# I Pit "Cafe Society" people **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-02-08T15:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/101 "2025-02-09T04:13:29Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > > [@DaveUnknown](#): > > > > but I did get a crock thing and the intentions to make it… > > I’m I the only one who dyslexified this into "cock ring? " I also dyslexified but only for a nanosecond. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/102 "2025-02-09T04:20:35Z")
Cafe Society, cock rings . . . so, some kind of chicken Jello mold that I’ll likely find on Lileks’ Gallery of Regrettable Food? ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/103 "2025-02-09T04:30:30Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > As for the OP, his first post is incoherent and after several other posts I still have no idea what the hell he wants, except apparently to start a fight for some reason. As for sagely informing us that we’re supposed to not like Hellman’s, he can fuck right off. Hellmans/Best turned to vile swamp emulsion a few years ago. I guaranteeeee it’s not even 32oz. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/104 "2025-02-09T04:33:09Z")
NO, I got a crock from Yoders “country market” online… to make sauerkraut. Shredded cabbage, etc ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/105 "2025-02-09T04:41:10Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > Yoders “country market” online Yes, but, do they sell cock rings? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/106 "2025-02-09T04:44:03Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Yes, but, do they sell cock rings? If so, the Amish and Mennonites are kinkier than we realized. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/107 "2025-02-09T04:44:10Z")
Does it matter? How the F do you use those things? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/108 "2025-02-09T04:47:35Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > How the F do you use those things? Why’d you buy one if you don’t know how to use it? ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/109 "2025-02-09T04:48:33Z")
What? I’m tellin’ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/110 "2025-02-09T04:52:07Z")
Imma bet the folks that need to know how to use them already have the info. It’s on a “need to know” basis. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/111 "2025-02-09T05:00:06Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > Hellmans/Best turned to vile swamp emulsion a few years ago. I’ve been using Hellmann’s for decades and never noticed it turning to swamp emulsion. You’re probably unaware that Hellmann’s in Canada is made domestically and has a different recipe than the US version (notably made with canola oil instead of soybean oil, and free-run eggs from Quebec and Ontario farms). > [@DaveUnknown](#): > > I guaranteeeee it’s not even 32oz. For once, you’re right, like a stopped clock. It’s 445 grams. And I still don’t know why you started this thread or what the hell you want. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/112 "2025-02-09T07:26:36Z")
I’m not sure what you want either. No need to pit a whole society because someone prefers Hellmann’s. “Life is like a box of chocolates…” ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/113 "2025-02-09T08:25:35Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > We usually buy Heinz because we always do, but it usually expires before we use it up. I’m mystified by the concept of ketchup going bad. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/114 "2025-02-09T09:15:00Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > The best ketchup I ever had was from a restaurant that made their own. It is really easy to make your own. It’s really just a matter of time. Tomatoes, onions, salt, spices… and time. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/115 "2025-02-09T09:20:37Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’m mystified by the concept of ketchup going bad. Ok. So I was in boarding school in Zimbabwe, and occasionlly we got ketchup/tomato sauce with certain meals. So I was around 17 at the time. One day, I believe, accompanying chicken, we had a weird dark tomato sauce. We checked the “best before” date, and discovered it was 1974, two years before I was even alive. Being hungry students we ate it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/116 "2025-02-09T10:01:09Z")
Eat whatever the hell you want, it’s your stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/117 "2025-02-09T12:29:41Z")
Indeed, scolding people about which ingredients they do or don’t put on a sandwich is both silly and annoyingly pedantic. That said, Philly cheesesteaks are the lone exception. They must be made according to strict tradition: an authentic Amoroso roll, paper-thin shaved ribeye, Cooper Sharp cheese, and fried onions—no substitutions, no frivolous extras. Anyone who dares violate these sacred guidelines should be drawn and quartered, with each quarter exiled to a different corner of the globe for their culinary crime. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/118 "2025-02-09T13:47:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > ETA: ref @Just_Asking_Questions just below: Ketchup is _perfect_ on grilled cheese. And on patty melts. Neither sandwich is complete wo ketchup. Lots & lots of ketchup. I only use mustard on the sandwich, but I dip in ketchup just as I would a French fry. I also prefer lard to butter on my bread for grilling. For some reason it doesn’t taste the same if I put the ketchup on the sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/119 "2025-02-09T13:53:41Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > I like Hunt’s ketchup, despite what “Americas test cooking” shows say. I’m a Hunt’s fan, too, but I know at least Cooks Illustrated in one of their issues found Hunt’s to be #1 with the tasting panel (this would have been an issue in the late 2000s). I assume one of its spinoff shows has at some point, too. It all depends what you want – you want something “fresh and zippier” give Hunt’s a shot. You want something deeper and more concentrated or cooked down, try Heinz. To me, the difference is almost like preferring a fresh tomato sauce to one that has been simmered down for hours. There’s positive points to both. I confess, I do enjoy ketchup on my grilled cheese, sometimes, and for that it’s Hunt’s, but even better is some brown sauce like HP or Daddies (slight preference to the former.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/120 "2025-02-09T14:01:59Z")
I generally find ketchup to be vile on most things. But there was a brand in Oregon called, oddly enough, Portland Ketchup. It’s tangy and tasty. The wife is a ketchup fan; I’ve chosen to forgive her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=7)