# So, is there anything we're allowed to put ketchup on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636 "2016-03-01T15:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/81 "2016-03-02T13:49:11Z")
If you like it, use it. Be sure to get it in squeeze bottles though. They’re perfect for squirting ketchup in the faces of the snobs who object. I used to put ketchup on everything, but I have mostly lost my taste for it as a condiment. Once in a great while, I’ll put it on scrambled eggs or a burger, maybe once a year. Either my tastes have changed, or ketchup today is sweeter than it used to be. These days I use it mostly as an ingredient with other stuff. If you add enough vinegar, hot sauce, mustard, horseradish, and Worcestershire sauce, it makes a good glaze or sauce for a few hearty beef dishes like meatloaf, meatballs, and brisket. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/82 "2016-03-02T13:54:12Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Can I put cats up on my doughnuts? Sure, as long as you don’t mind furry doughnuts. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/83 "2016-03-02T14:13:02Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Either my tastes have changed, or ketchup today is sweeter than it used to be. To answer my own question, I found some nutrient data from 1962 (Heinz) and compared it to today’s nutrient label (also Heinz). The carbohydrate content is the same, to within a rounding error. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/84 "2016-03-02T14:25:11Z")
But not the ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/85 "2016-03-02T14:27:24Z")
Ketchup is a must on KD (Kraft Mac and Cheese for the non-Canadians)! ---
**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 2, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/86 "2016-03-02T15:32:11Z")
Ketchup? Are you insane? Mac and Cheese demands **chili sauce**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/87 "2016-03-02T15:39:44Z")
The only thing I put ketchup on is cooked cabbage, like with corned beef. It just isn’t the same without it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/88 "2016-03-02T15:39:48Z")
It’s threads like these that make you realize how truly fucked up some people are. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/89 "2016-03-02T16:16:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Ketchup? Are you insane? Mac and Cheese demands **chili sauce**! 😃 No, no, no. Bacon Salt. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/90 "2016-03-02T16:20:01Z")
I dare anyone here to make the claim that Lutefisk is NOT improved by the addition of ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/91 "2016-03-02T16:33:28Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Mothers, don’t let your babies grow up to put ketchup on bratwurst. Sorry. Raised in the upper Midwest, and I loves me some ketchup on my bratwurst (along with plenty of kraut and stone-ground mustard). ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/92 "2016-03-02T16:35:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, no, no. Bacon Salt. Speaking of chili–I put Parmesan cheese on chili. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/93 "2016-03-02T17:08:08Z")
This is a true story, I swear to God. I was in a cute (but not super expensive) little cafe in Beverly Hills when I overheard the following conversation: Waiter: Would you like some ketchup? Lady: Ketchup is for peasants And…scene. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/94 "2016-03-02T17:10:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Now pardon me while I enjoy some deep-fried filet minion chunks in mayo. 😛 > [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > And I’m making that this weekend. Oh yeah!!! What’d the poor little minions ever do to you? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/95 "2016-03-02T17:43:01Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I dare anyone here to make the claim that Lutefisk is NOT improved by the addition of ketchup. Lutefisk is improved by the addition of lighter fluid. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/96 "2016-03-02T17:45:47Z")
OK, this ketchup on Mac and cheese is something I’ve never heard of, nor want to be part of. The hell? ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/97 "2016-03-02T17:51:30Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > OK, this ketchup on Mac and cheese is something I’ve never heard of, nor want to be part of. The hell? Just to re-iterate, this is not ketchup on actual mac and cheese. This is only for Kraft Dinner (which cannot, by any reasonable person, be referred to as mac and cheese). ---
**Author:** ![SUZ\_MAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SUZ\_MAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUZ_MAC)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/98 "2016-03-02T18:01:05Z")
I just had a Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl for breakfast. Scrambled eggs, potatoes, sausage and cheese. It was a bit on the dry side so I slathered it with ketchup. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 2, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/99 "2016-03-02T19:04:55Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Just to re-iterate, this is not ketchup on actual mac and cheese. This is only for Kraft Dinner (which cannot, by any reasonable person, be referred to as mac and cheese). Same difference. Never heard/knew this was a thing. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/100 "2016-03-02T19:10:29Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Just to re-iterate, this is not ketchup on actual mac and cheese. This is only for Kraft Dinner (which cannot, by any reasonable person, be referred to as mac and cheese). I consider it fairly decent mac & Cheese, and it’s very Proustain, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636.md?page=6)