# Poll: Do you eat steak with ketchup? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025 "2007-06-30T09:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/1 "2007-06-30T09:44:24Z")
Title says it all. This is to settle an argument. I’d appreciate it if you could mention your geographical location, too. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/2 "2007-06-30T09:56:49Z")
I have tomato sauce with steak if that helps. Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/3 "2007-06-30T10:10:32Z")
Actual good quality steak?! No! I might put a very little bit of A1 on a steak, I might have it wrapped in bacon, or with peppercorns, grilled onions or mushrooms and the like. I might even have Swiss Steak, and have onions, tomatoes, celery and green pepper on it. But I wouldn’t put ketchup on it. I live in Kansas. The most people here would do to a steak (most people, anyway) would be something like A1, Heinz 57, or sometimes barbeque sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/4 "2007-06-30T10:13:48Z")
Coming back to add, chicken fried steaks don’t count. I put white peppery gravy on that, and _sometimes_ I use ketchup on that instead. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/5 "2007-06-30T10:14:15Z")
The ketchup goes with chips/fries, not the steak itself. Tartare sauce goes very nicely with both. I made do with garlic mayo last night. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/6 "2007-06-30T10:18:51Z")
I live in Fort Worth, Texas, and I only put ketchup on fries and meatloaf. Ketchup on a steak, especially a good steak, is a sin. I think that a good steak will usually only need a bit of salt and maybe some lemon butter on it. I usually don’t even use steak sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/7 "2007-06-30T10:41:07Z")
Dallas, Texas (waves at Lynn from across the Metroplex). Salt and maybe a touch of black pepper on steak. Only children put ketchup on anything other than fries. 😛 Ketchup on steak is a sin against nature. If you wanted to eat candy, why did you buy meat?? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/8 "2007-06-30T10:47:52Z")
I can’t eat black pepper, but if I could, I’d probably put it on steak. Now sometimes I DO put some garlic on steak, but usually I don’t. (waves back at Turek) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/9 "2007-06-30T10:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] The ketchup goes with chips/fries, not the steak itself. Tartare sauce goes very nicely with both. I made do with garlic mayo last night. 🙂 [/QUOTE] One of the sacred English traditions is Heinz Tomato Ketchup with chips. Steaks deserve pepper sauce or Sauce Diane or Marmite gravy. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/10 "2007-06-30T10:56:30Z")
I eat mine either plain, with black pepper, or with some Dijon mustard. Garlic sounds very good. I’m sort of a minimalist when it comes to sauces on meats. Never ketchup, but then I don’t like ketchup on anything. Originally from Boston, growing up with a French father who did all the steak cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/11 "2007-06-30T11:14:21Z")
Ketchup on a steak? Not a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/12 "2007-06-30T11:19:53Z")
No. A good steak should need no adornment. I will put A1 steak sauce on a lesser steak. Never Ketchup. If it needs A1, I usually won’t buy steak at that restaurant again. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/13 "2007-06-30T11:38:01Z")
All the time. I alternate dipping between ketchup and A1 if both are available. Actually, my personal favorite is to grill the steak with a coating of ketchup. Then dip the finished product in A1. This thread reminded me that there is some good looking chuck steak on sale this week, I need to go get some. And I’m from mid-Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/14 "2007-06-30T11:59:27Z")
[QUOTE=bundykala] Title says it all. This is to settle an argument. I’d appreciate it if you could mention your geographical location, too. Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE] OMG! :eek: People would actually do such a thing? :rolleyes: I’m not a big fan of steak sauces in the first place, but ketchup? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/15 "2007-06-30T12:07:52Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/16 "2007-06-30T12:12:07Z")
Yes. Not often, but if the alternative is only A1 and I can’t order something else, I use Hinze ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/17 "2007-06-30T12:20:27Z")
I don’t see how someone can find steak sauce or barbeque sauce acceptable, but think ketchup as weird. I knew somebody would be pretentious about the ketchup before I even opened the thread. The fact you can’t use ketchup on a steak, doesn’t make you superior in anyway, just pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/18 "2007-06-30T12:36:45Z")
I can’t imagine why anyone would want to ruin perfectly good ketchup by putting a piece of meat under it. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/19 "2007-06-30T12:38:45Z")
I’d never even think to put ketchup on steak. Just wouldn’t occur to me as an option. I’d eat it with a lemon or herb butter or with a horseradish cream sauce, but not ketchup. I love ketchup with fries, on hamburgers, on meatloaf, on fried eggs, and probably on other stuff I’m not thinking of. Don’t eat a lot of ketchup because I don’t it any of the above all that often. I don’t care for many barbecue sauces and pretty much only eat food with barbecue sauce if there isn’t a choice. Don’t really like steak sauces. There are maybe 2 I’ve tried that were OK. GT ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/20 "2007-06-30T13:03:11Z")
No ketchup on steak. No steak sauce either. I think the flavor of good beef stands on its own. I’m from Michigan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025.md?page=2)