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The Condiment Wars (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

What is your favourite sauce of the big three :

Ketchup - Arguably the most widespread and common sauce used for flavouring your burgers, BBQ and other dishes. Can be considered the normie basic-guy option from others opinions.

Mustard - The yin to Ketchups yang, also widespread in dishes previously mentioned in Ketchup section, either exclusively used or paired with Ketchup combining the flavouring.

Brown Sauce - HP, Daddies etc this sauce is pretty popular in the UK (Where I live) and goes great on chips/fries and prior dish mentioning.

It is also a cardinal rule to be put into bacon sandwiches among the brown sauce community.

What is your favourite sauce to use?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Not sure how you can talk about "the big three" of condiments and leave out mayo. Is it just non-existant outside of North America or something?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I'm from Germany and I have literally never heard of Brown Sauce as a condiment. Perhaps just as a sauce, but to top a dish?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

No. It's incredibly common in the UK. Used on burgers and sandwiches. Not sure about other meals/foods.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's the most common sauce in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I am disgusted it was not included. I am an utter mayo monster.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It's good for you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it tastes good and also works as a zesty lube too.

Hellman’s for the win.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This comment right here officer. (Fwiw, I up voted)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Upvotes or downvotes, it’s all the same to me.

It means you care enough to interact with my content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So wholesome. Now you've gone and got me all emotional, SatansMaggotyCumFart

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It is one of the mother sauces.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where I live, the big 3 are mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise.

If I had to limit it to the "big 3" you listed, I would have to go for mustard. There are so many different types and of the options listed, mustard is easily the healthiest (or can be the healthiest) since a basic mustard is going to be low in sodium, sugar, and fat while also containing healthy phytonutrients.

Mustard is also much more versatile than folks in my part of the world give it credit for. It seems like a cultural thing / learned behavior rather than based on actual taste preferences. For instance, a fairly bland yellow mustard actually goes well with french fries. A spicy mustard (the types that are almost like horseradish) goes well with a variety of roasted veggies like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower. Honey mustard works well with chicken in various forms. Lots of cheeses pair well with different types of mustard. I could go on, but I'll stop here.

Since the majority of folks are discussing condiments that aren't in your "big 3", I would say that my actual favorite condiment is hot sauce. I'm not a connoisseur by any means and I don't have refined tastes. I don't even like super spicy hot sauces. But I do use hot sauce of some type with almost every meal and I go through a lot more of that than mustard or ketchup. Granted, hot sauces tend to be high in sodium, so I try not to go overboard.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Brown Sauce - HP, Daddies etc this sauce is pretty popular in the UK (Where I live) and goes great on chips/fries and prior dish mentioning.

I don't think Germany has this, usually.

For us the three big ones would be Mayo / Ketchup / Mustard I imagine. Of which personally, spiced Mayo always wins out (Miracle Whip). Just too used to it from my childhood. πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yes, I see it similar. But miracle whip is not mayo and does not count

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I respect you as a human and your unique existence... Miracle Whip is ass.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Sriracha not in there is criminal.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Spicy brown mustard, bonus if it's whole grain. Yellow mustard has its uses but is a sad excuse for mustard.

Ketchup is gross, it's so fucking sweet. If I wanted a sweet topping I'd use honey. It's like pouring corn syrup on your food.

Hot sauce is the real king seasoning

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You nailed Ketchup.

Also, mayonnaise is fucking disgusting. I worked at subway in high school and we had to install wide-nozzle tubes on our mayo dispensers because the morbidly obese customers would say things like "I don't want to be able to see the sandwich, just bury it in mayo" and it would hold up the sandwich line.

Let's get down to it: top 3 hot sauces? I go Valentinas, green Tabasco, sriracha. Honorable mention, gochujang, tapatio

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Brown sauce? Please, that's only a thing in Britain. The only sauce which defies national borders and cultures is mustard .

Ketchup is a western sauce. Mayo is an JP/K sauce. Hot sauce isn't even mentioned but is more widespread than brown sauce.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mayo is an JP/K sauce

Offended Dutch noises. (And most of western Europe).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Spicy mustard. Yellow is acceptable for chili dogs (only).

As a general rule, I don't eat ketchup. My wife and kids love it, but I rarely have it. I normally eat my fries with nothing but some seasoning salt, but thick steak fries demand vinegar.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Mayonnaise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Actual barbecue sauce that isn’t a one-note, sweet sauce like I find in Asia but rather has tang, spiciness, & smokiness. I made some at home based on Gates sauce & gave some to locals who they were absolutely blown away that BBQ sauce can actually have a complex flavor flavor.

#2 would be sawmill gravy, #3 sweet chili, #4 jim jaew, #5 salsa verde, #6 tahini

Nowhere on my list & actually make me gag: ketchup, yellow mustard, brown sauce

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Mayo mixed with a spicy chili sauce.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yes or any kind of curry powder, the looks you get are part of the experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Sriracha Mayo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Tartar sauce

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what brown sauce is but of the other two definitely mustard. Can we add chilli sauce to the list though? That's what I put on everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's basically ketchup, except it has dates and tamarind in addition to tomato

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Relish or mayo. Ketchup is too sweet and artificial-tasting, mustards are hit or miss for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Ketchup is pretty overpowered for anything but the blandest foods. I like mustard and/or mayo in most cases

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

"Brown sauce" isn't a thing in America - sauce that is brown and has no name is just gravy.

Anyway I'll stick with mustard mostly, paired with mayo on some subs.

A1 is my go to "cover up that awful shit so I can stomach eating it" sauce. Similarly good if somebody overcooks meat.

Marinara for dipping stuff into.

The only circumstances I'll accept for ketchup is when it comes by default on a burger, in which case I can't be bothered to care, paired with mayo at better burger joints.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Of those particular 3.....a good mustard I guess. I don't really use any of them.

Soy sauce

Chilli oil

Tomato sauce (fish and chips)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Where's Sriracha mayo at? Also normal mayo, garlic sauces like aioli, toum etc, here in Poland ground horseradish is the shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

if I have to stick with one, it's going to be ketchup, but ketchup slaps just right when it's got a dash of mustard in it. My favorite though is ketchup with Frank's Red Hot in it for fries

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Also from the UK and I am, apparently, a normie, basic guy - ketchup all the way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Brown sauce is not nearly as popular as hotsauce where I am. I always have a bottle of A1 and a bottle of catsup, but I typically have a half dozen each of mustards and hotsauces.

Editing to add I always have a jar of homemade chimichurri ready to go as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I hate ketchup as a sauce or spread, don't mind it as an ingredient but it's way too fucking sweet to put on anything.

Mayonnaise for sandwiches, with mustard or horseradish.

Hot sauce for eggs, beans or French fries (chips) . The salsa yucateca if I want hot without sour, Tabasco if I want sour; hot chili garlic paste if I want flavor bomb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Out of the ones on your list, I'd probably go with Ketchup.

Outside of the list, BBQ sauce is my go to. I put that stuff on everything. Favorite is R&R's sauce and then Kinders after that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

My favorites are cocktail sauce and creole mustard. Cocktail sauce has ketchup in it and creole mustard is a type of mustard but it’s pretty different from typical yellow mustard.

Both also have horseradish and I also love β€œhorseradish sauce” (sometimes aka β€œprime rib sauce”) which is basically mayo, sour cream, and horseradish. So, I might just really like horseradish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Honey & mustard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Of those, ketchup for sure. It's simple, straightforward and combos well with most other things.

Just don't put it on pasta.

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