My last post was about how I discovered that putting ketchup on food that I don’t like makes it bearable for me to eat. I don’t only put ketchup on the food I dislike to make it taste better but also the food I already love.
I love my potatoes and I love them cooked many different ways. french fries, hash browns, shredded, patties, mashed, roasted, and baked. Sure I can eat potatoes plain but why would I when they are a perfect carrier for ketchup. You may be thinking that ketchup belongs on some of these but not all. Like mashed? Yes mashed! This is something I discovered about 2 weeks ago. My family loves mashed potatoes…. me, not so much. their good and I’ll eat them but they are kind of bland. So when I heard that we were having mashed potatoes again with dinner I got to thinking. mashed potatoes are just potatoes, and what goes well with potatoes? Ketchup! Now I can’t go back. When when the mashed potatoes hit the table so does the bottle of ketchup.
Another Family favourite is deep fried halibut. And I think you all can guess what I love on my fish… Ketchup! People alwayslook at me weird but hey. I have no clue where I got this combo from but i’ve been eating my deep fried halibut like this since I can remember.
Sauerkraut. Not something everyone likes. My dad has been going through a little sauerkraut phase and he now puts it on everything and has even started making his own. So last week I was making lunch and I decided to put some sauerkraut into the grilled cheese sandwiches. But before I did that I needed to make sure that it would taste good with ketchup (because who doesn’t eat their grilled cheese with ketchup?). I took a fork full of sauerkraut and squirted some ketchup on and voila, a new recipe was born. The ketchup calmed the sour taste and added some sweet to create a taste that I can’t describe. So sauerkraut grilled cheese dipped in ketchup is a thing in our house now.
Ketchup is not only to cover up offal tastes but also to enhance already great tastes.
Ketchup Belongs on Everything 