# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/41 "2007-06-30T16:12:08Z")
No. I like tomato jam on hot dogs, smother-fried potatoes, and giant white lima beans. It just doesn’t seem to go with steak, though. Location: Florida ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/42 "2007-06-30T16:18:46Z")
No. I’ll put a little ketchup on a burger, but a really good steak shouldn’t need anything more than salt and pepper and whatever spices went into the cooking. I’ll use A1 for lesser steaks. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/43 "2007-06-30T16:28:32Z")
I live in the Baltimore metro area. I don’t put ketchup on steak. Actually I don’t put anything on steak except salt. I eat steak about twice a week because I love it bigtime and it’s low/no carb and fills me up. My fave cut is porterhouse/T-bone and ribeye in a pinch. London broil rocks too. I grill one about twice a month and slice it off cold and chow on that during the week. I do marinate that. I use whatever marinade that looks good at the store, but I like Jim Beam marinade the best. Good steak it’s got to be. Bad steak hurts my teeth and is a waste of money and calories. Meat is pretty much all I eat. But I take vitamins. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/44 "2007-06-30T16:38:36Z")
No. The only time I might consider putting ketchup on steak is if the steak is decidedly sub-par, poor quality, or otherwise not worthy of being called a Steak. And if it’s that, I won’t cook it as a steak; I’ll cut it up and make stir-fry or a sandwich or something. Location: Washington State. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/45 "2007-06-30T16:38:55Z")
Absolutely not, for the reason **Northern Piper** stated - ketchup is wayyyyy to sweet for meats of any sort. I use it on fried potatos and once in a blue moon scrambled eggs and that’s about it. Like **Johnny L.A.** , I’m tolerant of a creamy/savory sauce. But typically I eat good quality steaks “plain” - i.e seasoned, but no sauces. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/46 "2007-06-30T17:04:37Z")
No. Growing up, my family never served steak with any kind of sauce, just salt and pepper. These days, I like a little A-1. I tend not to order steak in restaurants. I now living in the far northwestern suburbs of Chicago, but I spent the first 42 years of my life in the NYC suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/47 "2007-06-30T17:16:32Z")
If I’m feeling especially demented, I might put a little bit of salt on a steak. I avoid steak sauce of any kind almost universally, and it’s never even occurred to me to let ketchup anywhere near my steak. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/48 "2007-06-30T17:27:04Z")
It would have to be one hell of a bad steak for me to put ketchup or any condiment other than a little garlic salt and pepper on it. ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/49 "2007-06-30T17:41:38Z")
On re-reading, I have detected a typo. [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] For “HO sauce”, please read “HP sauce.” And keep your dirty thoughts to yourselves. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/50 "2007-06-30T18:03:04Z")
Good Og, no! New York, now, but New England most of the time. If I can’t afford a good steak, I’ll go without. I don’t even care for steak sauces. Either just some pepper and salt, or sauteed mushrooms and onions. Then again, I have been told I have to turn in my citizenship card, anyways: I haven’t bought ketchup in three years, and don’t really miss it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/51 "2007-06-30T18:04:06Z")
I do, if I know it’s going to be dry or low quality (as in, made by my dad or brother who like theirs the consistency of shoe leather). If I get cheapo steak on cheapo steak night at the biker bar, yes, I do. If it’s quality steak from a quality restaurant, then no. I live in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/52 "2007-06-30T18:12:18Z")
I can think of a resturant or two that might bar you for life if you asked for ketchup for your steak. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/53 "2007-06-30T18:15:43Z")
I’ve never done it and never seen it done. A1 sauce maybe, but never ketchup. Raised in upstate NY ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/54 "2007-06-30T18:18:31Z")
[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] Ontario, Canada. Ketchup with STEAK? Gosh, no. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/55 "2007-06-30T19:08:29Z")
Raised in Texas, currently live in Seattle - absolutely no ketchup on steak. I don’t think I’m pretentious, those are just 2 tastes that don’t go together for me. As a note, I also dislike barbeque sauce on meat. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/56 "2007-06-30T19:15:31Z")
My shop in the dining hall where I work during the year sells a lot of steak. We do not even keep ketchup in the shop. If a customer wants it (I’ve seen this happen once in the almost 500 hours I’ve worked there) we have to tell them to go over to the burger shop for it. Sadly, the one person I’ve seen ask for ketchup is my little brother, who was visiting me at the time. No one else in my family does it. I don’t know where he got it from. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/57 "2007-06-30T19:21:55Z")
Ketchup is Satan’s smegma and I haven’t eaten it on anything since I was a kid. A good steak should consist IMO of steak, salt, pepper, and a minimal application of extremely high heat (excepting as noted above chicken fried steak, which is consumed fried with country gravy). Southern California. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/58 "2007-06-30T19:51:21Z")
Montana. Beef country. Grow my own. A really good steak: no adornment whatsoever. A mediocre steak: a good barbecue sauce. Chicken-fried steak: Good country gravy with fresh ground black peppercorns. A poor-quality steak: I’ll make chili out of it. Really hot chili. Top-quality hamburger: a good barbecue sauce. Typical hamburger: Yep. ketchup. ---
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/59 "2007-06-30T19:54:10Z")
side question, if I may. Several posters have commented on “chicken-fried steak”. What the heck is that? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025/60 "2007-06-30T20:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] side question, if I may. Several posters have commented on “chicken-fried steak”. What the heck is that? 😕 [/QUOTE] Basically, it’s a piece of steak prepared like southern fried chicken: battered and fried and served with gravy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-steak-with-ketchup/410025.md?page=4)