I only have one case left in my basement!
Posted on 04/07/2021 7:02:59 AM PDT by deport
If you're someone who appreciates the phrase "I put ketchup on my ketchup," you'll be interested — and perhaps slightly horrified — to hear about the latest supply chain shortage to hit the country.
As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, ketchup packets are apparently in short supply right now, and restaurants and fast-food chains are struggling to keep up with the demand.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
In fact mayonnaise is #1 by a huge margin, followed by ketchup as #2, or salsa #3 with comparable sales.
Not even close, mayo outsells everything else by at least a factor of two.
I only have one case left in my basement!
No,, no..... Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best mayo I’ve ever had - Japanese mayo. Brand name of Kewpie. And yes, it comes in a doll shaped container.
Uses egg yolks. The BEST!
Way to create a run on ketchup, news media. Dammit these mofos are so freaking stupid!
Some great reasons why BUT, one must remember, the way to CAUSE a shortage is to say there is or will be a shortage.
Somewhat like the ‘conspiracy’ ‘Weather & Big Grocery’ run on us by forecasting a dire storm then watch the sheeple flee to the grocery store stripping the shelves of bread and milk....
The article sez it’s a shortage of ketchup in PACKETS. Of course the idiots will all make a run and hoard ketchup in BOTTLES. Does anyone pay attention anymore?
I see your Mom must have used the same tomato canning/cooking book that my Mom did. Stewed tomatoes - were awful.
I thought about putting in her casket as she loved that book - and so no one could ever ever cook from it. My sister took and kept.
I miss my Mom - she died a few years ago. I don’t miss those tomatoey weapons of mass destruction.
“ Solution is to not bring it to the table unless requested.”
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Well, I still keep a role of TP in my pickup console. Guess I can start carrying my own bottle of ketchup 🙄
My Mom passed away 2 weeks ago. Still coming to terms with it.
“I don’t miss those tomatoey weapons of mass destruction.”
Possibly related to Andy Griffith’s Aunt Bee’s pickles, or as Barney Fife called them, “kerosene pickles”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhClelZbCU
Um... you don’t keep your ketchup in the fridge? Yikes.
I would say that it is the acidity from the tomatoes and vinegar more than the sugar that inhibits bacterial growth. It will not inhibit mold growth. Sugar is after tomato concentrate and vinegar on the ingredient list; ingredients are listed in order of quantity, starting with the highest quantity.
I just looked at pictures of ketchup bottles on line. They all say to refrigerate after opening.
Must stock up on Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce!!!
Lulz, won’t but months ago you go through drive-thru for a burger and fries and get a HANDFUL of ketchup packets. /s
Her pickles were great. “Stewed death” - not so much.
I actually have some of her canning from 5 years ago. She said if the lid was sealed, you could eat for up to 6-7 years afterwards. I kept the pickles and sacrificed the tomatoes to the wild raccoons.
Loved that show. Have it on DVD.
I can understand a shortage of packets, and even a matching mild glut of bottles. With all the covid nonesense restaurants and workplace cafeterias that remain open are no-longer providing bottles of ketchup (pre-packaged or squeeze bottles refilled in bulk there) for customers to use to adorn their meals. That might mean multiple customers touch the same bottle - the horror! So they are only providing condiments in packets.
Add to that many places still emphasize to-go / carry-out and people think "yeah, I should grab some condiments, better grab a couple extra, I don't want to run short during my meal..." and packet use of condiments is no-doubt significantly higher while bottled/bulk use is lower.
They have done away with bottle altogether. Same with soy sauce bottles in asian restaurants. Instead of bottles that could occasionally be sanitized, there are packets in a bowl that has had countless just licked fingers poked into it.
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