# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/101 "2016-03-02T19:31:10Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I consider it fairly decent mac & Cheese, and it’s very Proustain, too. not Kafka-esque? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/102 "2016-03-02T20:30:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > OK, I looked up “Milanesa”. Kind of like chicken fried steak? Kind of Thin slices of Top round steak, no fat, pound it flatter / tenderized . Dip in beaten egg then bread crumbs , oven bake or fry. I think the chicken fried steak tends to be a bit fatty and the bread crumb covering more moist. Milenesa tend to be reasonable dry and fat free. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/103 "2016-03-03T15:32:29Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It’s threads like these that make you realize how truly fucked up some people are. I like the way you made that so vague that _everybody_ in this thread can feel insulted by it. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/104 "2016-03-03T18:40:29Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > not Kafka-esque? Or in this case, _Kraftka_-esque? ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/105 "2016-03-03T21:48:39Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > This is true. > > I put ketchup on a hot dog once in a blue moon, but I make sure I’m firmly on the other side of the Hudson River. And I make sure my brother never finds out, 'cause if he does, I’m dead meat. I grew up in NYC and saw plenty of ketchup on hot dogs. ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/106 "2016-03-03T22:51:50Z")
> [@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). Mama don’t allow no iterating around here… ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/107 "2016-03-03T22:53:28Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Or in this case, _Kraftka_-esque? Hey, I’m the Punster around here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/108 "2016-03-03T23:27:12Z")
If there is one food that suits ketchup the best it has to be meatloaf. ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/109 "2016-03-04T01:31:41Z")
I think you should ketchup on people who can’t mind their own business. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/110 "2016-03-04T02:18:00Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Or in this case, _Kraftka_-esque? oh, clap clap clap clap _clap._ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/111 "2016-03-04T18:26:14Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Hey, I’m the Punster around here. 😉 Sorry, dude, \*\*Fleetwood \*\*got you beat on that one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/112 "2016-03-04T18:38:58Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > And because I’m from New England, I put it on roast beef sandwiches. Huh. I had not heard that. I would use mayonnaise, or mustard, or a combo of those. Ketchup belongs on nothing. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/113 "2016-03-04T19:27:43Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Huh. I had not heard that. > > I would use mayonnaise, or mustard, or a combo of those. > > Ketchup belongs on nothing. Horseradish sauce is my go to on roast beef, and not too much, either. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/114 "2016-03-04T20:12:45Z")
I’m firmly in the camp of put it on whatever you want… just don’t put it on mine without asking first. Without going through the previous 112 posts to find the one to quote, someone mentioned they only use it for cocktail sauce with lots of horseradish… do yourself a favor and order a jar of this: [http://www.stelmos.com/cocktail-sauce/st-elmo-steak-house-bottle-cocktail-sauce/](http://www.stelmos.com/cocktail-sauce/st-elmo-steak-house-bottle-cocktail-sauce/) You won’t be disappointed . ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/115 "2016-03-04T20:16:15Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > If there is one food that suits ketchup the best it has to be meatloaf. But A-1 or Heinz 57 is better there too. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/116 "2016-03-04T21:53:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > OK, this ketchup on Mac and cheese is something I’ve never heard of, nor want to be part of. The hell? Don’t knock it. I’ve been putting ketchup on mac n cheese since I was a kid. It’s incomplete without pouring some Heinz on it. > [@SUZ\_MAC](#): > > 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. 😃 I like the steak and eggs breakfast bowl. With plenty of ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/117 "2016-03-05T04:34:09Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Passing through Sheboygan last summer, Wait, “Sheboygan” is a real place?! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/118 "2016-03-05T06:13:48Z")
I find heartwarming satisfaction in “ketchup-packet-infiltrating” Subways. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/119 "2016-03-05T15:17:30Z")
Once, when I was nine, we had extended family over to the house. I asked for ketchup to dip my shrimp in, and my aunt reacted like I had asked for turpentine. She actually shouted, “Ketchup!?” in this startled, unbelieving voice. Had she a monocle, it would have fallen on her plate. My parents ignored me, and I sat there, red as a stoplight for the rest of the meal. I wasn’t sure what I had done, but I gathered it was a major faux pas. Looking back on it, it’s _shocking_ to me how rude she was acting. If you like ketchup, bring out the ketchup! Now, I kinda get being annoyed, if you’ve cooked a good meal, and someone messes with it before eating it. I’d be furious if I painted a landscape, and someone added a little glitter to the sky because they thought it’d be prettier that way, but that seems to be one of the drawbacks of food as an art form - people actually have to take it into their bodies to experience it, and that’s a lot more personal than looking at a painting, when you get down to it. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636/120 "2016-03-05T15:23:27Z")
Put ketchup on anything other than what I might have laboured over for hours and hours. If you put ketchup on something I’ve made for you, I will take it as an offense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636.md?page=7)