The Great Ketchup Debate
Ketchup is one of the most popular condiments in the United States. We eat it with burgers, hot dogs and fries. We add it to our meatloaf. We eat with eggs for breakfast.
I asked friends how they use ketchup and I got these responses:
Dip ketchup in my grilled cheese
Egg sandwich
Meatloaf
Use ketchup as a base for BBQ sauce, French dressing or cocktail sauce.
Locally, there's a burger place here in Savannah that makes their own ketchup. It takes like marinara sauce, and most people including me here dislike it. I read a lot of recipes in cookbooks and online but making homemade ketchup is not something that is trending. Homemade mayonnaise is delicious, BTW.
Read this hot take on The Takeout.
Processed ketchup is less about tomato flavor and more about sugar and vinegar. Heinz has a wonderful balance of both sugar and vinegar: It’s delightfully smooth, tangy, and even kind of buttery.
Hunt’s, by comparison, has more mouth-smacking acidity and less sweetness.
I don't recall the last time I had Hunt's Ketchup, but I have always thought it was an inferior product to Heinz. When I go grocery shopping, Heinz Ketchup gets the best shelf placement, but I will hunt for Hunt's next time.
Curry Ketchup
Sometimes, I splurge and buy Brooklyn Delhi's Curry Ketchup. It is so good! I could be biased because I worked briefly with Chitra Agrawal ten years ago. Chitra is the founder of Brooklyn Delhi. It has less sugar and sodium than most of the commercial ketchup. It's the only ketchup that I would eat with eggs for breakfast.
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