Condiments!

erimir · #1 04-08-2011, 07:53 AM

What condiments do you enjoy?

This is just a stupid poll because I was thinking about condiments.

Crap, meant to be multi-choice. plz to fix?

livius drusus · #2 04-08-2011, 08:26 AM

I love mustard, particularly Dijon both classic and country. I use it in many different things. Other condiments I use in specific circumstances, like relish on hot dogs, A1 and/or Worcestershire sauce in burgers (mixed in with the raw ground beef, I mean, not on top after it's cooked), Thousand Islands on patty melts and Reubens.

I have to plug a totally fascinating series of articles on the history of condiments: De Condimentis. I wait anxiously for a new installment as soon as he's finished posting one.

Here's a relevant Venn diagram from one of the articles (clicky for larger version):

Ari · #3 04-08-2011, 08:47 AM

Check boxes in poll please.

When it comes to condiments, one's never enough!

livius drusus · #4 04-08-2011, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by erimir

Crap, meant to be multi-choice. plz to fix?

I'm afraid that option can't be changed. :sorry:

Kyuss Apollo · #5 04-08-2011, 08:51 AM

No multi-choice poll edit? I demand new admins!

and no honey mustard!? C'mon! Brown mustard's not the same thing man!

Also, where's Poland? I love to slather that on a sammich!

IT'S FRIDAY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!

Ari · #6 04-08-2011, 09:06 AM

Really as a vegetarian condiment lover I was just going to check every non-meat box*.

In which case I vote for Ketchup. Yes it's the generic US condiment but I can understand why as I like it on so many different things.

*

Not checking Vegimite as it's not actually food.

livius drusus · #7 04-08-2011, 09:14 AM

Aright, because I am a VERY KIND AND GIVING ADMIN, I stripped the poll and recreated it with a multiple choice option. Now everyone has to revote to make it worthwhile.

erimir · #8 04-08-2011, 09:15 AM

Ketchup is for hamburgers, hotdogs and French fries.

And I only use it sparingly on French fries. My new thing with French fries is to mix some ketchup and mayo together, because I think the ketchup is a little too sweet, and the mayo is too rich, but mixed together it's pretty good for fries.

I don't use it for anything else. I suppose it can be used as an ingredient in other things that are good. I despise it when I get meatloaf and it has ketchup on it though. Meatloaf is much better with gravy.

In Sweden, they use ketchup as a sauce for pasta :scaredno:

ETA:

You could've added in Dijon mustard, I suppose. That was the major kind of mustard I forgot. Also honey mustard.

Kyuss Apollo · #9 04-08-2011, 09:39 AM

I for one would like to thank our superadmin overlords! :superliv:

livius drusus · #10 04-08-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by erimir

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You could've added in Dijon mustard, I suppose. That was the major kind of mustard I forgot. Also honey mustard.

You can always edit in more options, so I just added dem. :salute:

mulebear · #11 04-08-2011, 01:38 PM

Monkey Gland Sauce.

Kael · #12 04-08-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by erimir

My new thing with French fries is to mix some ketchup and mayo together, because I think the ketchup is a little too sweet, and the mayo is too rich, but mixed together it's pretty good for fries.

That's basically fry sauce, which is hugely popular around here, but apparently unheard of in other parts of the country. Don't care for it much myself, plain ole' ketchup is just fine with me.

Qingdai · #13 04-08-2011, 04:50 PM

I think we use vinegars as condiments on many dishes (balsamic vinegar on lacinto kale, for example).

Guacamole and salsa are also whole meals for me, not just condiments.

Janet · #14 04-08-2011, 06:31 PM

Agreed on guacamole being a meal rather than a condiment. I left off a couple that I only use as ingredients, because I don't really think of them that way. Oh, and shouldn't salt and pepper count?

livius drusus · #15 04-08-2011, 07:05 PM

Salt and pepper are seasonings/spices. THERE'S A VENN DIAGRAM PEOPLE SHEESH. (Okay so they're in the wider condiments circle, still!)

thedoc · #16 04-08-2011, 07:13 PM

I like mustard as long as it does not have any vinegar in it, at one time I could buy 'Chinese Hot Mustard' but Coleman's is the closest I can find. Do any on the list fit that description?

erimir · #17 04-08-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kael

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Originally Posted by erimir

My new thing with French fries is to mix some ketchup and mayo together, because I think the ketchup is a little too sweet, and the mayo is too rich, but mixed together it's pretty good for fries.

That's basically fry sauce, which is hugely popular around here, but apparently unheard of in other parts of the country. Don't care for it much myself, plain ole' ketchup is just fine with me.

Oh god, I'm turning into a Mormon! :ohnoes:

curses · #18 04-09-2011, 12:16 AM

tamarind chutney. Yes. And that nuclear orange sweet and sour sauce.

lisarea · #19 04-09-2011, 12:35 AM

OK DONE. When can we expect our orders to arrive?

Ymir's blood · #20 04-09-2011, 01:12 AM

When I was a child, I liked taking fast food ketchup packs and squeezing out all the ketchup in to my mouth.

maddog · #21 04-09-2011, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by erimir

My new thing with French fries is to mix some ketchup and mayo together, because I think the ketchup is a little too sweet, and the mayo is too rich, but mixed together it's pretty good for fries.

Thousand Island or Russian dressing. :yup:

#2597

lisarea · #22 04-09-2011, 01:54 AM

My favorite on french fries is malt vinegar, but I haven't had that in a long time for some probably stupid reason.

HEY MATLOCK I need some french fries with malt vinegar!

Oh, so also, I HAVE A CONDIMENT STORY.

So a long time ago, I had a very vivid dream in which I had just boughten a sandwich from a cart on a pedestrian mall, when an extremely violent gunfight broke out right as I realized that I had forgotten my sandwich chutney, which is a kind of chutney I always had to have on that sandwich in this dream.

So I had to do this belly crawl thing, dodging bullets and carrying my sandwich to get back to that cart to go get my sandwich chutney, and this is what it was: It was a chutney, available in both wet and dry forms, and I know it had fennel and lavender in it, but that's all I remember for sure. I think the wet version had dried fruit or maybe pickle of some sort, and a little chile paste or something?

The dry version was like a mukhwa like they have in Indian restaurants, but it was more condiment-like, in that you'd sprinkle it on your food.

I really need to invent that chutney and start selling it to become rich.

Ymir's blood · #23 04-09-2011, 01:59 AM

Now we'll need a poll on how many chutneys we have in our homes.

erimir · #24 04-09-2011, 02:59 AM

Tamarind chutney is very necessary with fried Indian foods like samosas and pakoras.

Also acceptable is the one they have at Whole Foods when they have samosas (which are pretty good) which I think might be both tomato and tamarind. They don't always have it whenever they have samosas which makes me ANGRY. But I still get the samosa anyway because it's still yummy. Just not as yummy.

mulebear · #25 04-09-2011, 04:42 AM

We went through a chutney kick a while back. We must of had a dozen different ones at one time. I know we had every variation of Mrs. Ball's Chutney. We even had some homemade chutneys.

Oh... And about that Monkey Gland Sauce...

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A traditional South African sweet n hot sauce for steak, great for the BBQ or with chicken, pork and sausages

Ingredients

oil for frying
1 large onion diced
1/2 cup water
2 large tomatoes diced (canned tomatoes work just as well)
1 cup of ketchup
1/2 cup of Worcestershire sauce
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
3/4 -1 cup of chutney
1 Tbsp. of brown sugar
2 Tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. Tabasco sauce

How to make it

In a heavy skillet, heat oil.
Sauté onions and garlic until soft.
Add remaining ingredients, mix well and simmer for a few minutes.Fry or grill the steaks
When done frying spoon the sauce over the steaks.
Serve with rice.

From Monkey Gland Sauce For Steaks Recipe