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Sunday, March 20, 2005

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Aces Full of Links: Ketchup Coincidence

Okay, this isn't much of a spinoff entry (cool! just coined a term for stealing/reacting to ideas from somebody else's blog!) but it's ketchup.

Does everybody have ketchup stories?

• My own stash of ketchup packets has accumulated in my cupboard, thanks to Wings to Go on Thayer Street. I always get boneless wings (X-Hot, Suicide or, if I am very daring and have buckets of Coke on hand, Homicide) with seasoned fries. Nine times out of ten they put in a handful of ketchup packets, though I am often saying "No ketchup, thanks".

• I've never understood why people put ketchup on their homefries or hash browns. Or Tater Tots or any other potato product besides french fries. True, it's a potato product just like french fries, but still, it's ketchup.

• I often eschew ketchup if another sauce is involved. If you're getting chicken fingers with honey mustard, ranch, or blue cheese dressing, or a spicy sauce, fries are just as good with that.

• Of course there were ketchup wars during the last election year. For the Democrats, there was Heinz of course. So what would the Republicans use? A brand of "W" Ketchup™ had to be bottled, and quick, to go on their Freedom Fries. Maybe Independents could have chosen Hunt's or Sysco's "House Recipe Fancy Ketchup," the latter of which in my experience leaves much to be desired.

• And Heinz has also tried different COLORED ketchup for the kids. You can now get "EZ SQUEEZ" green ketchup, and purple ketchup. I don't think the purple stuff lasted long, but I dare say you can still get the green in stores.

• What's up with the 57? Are there 57 diferent flavors of Heinz Ketchup? Did it take 57 different tries to get Heinz 57 Steak Sauce to taste good?

• Once a friend of mine was working in a chain restaurant and she told me that once the ketchup had been in the restaurant so long that it turned a darker color, it became barbecue sauce. I don't know if a spice was added or anything but doesn't that sound strange?

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