Was there ever any doubt?
It’s Heinz all the way.
Is there anyone of sound mind who would volutarily choose any other ketchup?
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It’s Heinz all the way.
Is there anyone of sound mind who would volutarily choose any other ketchup?
Heinz also has a dominant presence across the pond (especially baby food) .
Pennsylvania, “The Keystone State” uses the keystone as the symbol for state routes.
It is not uncommon for visiting Brits to remark on Pennsylvania using the Heinz symbol to mark its roads.
Just one of those useless factoids that keeps life intersting.
I always liked Heinz products but I stopped using them in 2004 after learning about Teresa Heinz-Kerry’s involvement with the Tides Foundation, which funds a variety of left-wing groups.
“Is there anyone of sound mind…?” Perhaps not. But there are those of us who rarely choose ketchup of any brand for any purpose. As a child I was a weirdo who wanted only mustard on hamburgers and hot dogs. And I’ve never understood why people want to ruin french fries with it.
Mac:
I only put ketchup on those two things: burgers and fries. But I always put it on them. And as a child I put it on hotdogs, too, although I stopped that some time in my teen years and went the mustard route.
rickl,
When Senator John Heinz was still alive, both he and his wife were very active and benevolent in the Pittsburgh area. After his death she continued that benevolence to the extent that she unofficially became known locally as “Saint” Teresa. Don’t hear much about her locally since her marriage to Kerry.
For the record, you may be interested to know that the Heinz Corporation way back in the early 20th century (the 30s, I believe) created an organization called “Sarah Heinz House” meant to function as an organized Boys & Girls club for the children of lower income Heinz employees. It still functions today on Pittsburgh’s North Side, the Location of the original Heinz plant, although now membership is open to any local resident.
But there are those of us who rarely choose ketchup of any brand for any purpose.
And there are those among us who can’t find a food that doesn’t benefit from a dollop or two — like my uncle, who put it on cottage cheese. At breakfast.
Ann
And there are those among us who can’t find a food that doesn’t benefit from a dollop or two – like my uncle, who put it on cottage cheese. At breakfast.
Your uncle shared his culinary preferences with Richard Nixon.
I use ketchup when I go to McDonalds. I usually eat several pounds of tomatoes a week, but not in ketchup form.
For dolloping on food, I usually use soy sauce or Sriacha sauce- chilis w garlic. Wal-Mart has a Buffalo brand Salsa Chipotle, which tastes and smells like Worcestershire sauce with a kick.
Actually I prefer Hunts Ketchup but my local supermarket doesn’t carry it so I generally get Heinz.
Heinz is by far the best of the mass produced, nothing else compares. I have recently discovered Fresh Market’s Balsamic Ketchup and it is great!
Store brand. Why pay more for sugar and vinegar? Anyway, only the teens use it in our house, and only on fries/tots. So again I ask why pay more?
If you can, pick up a bottle of Trader Joe’s ketchup.
It easily lured me away from Heinz.
Come on, seriously. Ketchup is ketchup.
notsoheavyd @ 5:46 pm Actually I prefer Hunts Ketchup
Ahh, notsoheavyd. You’ve brought forth a memory lol.
…I vastly preferred Hunts too, growing up …I still recall thinking the Heinz product was way too sweet the first time I had it. (I would buy the Del Monte brand in preference, too, back in the day: anything but Heinz).
My use of any ketchup these days is at breakfast (I use it occasionally on hash browns or home fries), or sometimes on French fries. Though I have to be in the mood for even that limited use these days.
I’ve preferred malt/balsamic vinegar on fries since I was introduced to the concept via my first English fish-and-chips in London, almost 20 years ago.
And I’ve never understood why anyone – including my wife, lol – would use ketchup on a burger or hot dog.
…actually, I found a Wasabi mayo at Trader Joe’s a couple of years back, and that’s pretty much been the “it” condiment since for me for burgers (and a lot of other sandwiches, too). Great stuff.
I’m a mustard & relish purist when it comes to hot dogs though.
Ha!
I thought I recalled Hunts as being spelled catsup on the bottle back then!
1960’s Hunts TV commercial.
Stopped buying Heinz when Mr. Heinz-Kerry ran for president.
There was a W brand in response that I found tasty.
high fructose corn syrup.
Heinz has it.
Hunt’s does not.
Another reason to buy Hunt’s
Neo: I have mellowed, and do like a touch of it on a burger, as long as it doesn’t dominate. But fries..I don’t get it. Fries are so extremely scrumptious with only salt, an experience which for me is ruined by ketchup.
Ketchup also has a place as an ingredient with horseradish in shrimp cocktail sauce, although there are better seasonings for shrimp. (But not–not NOT–in barbecue sauce.)
Ann: gaahhhh.
Not a ketchup guy, but I wouldn’t want a penny of my money to going to John Kerry via his wife.
I don’t eat a lot of ketchup, so I don’t have strong feelings either way, but Heinz was a bit too sweet for my taste. I much prefer barbecue sauce for my all-purpose condiment.
Democrats will inherit all the money produced by Republicans. Don’t worry. Buying Heinz or not, won’t impact that fate.
I only use ketchup if the fries are too hot, to cool them down in my mouth.