Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Hmmm, Ketchup
I have to confess, somewhere in my teens I stopped eating ketchup. I don’t have a particularly sophisticated palate, but I think it was a mix of contrarianism, anti-consumerism and the fact that I liked the taste of samosas and pakoras without artificial condiments.
I can say that I now enjoy ketchup in small but regular doses. I don’t think its a coincidence that I’ve also started drinking diet coke and occasionally regular coke as well.
Reading this brilliant article by Malcolm Gladwell is affirmation that there is a reason people like ketchup and there is no need to deny one’s self of it, despite what almost all chefs have to say.
Having said that I still think that Mitchell’s chilli, chilli-garlic sauce is much better than their ketchup. Btw, do you guys remember that abysmal ad where a school boy brings a bottle of ketchup from home as his lunch and then eats it with a spoon? Unfortunately I couldn’t find it on youtube.
January 30th, 2008 at 3:54 am
al-tahafut said:
i think i remember that ketchup lunch ad. yuck. =P
i don’t really go for ketchup. pakoras and samosas should go with chatni. fries taste better with mayonnaise. i prefer fries dry most of the time, though, with lots and lots of salt. oh, and dr. pepper. mmmmm. =)
January 30th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
an_unsuitable_boy said:
i forgot to put in a link in the post. definitely read the article.
as for samosas i definitely agree that chatni works well although i think ketchup does have its own charm especially with aloo samosas.
oh and i hate dr. pepper with a vengeance. i’ve always thought it taste like karwa badaam.
January 31st, 2008 at 4:32 am
al-tahafut said:
an old dr pepper slogan was ‘america’s most misunderstood soft drink’. another one: ‘it’s dr pepper flavour, silly!’ for me, it’s ‘just what the doctor ordered’. =)
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Atomsmasher said:
i remember ‘docter pepper: so misunderstood’.
i vacilliate between chutney when i’m feeling authentic, or chilli garlic sauce, ever tried that? Ketchup is way too sweet. So infact is cola, i waned myself off them about five or six years ago, and now cant stand the stuff.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:21 am
an_unsuitable_boy said:
chilli-garlic sauce you say. watch the video in the post :p