Re: Practice Safe Eating: Use a Condiment
All condiment discussions can continue here.
Mustard - How awesome is it? Or would you rather breathe mustard gas than eat it again?
Mayo - Does it rock your world, or is its only purpose for pranking your college roommates? Perhaps you just think it's overrated/overused? Does it matter if it's one of the fancy Euro/Japanese mayos, or do they all taste like library paste to you?
Ketchup - Is it the "kiddie" condiment, useful only for making bland/soggy French fries edible? Or do you put it on everything like a godd@mned Canuck? Does it belong on a hot dog? (NOTE: Chicagoans, go take a chill pill and don't answer that last one)
Relish - Sweet or dill? Neither? Do people outside of Chiraq still even buy this sh*t?
Hot sauce - How awful is Tabasco? Why is Cholula so much better? Or perhaps you liked "Rooster Sauce" before it was cool, and want to brag about that.
Ranch dressing - Are you from the South? Feel feel to tell us why this is the 6th food group.
Other - Horseradish (prepared or the kind mixed with mayo for roast beef sandwiches)? Russian dressing or Thousand Island (why is relish the only difference between these two)? Something else I'm forgetting?
Slather away!
Mustard -- something I hated as a kid, but have come to appreciate as an adult. I like to use it to adhere dry rub to pork before tossing it in the smoker. I like a rough ground bourbon maple mustard for salmon.
Mayo - Hellmans only. I like homemade stuff, but don't always have the patience to make it. I put it on sandwiches and use it in egg salad. Otherwise, I could pass (though I like it on grilled cheese before grilling).
Ketchup - french fries and occasionally on a hotdog. I used to eat away more of it as a kid.
Relish - Not for me.
Hot sauce - I use Cholula to make buffalo chicken dip and otherwise don't ever use it.
Ranch - I make my own (mayo+ sour cream/greek yogurt + dill + parsley + hot sauce + garlic + salt + paprika + buttermilk) for salads occasionally.
Horseradish - I can eat straight out of the jar. I also occasionally like it mixed with a little sour cream to spread on proteins or on a sandwich
Vinegar on fries = YUM
Worcestershire sauce - I like it in things, but the days of putting it on steak are over since I know how to cook a steak now
Same with ribs (dry rub all the way overall). Any sauce should enhance the flavor, not take it over. Like adding salt to food, etc.
When we judge BBQ, we have to try the protein without sauce and then again with the sauce to judge exactly what you said. It's fascinating how a bad sauce can ruin a well done meat. If you include a sauce with your meat, then you're judged on both and you're not supposed to separate out the meat.
I should add, on the note of salt, unless it's corn on the cob or green beans, I don't put salt on anything.
Also -- *** with salt? It's a flavor enhancer!!