Most revolting use of condiments

NHCountryGirl · August 29, 2003

Mustard, ketchup or relish on hot dogs seems pretty routine to me, but mayonnaise??? The hot dog's so bad for you to start with, who cares what you put on it! (yes, I do occasionally indulge. Wouldn't it be unAmerican not to?)

I 've never understood ketchup on scrambled eggs, but as long as I don't have to eat them that way, who cares?

What I really don't understand is why so many chefs have a thing against ketchup and mustard (unless it's Dijon or such). Yes, I realize it smothers and/or adulterates the exquisite tastes the chef prides him/herself on, but really! I've worked in places where the chef wouldn't even allow ketchup in the house. You know the customer is always right. :wink:

And, it's not really a condiment, but I sometimes like to mix milk with Pepsi or rootbeer (a la Laverne). That seems to gross some people out - not sure why?

Human Bean · August 29, 2003

Speaking of Republican presidents, Gerald Ford loves ketchup on cottage cheese.

My lunch nearly made a return visit after reading that.

fresco · August 29, 2003

Ketchup with eggs doesn't bother me too much, though it was Richard Nixon's favorite combination, a fact I'll just let lie there without further embellishment.
Speaking of Republican presidents, Gerald Ford loves ketchup on cottage cheese.

Think Nixon was the ketchup and cottage cheese culprit:

http://www.foodreference.com/html/fketchup.html

Suzanne F · August 29, 2003

Is Ranch dressing a condiment? The Boy puts Ranch dressing on everything--take-out pizza (not my homemade, I'd have his hide), fries, eggs, even garlic bread.
It makes me wonder.

Me too. :unsure:

Ranch dressing or dip on ANYTHING is an abomination. The stuff has no flavor, just a nasty aftertaste. I bought some recently just to see what it was like (never tried it before), and it is disgusting. Nothing I mix with it covers that awful MSG taste. This may become the second time in my life that I threw out supposedly edible (= not spoiled) food.

The only other use of condiments that disgusts me is people salting and/or peppering their food before they taste it.

BTW: when I was little, I loved ketchup on both hot dogs and scrambled eggs. I especially liked to mush the eggs and ketchup together. Thank god, I've long since grown out of both of those. I also have preferred Dijon mustard to ketchup on burgers for a long, long time.

MsRamsey · August 29, 2003

I'll also go with ketchup. I can't stand the smell of Heinz Ketchup. Now, if a restaurant has a nice housemade ketchup, that can be good.

One condiment I grew to hate: Dill on popcorn. I hope to never eat dill again.

Also, a coworker slathers honey all over her fried chicken. I think I'm going to ask for warning next time, because it puts me off lunch. I had a nervous giggling fit the last time she did it.

**Dave the Cook** · August 29, 2003

Think Nixon was the ketchup and cottage cheese culprit:
http://www.foodreference.com/html/fketchup.html

Next time I'll look it up instead of relying on memory! I can't say this changes my opinion of him, though.

As for the Ford-cottage cheese link, I relied on an overheard snippet from the historical trailers Bravo was running during The West Wing the other night.

Holly Moore · August 29, 2003

A1 Steak Sauce on a prime aged steak

hjshorter · August 29, 2003

Yucko:

Mayo on corned beef, or even worse, pastrami

Ketchup on hot dogs

Bottled "taco" sauce

Mayo on french fries

I also hate ranch dressing - at least the bottled kind. I recently tried making my own (think it fresco who posted a recipe) and it was terrific.

I like ketchup on scrambled eggs

MatthewB · August 29, 2003

I never understood the whole mayonnaise-on-fries thing.

There's a saying in these parts: "Ya ain't much if ya ain't Dutch." :huh:

KNorthrup · August 29, 2003

Butter on egg or tuna salad sandwiches. I know it's to keep the bread from getting soggy but I don't find that a problem and I don't like what it does to the taste.

MatthewB · August 29, 2003

I like ketchup on scrambled eggs.

Wrong thread. :hmmm:

fresco · August 29, 2003

Yucko:
Mayo on corned beef, or even worse, pastrami
Ketchup on hot dogs
Bottled "taco" sauce
Mayo on french fries
I also hate ranch dressing - at least the bottled kind. I recently tried making my own (think it fresco who posted a recipe) and it was terrific.
I like ketchup on scrambled eggs

Nope, not me.

hjshorter · August 29, 2003

I like ketchup on scrambled eggs.
Wrong thread.

I felt I should confess.

Every sandwich recipe in my old Fanny Farmer cookbook starts out with well-buttered bread. Gross.

tommy · August 29, 2003

I like ketchup on scrambled eggs.
Wrong thread.
I felt I should confess.

why don't you take your sick and twisted comments to some other thread. :biggrin:

browniebaker · August 29, 2003

There are Asians who pour soy sauce on pizza.

megc · August 29, 2003

Yucko:
Mayo on french fries

I used to think the mayo-french fry thing was an unappealing combination until I went to Amsterdam and tried it there. The combination was delicious! However, the mayonnaise there is somewhat different from what I had been exposed to here, the Best Foods/Hellman's type, which I'm not that fond of as a topping for frites. American mayo seems to be more gelatinous or something. Plus the BeneLuxe folk have a myriad of flavors of mayonnaise, which astounded me. I'd never considered curry mayonnaise as a possiblity.

I love salsa on scrambled eggs. I lament the lack of salsa on the tables at breakfast joints here in the east.

And so speaks the Californian of Dutch ancestry. :laugh:

fifi · August 29, 2003

However, the mayonnaise there is somewhat different from what I had been exposed to here, the Best Foods/Hellman's type, which I'm not that fond of as a topping for frites. American mayo seems to be more gelatinous or something. Plus the BeneLuxe folk have a myriad of flavors of mayonnaise, which astounded me. I'd never considered curry mayonnaise as a possiblity.

Yeah... You are right. I will be in the Netherlands in a couple of weeks and I can't wait to get me some. I have approximated Dutch mayo by whisking Hellmans vigorously and adding whatever flavoring. Inexplicably, my kids' favorite was adding a little soy sauce.

Or you could add some Maggi. (OOPS... That is another thread. :laugh: )

torakris · August 29, 2003

oh I could go on for pages about the Japanese twisted sense of condiment usage! :biggrin:

eggs and ketchup taken to a higher level in the dish call omu-raise (omelette rice) which consist of stirfried rice seasoned with ketchup (lots of ketchup) covered with scrambled eggs and topped with more ketchup. :sad:

They also can't decide wether to go the American route or European route with french fries and serve both mayo and ketchup, ying yang style in a small saucer, so the customer can mix the two together

of course this is a country that puts scrambled eggs, corn and mayo on pizza, serves maple syrup with corn dogs, covers pancakes with chocolate sauce and will put any edible substance into a rice ball.

Then there is my husband who often has a snack of a bowl of hot rice topped with mayo, butter, and soy................................. :blink:

Jinmyo · August 29, 2003

Condiments are to be used only by trained professionals.

fifi · August 30, 2003

Then there is my husband who often has a snack of a bowl of hot rice topped with mayo, butter, and soy.................................

I think we have a winner.

MatthewB · August 30, 2003

Yucko:
Mayo on french fries
I used to think the mayo-french fry thing was an unappealing combination until I went to Amsterdam and tried it there. The combination was delicious!
[snip]
And so speaks the Californian of Dutch ancestry.

Mayo & fries rocks!

Oops, wrong thread. :sad:

cakewalk · August 30, 2003

Ketchup and eggs is truly a gross combination. :shock: Whenever I see the colors red-and-yellow together I immediately think of ketchup and eggs. So this aversion affects my clothes closet as well. :unsure:

Human Bean · August 30, 2003

In general, I find mayo to be rather unappealing, but not quite to the level of 'revolting.' I don't have the bottled stuff on hand, and rarely make it. About the only thing I use it for is tuna salad.

Ketchup, OTOH, I don't have any particular objections to, but generally only use it with burgers and fries.

And my cup size is 16 ounces. Oops, wrong thread. :smile:

torakris · August 30, 2003

Then there is my husband who often has a snack of a bowl of hot rice topped with mayo, butter, and soy.................................
I think we have a winner.

my husband will be so proud! :biggrin:

donk79 · August 30, 2003

I would be glad to see certain people I know merely going so far as putting ketchup on the hotdog. However they can't stop there. Instead it is peanut butter and aerosol can cheese. :blink: :blink:

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