Posted on 06/01/2016 10:08:05 AM PDT by lafroste
Man, sometimes I have had it with our society! I went to a lot of trouble to make some really beautiful cheeseburgers for lunch today. I toasted the buns, I sliced the onions and shredded the lettuce. I flavored the hamburger before and during cooking.
But I also put ketchup on them.
At my first tasty bite I was repelled by the overwhelming taste of sugar, an obscene amount of sugar. I was horrified. The burgers were ruined! I rushed, gagging and choking, to the fridge, grabbed the ketchup bottle and read the label. 4 GRAMS of sugar, per serving!? It's ketchup! A serving is like 8 or 10 grams. 4 grams!?! It's like tomato flavored bubble gum. YUCK!
Does anyone know of any brand of ketchup that is actually ketchup and not tomato based candy?
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It isn’t hard to make your own. I start with tomato paste. Add vinegar, spices, honey to taste.
Haiku:
LOL is pronounced “lull”
In my horrible haikus
because I’m lazy
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OMG! 4 grams of sugar! On a burger! Not FOUR GRAMS of powdery evil! And a bun adds 3 grams more! AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Your first sin was putting ketchup on a burger, must be a yankee.
Only kind of ketchup I would ever use on a burger or a hot dog.
Haiku:
I’d eat a horse’s face
Before putting in my mouth
Anything that’s “Heinz”
That sounds pretty good. Do you have a recipe?
A fair lady said
I’ll ketchup with you later
I will relish that
Or make your own, like they did in the “old days”.
e-do no a-me
na-n kech-appu no-n-da
ho-to-to-gi-su
(Translated)
how many gallons of
ketchup did you drink,
cuckoo?
A 15-gram serving of ketchup has 3 g of added sugar, and 2 g of sugar from the tomatoes themselves.
I now make my own. So much better:
BALSAMIC KETCHUP
28 oz. canned tomatoes, peeled and seeded
1/8 cup tomato paste
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, finely diced
5 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar
5 tablespoons brown sugar
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon mustard powder
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon allspice
Pinch ground cloves
3 tablespoons honey
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
Put the tomatoes to a food processor and process until smooth. Strain, pressing against the solids with a wooden spoon to extract as much pulp and juice as possible.
Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat until almost smoking, and saute the onion and garlic until translucent. Add the tomato puree, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and honey, and season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 20 minutes. May be refrigerated, covered, up to 2 days.
Suggestion:
Take ground beef, break up and cook in pan.
Mix in a quantity of your favorite chunky (and spicy) salsa.
Cook off the excess liquid.
Place on a bun with a slice of sharp cheddar, with some Fritos on the side.
Enjoy your ‘sloppy Tex’...
Yes. HE looks like eats puts ketchup on his hotdogs.
Ketchup on a cheeseburger? Good lord, man, that’s what fries are for. Get thee to the mustard aisle.
Fifteen gram serving
Three grams of added sugar,
two from tomatoes
When I lived in Canada, I picked up the taste for putting malt vinegar on my fries instead of ketchup. Still prefer it that way.
If you want to avoid a nice sweet Ketchup, Canadian Heinz has sugar as the second ingredient instead of vinegar, as it is in the US. We notice this about 35 years ago, when we drove over to Windsor for the afternoon. We preferred the sweeter stuff.
I try to avoid Heinz, at least until John Kerry's second wife's first husband's trust fund proceeds go back to the Heinz "kids".
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