TC💖
I'm not convinced ketchup is a condiment people need.
Dec 6 at 4:23pmWeb
Show threadJosh Dec 6
@talia_christine it very much is not.
Show threadTC💖Dec 6
@josh0 like I'll use it if it's there but you can go for so long without it and not really miss it.
Show threadJosh Dec 6
@talia_christine if it’s the only thing available, sure. Though some places make fries good enough that I’d prefer them plain to with ketchup.
Show threadTerryBDec 6
@josh0 @[email protected] As a kid I learnt (ironically on a trip to Germany) to use English mustard on chips (as known as fries in the US). Still quite like that. The traditional English way was salt and malt vinegar. Which I kind of miss now that we've adopted the ketchup habit.
Show threadJosh Dec 6

@terryb I don’t know that I’ve ever tried mustard on fries. Definitely going to give it a go!

As for nomenclature, there’s clearly a correct answer that everyone would inherently understand, and which avoids all ambiguity: they’re fries, and the crispy ones are crisps. It’s only the word ‘chips’ that introduces any ambiguity! But ketchup belongs on none of them!

Show threadStaff Chief of JointsDec 6
@talia_christine
At least, not that much. That's too much. And not on eggs. Nor hot dogs.
Show threadTC💖Dec 6
@the_etrain you know... i started to say it belongs on hot dogs but while I was typing I talked myself out of it. Hot dogs only really need mustard.
Show threadStaff Chief of JointsDec 6
@talia_christine
Another convert 🌭
Show threadDuckbilled Plattypus.Dec 6

@talia_christine @the_etrain

Mustard is overrated. Yup, I said it. It does belong on potato chips, fish, and chicken. Perhaps ham. With honey or brown sugar. Maybe hamburgers. Egg salad.

Ketchup on everything else! Scrambled eggs. In Russian dressing. Even a Chicago apostasy, ketchup on hot dogs! No mustard just a nice even line of ketchup. In my 20s in Chicago, I used to eat a nice boiled hot dog for breakfast from a Greek run Mexican fastfood place next door to the warehouse near Maxwell Street. They never batted an eye about the request for a hotdog for breakfast, but the ketchup made them nuts.

Show threadfor a day, while . . . 🗽Dec 6

@talia_christine @the_etrain

. . . and hot sauce

Show threadTC💖Dec 7
@cgsines @the_etrain obviously
Show threadChirayu  Dec 6
@talia_christine well, the next option is crushed Vicodin ;)
Show thread🍀March Mastodoness🍀Dec 6
@mountdiscovery @talia_christine
Show threadChirayu  Dec 6

@mast0d0nphan @talia_christine

it's a very niche pop-culture reference, so I am glad you got it 😇

Show threadJustice Lurking Dec 6
@talia_christine
Ketchup on hamburgers. I don't care if you mix or with mayo or mustard or both, but there are times when a hamburger REQUIRES ketchup. I will die on this hill.
Show threadMax LeibmanDec 6
@talia_christine Hate speech is not tolerated on this instance.
Show threadPer Haps ✅✔✓☑Dec 6
@maxleibman @talia_christine ketchup about to get Spicy up in this here instance
*gets popcorn and ketchup seasoning*
Show threadTC💖Dec 7
@maxleibman 💀🫶
Show threadmichaelbrienDec 6
@talia_christine You can’t pry my ketchup away from me, but feel free to take all my mustard!
Show threadTC💖Dec 7
@michaelbrien deal
Show threadLogan Five ThousandDec 6
@talia_christine Why do people need sex, or chocolate, or anything that brings them joy? Why not just give into the dystopia?
Show threadTC💖Dec 7
@LoganFive yes!!! you get it. 💀
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurDec 6
@talia_christine
Too much sugar.
Show threadQuintessential QuicksandDec 6
@talia_christine ketchup at this point is mostly sugar. Would you sprinkle sugar on your fries? burger? eggs? Hrm...
Show threadJordi (Tubal Hippy)Dec 7
@talia_christine
Show threadStabby Narwhal Dec 7
@talia_christine Ma’am
Show threadComrade WeezDec 7
@talia_christine when ketchup is outlawed, outlaws will have ketjap