A steak house in NJ now just a memory served a tomato au jus reduction as a side option with their steak. Yep, it was ketchup & pan drippings whisked together. -———————————————————————If you cannot find ketchup on the shelf try this: 1 can tomato paste, 1/4 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp dehydrated onion flakes, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 cup water. mix in a sauce pan over low heat until the mixture thickens and the onion flakes soften. Decant into a glass jar with a lid [this stains plastic badly if lock & lock or Tupperware is used it is 1 and done] place in the refrigerator to cool.
A friend, while in Paris, asked for some ketchup for her pommes frites. They brought it out with a little silver spoon and a large sneer. I wonder how they would have reacted if she asked for mayo.
Only a barbarian puts ketchup on a steak. A connoisseur Plugger, will take a bite first to determine something is missing, then use horseradish, Heinz 57, A-1, or a combination.
The fanciest restaurant this plugger ever ate in was Tivoli’s in Rosslyn, Virginia. It was in 1983 for my wedding dinner and I don’t remember much about it except it was fancy. I do remember the food was exceptional and we were waited on very diligently (but NOT hovered over). Of course, part of that could have been because my sister was the hostess (which was a different position than a hostess at Denny’s). LOL
Teto85 Premium Member about 3 years ago
And he revels in his lack of sophistication.
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
Chef, garçon, and maître d’ are not going to like that.
Caldonia about 3 years ago
I don’t know what that is, so maybe it’s not such a big deal? (If it’s a steak, fine. But not if it’s filet mignon, because that would be weird.)
nosirrom about 3 years ago
Just don’t ask for salt.
https://www.facebook.com/Gianfranco.Chiarini/videos/dont-ask-for-salt-the-salt-insult-episode/10152997535460382/
lavender headgear about 3 years ago
Nooooooo! Tabasco, on the other hand…
Gent about 3 years ago
He bearly likes it without the sauce.
Breadboard about 3 years ago
For French Fries ! Oh Yea !
gokar RLV about 3 years ago
Can’t stand the taste of it.
R.R.Bedford about 3 years ago
A steak house in NJ now just a memory served a tomato au jus reduction as a side option with their steak. Yep, it was ketchup & pan drippings whisked together. -———————————————————————If you cannot find ketchup on the shelf try this: 1 can tomato paste, 1/4 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp dehydrated onion flakes, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 cup water. mix in a sauce pan over low heat until the mixture thickens and the onion flakes soften. Decant into a glass jar with a lid [this stains plastic badly if lock & lock or Tupperware is used it is 1 and done] place in the refrigerator to cool.
gopher gofer about 3 years ago
a long ago girlfriend who thought that ketchup was the universal seasoning always asked me why i didn’t want her to cook for me…
zerotvus about 3 years ago
i’ve seen men get chased with a meat cleaver for that….
Ichabod Ferguson about 3 years ago
That’s like people who make antique mahogany furniture better by painting it.
walstib Premium Member about 3 years ago
Reagan would say he’s getting his daily dose of veggies.
pheets about 3 years ago
NOT true.
david_42 about 3 years ago
A friend, while in Paris, asked for some ketchup for her pommes frites. They brought it out with a little silver spoon and a large sneer. I wonder how they would have reacted if she asked for mayo.
I'll fly away about 3 years ago
I prefer to dice up fresh tomatoes in my meatloaf. A step up?
BlueNAL about 3 years ago
https://www.newser.com/story/304587/restaurants-new-battle-a-ketchup-shortage.html
ctolson about 3 years ago
Only a barbarian puts ketchup on a steak. A connoisseur Plugger, will take a bite first to determine something is missing, then use horseradish, Heinz 57, A-1, or a combination.
RickMcdermott about 3 years ago
Hot sauce for me
KEA about 3 years ago
there’s hardly anything that can’t be improved by ketchup ;-)
Michael G. about 3 years ago
Sacre merde!
brick10 about 3 years ago
Another serving of vegetables ….
Gandalf about 3 years ago
Nope… Tabasco!
ms-ss about 3 years ago
“Expert Chefs” just don’t have the same tastes as normal people.
andersjg Premium Member about 3 years ago
One Christmas we gave my brother-in-law a case of ketchup as a gift.
kaycstamper about 3 years ago
And now they have a shortage of ketchup packets!
chromosome Premium Member about 3 years ago
How about Dijon mustard?
bobpickett1 about 3 years ago
Amen
CynthiaLeigh about 3 years ago
A plugger in a suit? Eating in a restaurant with an “expert chef”?
Jan C about 3 years ago
Really bad move. It’s not a plugger thing, it’s an idiot thing. (I did know a man once who put ketchup on everything, even salad. Ick!)
SofaKing about 3 years ago
A certain former president ate his steaks waaayy overcooked and drowned in ketchup. If that was his only transgression…
Bookworm Premium Member about 3 years ago
Nope, Worcestershire sauce.
kathleenhicks62 about 3 years ago
That stuff is so gross!
contralto2b about 3 years ago
The fanciest restaurant this plugger ever ate in was Tivoli’s in Rosslyn, Virginia. It was in 1983 for my wedding dinner and I don’t remember much about it except it was fancy. I do remember the food was exceptional and we were waited on very diligently (but NOT hovered over). Of course, part of that could have been because my sister was the hostess (which was a different position than a hostess at Denny’s). LOL