As a passionate lover of condiments I whole-heartedly completely endorse this sentiment! Click photo for a New York Times article.
Bringing back diversity to Ketchup
I despise Heinz and Hunts. Not just on Hot Dogs, which is an abomination but on anything. There are few things in this world I can’t stand to eat or even smell, but commercial tomato ketchup is one of them. I’m insulted when waiters put a bottle of ketchup on our table and I’m embarrassed when this happens overseas. I applaud Jose Andres’ drive to bring back the American tradition of having many different flavors of ketchup. Ketchup’s roots are in anchovies, like many of the world’s condiments were. I think a return to these roots might make the condiment more palatable.
