# Slowest pouring sauce, ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432 "2011-03-29T21:18:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/1 "2011-03-29T21:18:29Z")
I realize Heinz 57 and A1 Steak Sauce can pour just fine when full. But take a mostly empty bottle out of the fridge and it becomes a real test of patience. Ketchup in a glass bottle can be slow, too. But they have solved this issue with squeezable plastic bottles. Why does Heinz and A1 insist on staying with narrow necked glass bottles? Shaking the bottle vigorously can sometimes loosen the sauce, but it is less effective when there isn’t as much left in the bottle. And what other sauces can take the crown of slowest pouring sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/2 "2011-03-29T21:20:28Z")
HP brown sauce. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/3 "2011-03-29T23:01:30Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > ..Ketchup in a glass bottle can be slow, too. But they have solved this issue with squeezable plastic bottles. Why does Heinz and A1 insist on staying with narrow necked glass bottles?.. I’d imagine it’s because people use Heinz and A1 a few tablespoons at a time, while a family (esp. with kids) can friggin’ _blow_ through ketchup. I like A1, too, but I doubt I could go through a container of it the size of some ketchup bottles fast enough to make it worth taking up that much space in my fridge door. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/4 "2011-03-30T14:55:08Z")
Not sure if plastic is cheaper, but glass seems like it would be more expensive. And wouldn’t the sauce makers want people to use it up faster and buy more product? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/5 "2011-03-30T15:01:02Z")
Do you count honey as a sauce? Because, that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/6 "2011-03-30T17:01:57Z")
Yes, that counts. Although a lot of people buy it in squeezable bear-shaped plastic bottles these days. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/7 "2011-03-30T17:08:45Z")
Honey is the only food item I know of where the standard unit of measure is “bear.” Not bottle, not jar, not container…bear. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/8 "2011-03-30T18:31:03Z")
In Canada, Heinz 57 and A1 both come in plastic bottles. I think HP does too but I’m not sure. Have you taken a close look at the grocery store? I think you can still get ketchup in plastic or glass bottles here, but I can’t imagine why anybody would buy the glass ones. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/9 "2011-03-30T18:35:05Z")
Heinz ketchup is not easy to find in glass bottles these days, unless you own a restaurant. Of course the secret to getting it out quickly - no matter how full the bottle is - is to palm strike the edge of the bottle where the little raised glass 57s are. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-pouring-sauce-ever/576432/10 "2011-03-30T19:15:39Z")
When the bottles start getting low, store them upside down.