You know, a not-often-used squirt bottle of either ketchup or mustard and on the first squeeze you get a dribble of water. Which water is worse? Ketchup or Mustard?
grey pouponers who knife their mustard stay out.
Mustard, because it probably goes onto my hotdog and gets the bun soggy. Ketchup is going on a burger or a plate, where it can be mixed together again with a fry or two.
Ketchup; mustard is thicker, so it’s easier to squirt the water out into the sink without wasting condiment.
I just shake it up first?
Ugh, both.
Of course, it helps that I hate both condiments (not really a big fan of condiments in general, really). Though if you were to put a gun to my head and make me choose, I’d probably pick ketchup as being the worst, if just because I hate it slightly more than mustard.
Both, but I’d rather deal with yellow water then red water (that reminds me of certain other things).
Exactly. I learned at a tender age to shake my condiment bottle before dispensing the foodstuff onto my entre.
Mustard. My sister and her husband call it “mustard snot.”
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'Zactly. And since both come in convenient upside-down-stored bottles, it’s even less of an issue.
Joe
Exactly this. You’re supposed to shake it first. Mustard and ketchup brands I’ve seen list this advice on the container.
I learned to shake the bottles side to side to avoid the dreaded ketchup or mustard jam at the top of the bottle. (Back in the days of glass ketchup bottles, ketchup jams could easily cause the top of the bottle to pop off, potentially putting your eye out.)
Ketchup and mustard water are about equally gross, but even worse is that dried piece of mustard that falls onto your food if you forget to check for it.
Relish. Who was the idiot who thought putting relish in a squeeze bottle was a good idea? Note that shaking does nothing to relish.
I grew up shaking the ketchup and mustard before using. I never have this problem.
Sure, if you remember.
I don’t know who first thought up putting relish in a squeeze bottle, but they need to attend a re-education camp.
Ah, so you’re supposed shake the bottle? I always thought “shake well before using” was meant for me personally. No wonder my condiments are always watery.
Oh man I HATE the mustard booger.
Ketchup phlegm is pretty gross, too.
This is a great point. They have these abominations at the ballpark and they never work right. You just get vaguely-pickle-flavored water of, if you’re really lucky, one big glob of relish in the middle of your hot dog.
Of the two options offered, I think that mustard water is more disappointing, because mustard is better than ketchup.
Okay, even though the dining hall just opened, I no longer want to go down for dinner.
(Mustard snot and ketchup phlegm? REALLY?)
You are aware that in the '30s people would buy a bottle of catsup, order a bowl of hot water, put the catsup in and imagine they were eating tomato soup.