mayo vs. ketchup: which is hated more?

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^^^ amazing restaurant in my town with a "no ketchup" policy

the whole right side of that menu is like a stentorian, "and you're going to like it too!" provocation

I don't even eat ketchup on fries.

What's "ex mozzarella"?

ketchup is for french fries, maybe 60% of the time.

and nothing else.

extra!

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i dont hate either of these, but i love mayo better so I ABSTAIN

ex mozzarella = cheese that has magically morphed into mushrooms.

xpost. i ABSTAIN aswell.

there is no "cilantro" option, so i will not vote.

ketchup, although i do like it. it just does really get overused by a lot of people. have seen various people putting ketchup on a pizza, for shame. hot sauce on a pizza is fine though. also mayo is better on fries.

I dearly wish abbott would come back to tell us about FRY SAUCE ;_;

Ketchup for fries when no old bay and malt vinegar at hand. Mayo has no use whatsoever.

both taste better with food snob tears

have seen various people putting ketchup on a pizza, for shame.

wait WAHT

fry sauce is really good.

yes i know, djp.

the whole right side of that menu is like a stentorian, "and you're going to like it too!" provocation

this is so otm - the place has an aggro vibe - also some of the best food around, just ridiculously good, but like - there's a whole essay about how ketchup is for spoiled food so if the food's any good you don't need it. however there's also a handwritten sign now that says "Any one can have ketchup for their food, I don't care any more. The Owner" which is the greatest lol tragedy imo

haha

this is so otm - the place has an aggro vibe - also some of the best food around, just ridiculously good, but like - there's a whole essay about how ketchup is for spoiled food so if the food's any good you don't need it. however there's also a handwritten sign now that says "Any one can have ketchup for their food, I don't care any more. The Owner" which is the greatest lol tragedy imo

― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, July 18, 2011 4:10 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

I'm imaging a long tracking shot that slowly turns from a setting sun viewed through the window of the shop and slowly settling upon a bakelite table, upon which there is a ketchup bottle knocked onto its side with a pool of red sauce slowly emanating from it, fade to black AND credits

"the horror..."

Mayonnaise is mildly vile but ketchup is for the morally bankrupt.

don't eat mayo, enjoy ketchup

later

ketchup is good on most forms of potatoes and/or eggs

in a world where there were more types easily available and not just corn syrupy sweet heinz, it'd be easier to defend. there was an old malcolm gladwell article on the subject.

both of these are good, not gonna force myself to pick one.

haha the malcolm gladwell article basically concluded that other ketchups just couldn't match up with corn syrupy sweet heinz

The smell of warmed mayo on a hot sandwich is enough to make me gag. I despise mayo, though a little spoonful on tuna fish is ok.

wasn't that more 'couldn't match up' due to the structure of the ketchup market, not 'couldn't match up' because heinz is better tasting

I mean I don't even remember I read it a long time ago

Mayo is the worst thing in my world

nah it was because of the taste - gladwell basically said that the reason heinz is so successful is because it hits four of the tastes at once, sweet salty sour and umami, which other ketchups can't do

oh yeah I forgot, gladwell's an idiot

there's this place we go to sometimes that has fries that come with a variety of house-made fancy mayos and ketchups, it's super great

I'm not a fan of ketchup either but curry flavored ketchup is aight

haha I think we have established that gladwell is an idiot before on ilx

I am going to make some home-made ketchup this week, it's gonna be awesome

The only mayo I truly like is the cheap McDonald's mayo that comes in those little packets. I don't know why. Nayonaise is awesome though.

Ketchup I love...my favorite thing on fries though is yogurt sauce which my favorite hamburger joint in the world serves.

re: heinz ketchup

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387285/Red-faced-Heinz-ketchup-comes-BOTTOM-taste-tests.html

And OMG onion rings with loads of ketchup is superb!

They've just started selling Heinz balsamic vinegar ketchup here. Heinz is actually one of the few big brands I will buy, just the ketchup.

Ketchup belongs with cooked savoury breakfasts and hamburgers, also trashy hot dogs. Some Indian mums of my acquaintance slip a squirt of ketchup into keema peas curry; the vinegar in it concentrates the spicy and the tomato/sugars in it go straight to the onions. Ketchup is also an enhancer of jerk chicken - you brush ketchup onto the chicken when it comes out of the oven and then you put jerk sauce on over that. Neither suck for me; I have ketchup and mayonnaise with my fries/chips; fries and aioli FTW.

Mix Thai sweet chili sauce, mayo and a bit of sriricha sauce, DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.

BTW, MIracle Whip is the most disgusting spread on the planet.

ketchup and mayo are both great, you're all fucking insane.

next on ilx "salt and pepper are so disgusting."

^nope

ketchup maybe for fries but vinegar is better

mayo shouldn't be food

BTW, MIracle Whip is the most disgusting spread on the planet.

Minnesota called, told me to tell you this means war

i have never knowingly consumed miracle whip, btw

Hellmann's mayo is the real shit.

there are few situations where someone is ketchin down that wouldn't be better suited to bbq sauce, anyway.

I like a mix of like 50% ketchup/50% mayo together on my burgers and 70% ketchup/30% mayo to dip my fries into...

fuiud http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

i dont swirl it around like a savage tho

disgusting

what do u put on your burgers if not delicious condiments, aero?

In WGW's defense, actually not disgusting: Belgium called and said 'we do this every day'.

Miracle Whip is how you determine that a kitchen lies on the wrong side of the tracks... at least in Minnesota! ;-)

50% ketchup/50% mayo

Equal parts ketchup/salad cream (not mayo) is Woking's "famous" 'burger sauce'.

ohgod the british term "salad cream" makes my brain gag

You should try some!

(not really)

Salad Cream has its uses.

Yes, of course I was talking about dipping yr pizza crusts in mayo - not slathering it all over the pizza, bleurgh!

next time yr talking abt mayo + pizza, please include key word *crusts*! because that was a really gross image for a while

i know people who put ranch dressing on pizza

of course it's still kinda gross to those of us who don't like mayo (except a little bit on a sandwich or burger or tuna salad once in a while)
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some pizza places package ranch dressing in little medical-sized cups and call it 'dipping sauce' aaagh
used to be into that when i was younger and ate grosser things tbh

next time yr talking abt mayo + pizza, please include key word *crusts*! because that was a really gross image for a while

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 14:44 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

What do you call them?

this is what you said! : Also - mayo is essential on pizza.

like you were spreading mayo over the top of your pizza and ugh i have a metal taste in my mouth now

i know people who put ranch dressing on pizza

it seems more humane to hire someone to kill them

yeah, i clarified later. what do you call pizza crusts though rrrobyn?

spanners

i call them pizza crusts! i was just saying that your original statement did not include the word crusts. that is all.

ah i see. sorry, misread your post. i thought you were objecting to the word crusts.

some pizza places package ranch dressing in little medical-sized cups and call it 'dipping sauce' aaagh

my friend and i used to get those carry-out little caesars cheese pizzas because they only cost $5, and we'd dip that shit in ranch to mask, well, everything about it. i remember those times fondly but yeah, it sounds pretty gross now.

i know people who put ranch dressing on pizza

I have the most horrible story about this, but I think ive told it here before?

I have a short memory

oh, then you'll love this thing I just heard about, they're called "virgin eggs"

I have a sinking feeling

your statement intrigues me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter xp

dipping everything in ranch sauce is pretty much middle america in a nutshell

local pizza chain has these calzones that come with dipping sauce and I have to say, ranch is pretty tasty that way

I like the Papa John's garlic sauce for crusts, no apology. No thanks to ranch though.

Papa John's garlic sauce is the apex of food engineering

^^^^^

Papa Johns is the only satisfactory major pizza delivery service in the UK AFAIK. This is mostly based on the fact that when you ask for chilis, you get proper juicy jalapenos, not some crappy dried-out shavings off a kebab pepper.

Domino's, on the other hand, is inedible. Unless you have a particular fondness for dry, chewy, flavourless pizza.

really tho, i think that mayo + junk/snack food is not so bad because hey, it all kind of goes together
but
the wacked-out trend of slathering mayo not only on all kinds of "special" maki/sushi but on just about everything makes me never go back to a restaurant

lol my cat ate 3/4 of a container of Papa John's garlic sauce once`

a salmon avocado roll w/ kewpie mayo is like a tomahawk missle aimed at your fat tastebuds

spicy mayo in the maki context is wonderful

then again I am also the guy who uses the entire clump of wasabi in his soy sauce so

I've been told that mixing the wasabi into the soy is a lame move so I just spread it evenly over the top of my sushi

well see for me it's more like "mixing the soy sauce into my wasabi"

Why I Hate Pizza In Ranch Sauce, A Food I Have Never Tasted
by gbx, age 3

A friend of mine returned from summer vacation with a video tape he found on the beach, near NYC. A group of us gathered in his dorm room to see what was on it, because, hey, why the fuck not.

The video opened with an outdoor shot, on a patio somewhere. A woman, rather large, is seated across from the videographer, who appears to have placed the camera on the table. He is not seen, though we do hear his voice. The woman is eating cheese pizza, dousing each bite with ranch dressing. The two are exchanging playful, flirtatious conversation. The woman raises her eyebrows coquettishly as she finishes her slice, leaving the man's last question unanswered.

Hard cut to a motel room, dimly lit by the cold flicker of the television. The camera appears now to be resting on set of drawers, or nightstand. The videographer is now onscreen. He is mechanically fucking the ranch-dipper, while she watches the television, occasionally giving joyless encouragement. Finished, the man rolls off and walks slowly towards the camera. He reaches to turn it off, and the last thing the viewer sees is his penis, wrapped in a condom that is slowly becoming too large.

― gbx, Monday, June 16, 2008 6:35 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

seven days later, the penis crawls out of the nearest television set and ejaculates ranch dressing on everyone who watched the video

it was a really horrible experience

well see for me it's more like "mixing the soy sauce into my wasabi"

― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:04 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

oh, so you're one of those people

seven days later, the penis crawls out of the nearest television set and ejaculates ranch dressing on everyone who watched the video

dying

i like ketchup

ketchup on burgers and fries = hell yes
ketchup as a meatloaf ingredient = sure
ketchup on eggs = *barf*

sriracha 4 ever

yeah i guess i only like ketchup on burgers and fries...and hot dogs too*

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I used to like ranch dressing. (x-post)

I'm pretty sure that every single person who claims that Fries with Mayonnaise are disgusting has never actually tried eating fries with mayonnaise.

though generally if I go to a place with lots of fancy condiments to go with the fries, I'll choose the dijonnaise

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wow guess I'm gonna start putting mayo on everything

rip