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Ketchup Gate

by John Cole|  July 21, 20047:16 pm| 23 Comments

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I am with the Instapundit– Heinz ketchup rules. Whenever I see a knock-off or generic ketchup, I think- “Is that really the place to cut the budget?”

As far as mayo, Hellman’s. People who think Miracle Whip is mayo need to be sent to gulags and re-educated.

As far as yellow mustard goes- what beat Plochman’s?

*** Update ***

Woah- I love all types of mustardn ad actually use brown mustards and horseradish mustards FAR more than I use straight up yellow. I was just listing generic yellow mustard because thatis what most people eat.

Again, I love Plochman’s- I also love Stadium mustard, but that is hard to come by around here.

My absolute favorite mustards are tubes of German senf- but you cant find that anywhere (except maybe Germany).

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  1. 1.

    Ralph Gizzip

    July 21, 2004 at 7:26 pm

    Heinz? Bullsh!t. Del Monte’s the best.

    Miracle Whip is mayo done better.

    Yellow mustard is yellow mustard. Go for the Guilden’s Spicey Brown mustard if you want some real zip on that bratwurst.

  2. 2.

    Kathy K

    July 21, 2004 at 8:05 pm

    “Bring out the Hellmans and bring out the best…”

    Never really appreciated that jingle until I found out about Hellmans and Best Foods.

    Ralph,
    Miracle Whip is salad dressing. Good in it’s own right but it’s not mayonnaise.

  3. 3.

    Kathy K

    July 21, 2004 at 8:07 pm

    its (I do know the difference between possesive ‘its’ and ‘it is’ but my fingers sometimes don’t.)

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    JohnO

    July 21, 2004 at 10:05 pm

    You’re 2 for 3. You’re only missing “Stadium Mustard”, which is likely available in WV. Hey, you got me hooked on the effing Graples (which are damn hard to find here), the least you can do is try Stadium Mustard.

  5. 5.

    Yuck Yuck

    July 21, 2004 at 11:55 pm

    What’s in a brand? Advertising, some schumk onablog ranting about preferences and a dead politicain’s heiress’ namesake.

    Private label knockoffs to save a buck are the only way to go, especially if they’re jobs are outsourced and the goods imported from China. /sarcasm

    Anything on the mustard except Grey Poop On from Chiracland.

  6. 6.

    IXLNXS

    July 22, 2004 at 12:13 am

    Ketchup? Sure brand names great but on that dog after many beers at the beach no one cares.

    Mayonaise? Again no one really notices unless it’s light mayonaise then one questions its purpose, with the missing taste and all.

    Mustard? Its all made from mustard seed. Get the spicy brand cheap and it”l work just as well at drunken summer bar b ques.

    Beer? Lots!

  7. 7.

    Brian Chapin

    July 22, 2004 at 2:08 am

    Yellow Mustard – Weber’s – A Buffalo, NY Standard

  8. 8.

    sean

    July 22, 2004 at 8:26 am

    “As far as yellow mustard goes”

    Yellow mustard is an abomination.

    I agree w/ you on the Heinz and Hellman’s. And i second Ralph on the Guldens.

  9. 9.

    Bruce

    July 22, 2004 at 9:40 am

    Hunt’s Ketchup is better

  10. 10.

    Eric

    July 22, 2004 at 11:26 am

    Ketchup – Used to be addicted to Heinz. But, I cut ketchup from my diet about a month ago, and no I know longer desire or miss it.

    Mayo – Learn how to make you own, and you’ll never buy a jar again!

    Mustard – All mustard is good in its own right. Variaty is good!

  11. 11.

    Mike

    July 22, 2004 at 12:27 pm

    Muir Glen Ketchup is incredible. You should try it sometime John.

  12. 12.

    jack

    July 22, 2004 at 1:01 pm

    French’s yellow mustard. I’ve gotten it all over the country..it would seem to be the basic yellow, with Gulden’s spicy brown as the basic non’yellow’

    Knockoff, store generics, are often the brands themselves. I first noticed this in dishwashing liquids and mac and cheese….later I was amused to see several ‘generic’ versions of Froot Loops expand their color/flavors at the precise instant as the brand did.

    Heinz and Hellman’s both supply various generic and store packagings.

  13. 13.

    bg

    July 22, 2004 at 1:13 pm

    You guys should give Zatarain’s, a whole-seeded brown mustard, a shot – it’s excellent. Haven’t gone back to Gulden’s since, but still want to try Ploughman’s.

    A nearby hotel has Dickenson’s ketchup (they’re the ones who make preserves in those square black bottles) for room-service use. That’s quite good, but I’ve never seen it elsewhere.

    Is Grey Poupon really made in France? I thought that was a marketing gimmick, like Haagen Dazs being from Scandinavia (it’s made in NJ).

  14. 14.

    mark

    July 22, 2004 at 1:20 pm

    Stadium Mustard, manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio.

    Best mustard ever.

  15. 15.

    Tyler

    July 22, 2004 at 4:16 pm

    Damn, Mark beat me to the punch… by four hours. Stadium Mustard is indeed the best mustard ever crafted by mere mortals.

  16. 16.

    shark

    July 22, 2004 at 4:42 pm

    Frenches Yellow mustard? Christ, that’s yellow water. In my house, we call that a “Childs First Mustard” or “training mustard”

    Gimme a mustard with a horseradish kick to it! Or failing that, Guldens Dark Spicy Brown. Nirvana!

  17. 17.

    shark

    July 22, 2004 at 4:44 pm

    “Ketchup………..Catsup? Oh, this choice is too big for me…”

  18. 18.

    Donnie

    July 22, 2004 at 5:05 pm

    Nah – Helen, GA has tubes of Thomy Extra Scharf Senf — pretty cheap too.

    Also Meerettich. Mmmm, Meerettich.

    Let me know if you’d like a couple, we make a Bauern Brot, Nutella, and Senf run once a month or so.

  19. 19.

    Andrew J. Lazarus

    July 23, 2004 at 12:10 am

    Warning: I picked up a bottle of Croatian mustard (labeled as Senf in German), no recommendation. I forget the brand, but it has a Croatian flag on it.

    (Reverse psychology: dozens of conservatives see a leftist plot to kepp them from the best mustard go out and eat the tasteless, starchy stuff.)

    My parents never had anything but French’s. Yuck. So Gulden’s which I first ate in college was a revelation.

  20. 20.

    platosearwax

    July 23, 2004 at 7:10 am

    Plockman’s rules. But here in the fjords of Norway, all I can get is French’s (Norwegian mustard is some horrible, sugary substance. Shouldn’t even be called mustard) so French’s it is. I’ve yet to meet a ketchup that beats Heinz. And I can get tubes of German senf here.

    One question: is a person automatically a liberal if they prefer Heinz ketchup and French’s mustard?

  21. 21.

    Slartibartfast

    July 23, 2004 at 7:55 am

    Heh. In a word, no.

  22. 22.

    jack

    July 23, 2004 at 2:45 pm

    Child’s first or ‘training’ mustard was exactly the idea I was trying to get across–a basic mustard.

    Kosciusko is the one I actually use, with Boar’s Head a close second

  23. 23.

    timekeeper

    July 23, 2004 at 7:39 pm

    Gray Poupon is manufactured in Oxnard, in a Nabisco factory that also produces A-1 steak sauce.

    Only the recipe is French.

    I still hate it though; not because of its background, but because of its taste.

    On mustard, I will buy the cheapest brand, but I prefer Heinz ketchup. I’m not that committed to it, but I will buy it over the other stuff when I’m in the store.

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