# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/21 "2007-06-30T13:03:12Z")
If it is a good quality steak, no sauces. I like a good steak with onions, peppers, mushrooms and fries. ---
**Author:** ![Cattitude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cattitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cattitude)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/22 "2007-06-30T13:34:04Z")
NO, never. Then again, I rarely put ketchup on anything. But even if I did, not on steak. NY. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/23 "2007-06-30T13:46:25Z")
Nope. Not because of pretentiousness, but because it’s too sweet. If it’s a really good cut, just salt and pepper (although the squeeze of lemon mentioned by others sounds interesting). If it’s not that good a cut, HO sauce for dipping on the side, but not slathered all over it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/24 "2007-06-30T14:00:51Z")
California as it says. On occasion I use ketchup. Usually I use either A-1 sauce, or lots of black pepper & garlic. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/25 "2007-06-30T14:03:10Z")
I just go with whatever seasoning is on the steak. If I throw caution to the winds, I put onions or mushrooms on it. I don’t feel the need to ruin perfectly good meat with any sort of sauce unless it’s a Swiss steak or chicken fried steak or some other non-grilled steak dish that requires sauce. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/26 "2007-06-30T14:10:45Z")
Negative. Catsup should not be used on a steak. IMO steak sauce should not be used on a steak. _Au Poivre_ (peppered steak with a sauce made of cream, butter, shallots and brandy or cognac) is allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/27 "2007-06-30T14:11:32Z")
I used to, as a kid. Now I like my steak to be either naked or dipped in a little steak sauce, or covered in a mushroom or pepper sauce, depending on the quality and my mood. But ketchup seems odd to me now. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/28 "2007-06-30T14:25:46Z")
Sometimes… I once made a steak sandwich out of a piece of beef my husband had prepared. White bread, American cheese, ketchup and steak. He stood there in silence and then made the decision to keep loving me anyway; I could see the wheels turning. But it was a near thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/29 "2007-06-30T14:49:15Z")
No. Although good steak needs no adornment, I like eating it with peppercorns, garlic, grilled onions, HP sauce (no A-1 please), mustard or dijonnaise, chimichurri, teriyaki, etc. Salsa criollo would be my favourite tomato sauce on steak. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/30 "2007-06-30T14:53:29Z")
Nope. Ketchup doesn’t belong on anything aside from fried potato products. The flavour completely masks everything else and what’s the point of a steak if you can’t taste it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/31 "2007-06-30T14:57:52Z")
Only if you didn’t cook it right. A fine steak should be able to stand on its lonesome. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/32 "2007-06-30T15:24:44Z")
I’m keeping a list of any sinners that would do such a thing. Salt, fresh pepper, _maybe_ a touch of A1, but that is all. Ketchup is way to sweet for good meat. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/33 "2007-06-30T15:27:23Z")
Ketchup on steak = blech. Now catsup…I dunno. Anyway my brother worked in an upscale restaurant. According to him, any time a patron ordered a steak well-done, the standard response from the kitchen was to ask if they wanted a bottle of ketchup to go with it. Translation: if the person didn’t know how to order a steak then they most likely didn’t know how to eat one. With this, I always took exception. I take my steaks very well-done without a trace of red / pink anywhere or it’s getting sent back. This being the primary reason I rarely order steak when eating out --end of mini hijack. ---
**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, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/34 "2007-06-30T15:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] \If it’s not that good a cut, HO sauce for dipping on the side, but not slathered all over it. [/QUOTE] What is this HO sauce of which you speak? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/35 "2007-06-30T15:47:32Z")
No, no _Sauce Amercain_ on a steak for me. Occasionally, A1… but I usually eat them plain. I sometimes might grill a pickled cherry or pepperoncini with my steak and eat that with the steak, but I’ve never eaten ketchup with a steak. Maybe I ate a chopped sirloin steak (hamburger) once with ketchup, and I like it with meatloaf… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/36 "2007-06-30T15:49:54Z")
Never, ever. Last week at work someone mentioned having ketchup on a chicken sandwich, half of us were disgusted, “how could you have tomato sauce on chicken?” but the other half thought that it was OK. Then someone complicated things by mentioning _Chicken Parmagiana_. So then we started on eggs, some people have tomato sauce on **all** eggs, some only on fried eggs, most are disgusted by the idea of sauce on certain styles of eggs (but the style varies). It’s a great conversation starter (and finisher). ---
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/37 "2007-06-30T15:55:24Z")
Well, I love Swiss Steak, and Huevos Rancheros, but ketchup just doesn’t taste good on a nice, savory steak to me. I guess “too sweet” is a way to describe it. I’ve tried worchestershire sauce on a bit of steak before, and it wasn’t bad, but not my preferred way of having steak. I didn’t mention lemon pepper earlier, but that’s pretty good on a steak. A bit of garlic also is good on a steak, but just a hint. I’ll have to try some good dijoun with a nice steak at some point. Sounds good! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/38 "2007-06-30T16:01:17Z")
Sometimes we make ‘grown up’ ketchup for steaks by deglazing the pan with a little wine and throwing in some fennel and tomato paste but no, no ketchup. My son eats ketchup on everything that’s not nailed down, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/39 "2007-06-30T16:03:47Z")
If it’s a really cheap steak, sure. Otherwise, no; I generally eat quality steak plain. I live in Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/40 "2007-06-30T16:03:59Z")
I don’t really care for steak that much, and contrary to what people say no it isn’t because I’ve never had a good one. Its not that I don’t mind a nice steak now and then, but frankly I’d rather have a hamburger any day. I think Ketchup makes it taste better but it isn’t a necessity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025.md?page=3)