Ketchup, Catsup, Catch up...appreciation/debate thread

SnoMan · #1 02-06-2008, 02:14 PM

For some reason thinking about this wonder product makes me want to gag. However, I still enjoy it on quite a number of food items. I think it's time we dug up some hard answers for this fruit of the tomato.

Firstly, and most importantly, we as TB need to come to a consensus on the spelling of this item. I would include a poll, but I forgot how.

Secondly, we need to find the best type on the market. Good ole Heinz 57 is the standard, but we know there must be at least 56 other varieties. Perhaps many more. What's your choice?

Tertiarily, aside from obvious uses, what do you like it best on? Don't say french fries.

4. How about usage aside from consumption. Any ideas?

And.....Go!

Asa Samuel · #2 02-06-2008, 02:18 PM

Tomatoes a fruit?

I thought they were secreted by small mexican children.

CrazyArcher · #3 02-06-2008, 02:18 PM

I refuse to consume anything other than good ol' Heintz 57.

Lesfunk · #4 02-06-2008, 02:19 PM

heinz only

**Thor** · #5 02-06-2008, 02:22 PM

I tend to spell it catsup but say 'ketchup'.

I am totally down with the whole Garrison Keillor thing,
catsup is the Paxil of the food groups; and a lack of it
makes you grumpy and irritable.

When you boss is acting like a rodeo bull that was branded
with a hot iron 5 minute ago, catsup can turn him into a
pussy cat; so be sure to slather plenty of it on the the lunch
he asked you to pick up for him.

There isn't a people problem catsup can't solve, from
calming insecure girlfriends at your metal gig, chilling out
the roommate whose g/f you just tagged or getting your cash
back from your deadbeat guitard for that CD pressing you
got stuck paying for. It works wonders smoothing out psychotic
drug addled Nazi radio show hosts. Its the regular oxycontin
of anti-oxidants

unbasslichkeit · #6 02-06-2008, 02:29 PM

What Thor said.

Does anybody else puts it on each french fry you eat, one fine line of ketchup, one fry at a time?

To me that is the ne plus ultra of "comfort food".

iamlowsound · #7 02-06-2008, 02:30 PM

Heinz is the only way to go. The other stuff just doesn't taste right. Spelled and said Ketchup. Tastes best on a fried egg sandwich or a grilled cheese sandwich. I don't like it on fries, for fries give me mayo.

lowsound

SnoMan · #8 02-06-2008, 02:32 PM

Lowsound...your two suggestions sound terrible.

Therefore, I'm going to have to try them.

*smb · #9 02-06-2008, 02:36 PM

There were never 57 Heinz varieties. They just picked a nice sounding number to use in their labelling and advertising. I may be remembering this or just making it up.

SnoMan · #10 02-06-2008, 02:38 PM

This is the internet, it doesn't matter. Just pretend that you're right.

iamlowsound · #11 02-06-2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoMan

Lowsound...your two suggestions sound terrible.

Therefore, I'm going to have to try them.

Don't put it on the sandwich, you have to dip it in the ketchup.

lowsound

SnoMan · #12 02-06-2008, 02:41 PM

Okay. Good.

I'm taking notes on all this.

Lesfunk · #13 02-06-2008, 02:43 PM

Mayo on fries is the shizznit

santucci218 · #14 02-06-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyArcher

I refuse to consume anything other than good ol' Heintz 57.

And im from pittsburgh so i get it nice and fresh!

Actually its a common misconception that ketchup comes from Pittsburgh. Heinz started in Pittsburgh with 57 different kinds of products, hence the name. Recently though, Del Monte bought them out. And sadly, though Heinz started in Pittsburgh, we only make the ketchup packets now a days, no bottles.

Valerus · #15 02-06-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyArcher

I refuse to consume anything other than good ol' Heintz 57.

That one!

**embellisher** · #16 02-06-2008, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by santucci218

And im from pittsburgh so i get it nice and fresh!

Actually its a common misconception that ketchup comes from Pittsburgh. Heinz started in Pittsburgh with 57 different kinds of products, hence the name. Recently though, Del Monte bought them out. And sadly, though Heinz started in Pittsburgh, we only make the ketchup packets now a days, no bottles.

Please tell me that Del Monte isn't going to start putting their non tangy, way too sweet catsup in those wonderful containers that are label Heinz!!!

Does anybody remember the Heinz Hot Ketchup that used to come in the small glass bottle? It only came in that size. That was the best ketchup ever made!

The Heinz Kick'r ketchup that has Tabasco in it is good, but not as good as the old Hot Ketchup was. I really miss that stuff.

God of Rapture · #17 02-06-2008, 03:01 PM

Cheaper Ketchup is better. I like it when it has more vinegar.

santucci218 · #18 02-06-2008, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by embellisher

Please tell me that Del Monte isn't going to start putting their non tangy, way too sweet catsup in those wonderful containers that are label Heinz!!!

Does anybody remember the Heinz Hot Ketchup that used to come in the small glass bottle? It only came in that size. That was the best ketchup ever made!

The Heinz Kick'r ketchup that has Tabasco in it is good, but not as good as the old Hot Ketchup was. I really miss that stuff.

Nope, no changes.

But i can tell you that as in inside, when they did come out with the colored ketchup that everybody hated, they actually made a TON of colors and never released them.

I had the pleasure of eating the ketchup rainbow.

iamlowsound · #19 02-06-2008, 03:05 PM

I liked the coloured ketchup, although it was a little weird eating purple ketchup.

lowsound

**embellisher** · #20 02-06-2008, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by santucci218

Nope, no changes.

But i can tell you that as in inside, when they did come out with the colored ketchup that everybody hated, they actually made a TON of colors and never released them.

I had the pleasure of eating the ketchup rainbow.

Maybe it is psychological, but I swear that the green ketchup had a weird flavor to it.