.

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

well I don't think it's just Mexico. . .

really salsa and ketchup are nothing alike in my eyes and while I regularly put the former on eggs I would never do the latter.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

i don't see why you're flipping out about salsa and not ketchup.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

(it's a good thing Tep isn't reading this)

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

i should point out that when i do eat eggs these days it's usually in sandwich form. street stands = awesome egg and cheese sandwiches. though if i do find myself in a diner i'm probably less likely to put ketchup on the eggs. but when we're talking greasy hangover curing sandwiches it's egg and cheese all the way with salt, pepper, and ketchup. delish!

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

london doesn't have a thriving mexican community sam, so huevos rancherous isn't that very popular here. however, it's absolutely and totally the nuts when i've had it in the states.

Ketchup goes *in* meatloaf, when you're making it! Totally necessary (hell, it's meatloaf after all and by right should have things like ketchup in it.)

this is right, as long as you don't forget the worcester, then you serve it with mashed potatoes and drenched in gravy with a half-ton of caramelised onion in it.

on the whole, i don't really like ketchup on anything other than burgers. i'm a brown sauce man, preferably HP or hammonds chop sauce. daddies is horribly acidic.

― stelf)xxxx, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

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Ketchup makes eggs only mildly more tolerable than usual. But I hate eggs.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

That sounds tasty. I was never sure if "brown sauce" was vegetarian-friendly or not. (xpost)

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Fresh made tortillas, good salsa and eggs are soooooooooooooo good. Ketchup seems so inadequate as a condiment after you've tasted that.

I never even saw ketchup on eggs until I was an adult, and it was better than expectations, but superfluous.

― Hunter (Hunter), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Also I say AYGS instead of EHGS, for some reason. I don't think this is a regional pronunciation or anything, I think I'm just weird.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Or my parents are.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

That is some hillbilly shit, dude.

MAH, far up thayit GREEYIL, weezuh guh make sum AYGS.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

I am certainly not accepting any judgement on what is or ain't salsa from anyone who has not spent at least 5 years in Mexico, Texas, Southern California, or some other border state.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

"Fresh made tortillas, good salsa and eggs are soooooooooooooo good. Ketchup seems so inadequate as a condiment after you've tasted that."

Oh man, when you start talking breakfast burritos we're entering a whole new ballgame. I just might beat someone up for one of those. Throw a little shredded cheese in there. criminy. I find that ketchup can work as a substitute for salsa in this case, though I usually do take the salsa route.

God, I wish I hadn't stated this thread on an empty stomach. Nor should I be reading with my lunch break being at least another hour away.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

It's totally regional, jaymc. My girlfriend made fun of me for a few months because I say "aygs" and "Mayghan" like a midwesterner and now I've stopped.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Jordan, that recipe doesn't sound like it would result in brown sauce. This is what is usually looks like:

http://www.ameenmalhas.com/blog/hp.jpg

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

I am certainly not accepting any judgement on what is or ain't salsa from anyone who has not spent at least 5 years in Mexico, Texas, Southern California, or some other border state

shd i present my credentials??

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

at this mexican joint i frequent they have a salsa bar without about 10 freshly made salsa. a few a watery, at least more so than ketchup, but the best are these light orange and light beige ones that are definitely thicker than ketchup. omg i want some NOW.

xpost yeah no mexicans in chicagoland noooope!

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

just admit it is more watery, and less salty, than ketchup, ok??

Hold on, folks. Salsa DOES have water in it (tomatoes), but this does not make it thin or anemic. GOOD salsa is thick and chunky-like OR it's been pureed in which case it is both less watery AND saltier (and deliciouser) than ketchup.

Salsa is inarguably better than ketchup w/r/t eggs. And just about everything else, for that matter.

― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

TS: K on E's vs. C on T's

FIGHT!

― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

C on E's

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

...and that's how babies are made, ladies and gentlemen!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

"Mayghan"

I've never pronounced Megan this way.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

Catsup on Eggs is how babies are made?

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

It is NOW.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

Mmmmm, catsup on tits.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

Major x-post:

O-nate, what's the name of that Mexican breakfast place on 10th?

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

I love how the brown sauce has a picture of Parliment on the label.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Houses of Parliament = HP innit

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

There's another way to pronounce AYGS?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

why do people look down on ketchup? it's just tomato paste and vinegar and sugar.

― metal detective (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

that said, ketchup on eggs is DUD DUD DUD.

― metal detective (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

someone just googled a mrs beeton's brown sauce upthread or summink. that's not th brown sauce we're discussing at all. it's made from vinegar spices and fruit. tamarind is what gives it it's main flavour, though. i know a few americans who love it, certainly luna does coz she's mentioned it b4. the best thing to liken it to is A1 steak sauce but less watery and with a lot more bite and flavour.

― stelf)xxxxxx, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

There's another way to pronounce AYGS?

I (and, I do believe, many others like me) pronounce it like "ehgz".

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

IT'S A NEW YORK/JEW THING

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

All this talking about brown sauces, suddenly I have this urge to try puting MOLE sauce on some fried eggs. It could be great, or terrible.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

Eggs + Salami + Ketchup on toast=SUPER CLASSIC

(esp. at Clinton Restaurant, where it's like $2.50)

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

suddenly I have this urge to try puting MOLE sauce on some fried eggs. It could be great, or terrible.

i say terrible.

― metal detective (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

Also, the other day (while I was really high) I discovered that eggs over easy + salt and vinegar chips = SUPER CLASSIC.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

i say terrible

I'd agree - like ketchup, mole sauce is too sweet to go well with eggs. (Though for some mysterious reason when the maple syrup from your pancakes dribbles over your scrambled eggs, it's not too bad.)

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

Pickapeppa sauce is also great on eggs.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

And hollandaise sauce!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Man, fuck that.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

If hollandaise sauce was a women, I would most definitely fuck it.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Let's keep hollandaise sauce segregated to the bloody mary and coconut almond waffle places plz.

x-p

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Ah, Stelf, good call on the A1 sauce. I'm surprised no one has backed that one up. a friend of mine puts A1 on almost everything he eats. i can't deny that it's pretty awesome. and on eggs? top shelf.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

IT'S INSANE! WHO DOES THAT?!

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

p.s.
does anyone else find it strange that a post about ketchup and eggs has somehow managed to stay alive all day long? is everyone just really hungry or something? let's go to IHOP.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

Ketchup is plebian. Catsup is marginally less so, but still so. But slathering one's breakfast eggs in cantonese plum sauce avoids all such class-debasement issues.

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

They give you Tabasco sauce for your eggs at IHOP.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

You can put a fried egg on one slice of bread, place another slice of bread near, and if you listen close you can hear the egg calling out in a hushed whisper "tabaaaaaascoooooooooooo".

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

as well they should
xpost

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

The sweetness of the tomato sauce and the runny gooeyness of a good fried eggs are not happy bedfellows. Brown sauce is da bomb for this. Got to be HP too. The more I think about it, the balance of flavours in a good full english breakfast is an absolute joy. You've got fried tomatoes with pepper, you've got salty bacon, creamy eggs, meaty fatty sausages, fried bread oozing hot lard, with butter from your bread and butter and the sauces and OMG I'm hungry.

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

this is referenced upthread, but does anyone know where i can find brown sauce in the states? i've been looking a lot lately when i've been grocery shopping and i swear i can't find it. i assumed if i checked places i'd be able to get it but no dice. i trust brits 100% on the value of this with eggs, bacon sandwiches, and whatnot. so if you know a regular spot to get it at let me know. much obliged.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Eggs with brown sauce, hopefully (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Monday, 26 September 2005 05:51 (twenty years ago)

also, ketchup on eggs at approximatley 2:54 AM are still...awesome.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Monday, 26 September 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)

it's easy to find where i live (nyc). if all else fails i can send you some.

― the happy smile patrol (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 26 September 2005 06:07 (twenty years ago)

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