# What's worse? Mustard or Ketchup (water)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-mustard-or-ketchup-water/591111>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 1, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-mustard-or-ketchup-water/591111 "2011-08-01T23:54:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-mustard-or-ketchup-water/591111/21 "2011-08-04T13:50:29Z")

</div>

i guess that goes to show how far this recession actually is from the great depression.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-mustard-or-ketchup-water/591111/22 "2011-08-04T14:28:26Z")

</div>

Both are horrifying, so I always shake the bottle–but I don’t always manage to shake it enough.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-mustard-or-ketchup-water/591111/23 "2011-08-04T14:33:02Z")

</div>

I have to say, I’ve never experienced ketchup water. I guess I just don’t use ketchup very much.

Does this happen even with Heinz? Or is it just with ketchup-like abominations, like Del Monte?

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-mustard-or-ketchup-water/591111.md?page=1)