What's so "fancy" about ketchup?

[Spooner]

Picked up some "fancy ketchup" to go along with my spicy fries I got at lunch.

Is there a "standard ketchup" ?
Is it cheaper?

 

[MazerRackham]

Fancy ketchup is actually made from rice. :Q

 

[Ameesh]

if you dont know, im not gonna tell you. /snubs nose

 

[MazerRackham]

j/k I have no idea what makes it 'fancy'

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
j/k I have no idea what makes it 'fancy'

oh really? you were kidding about ketchup being made from rice? whew... thank god you cleared that up

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
j/k I have no idea what makes it 'fancy'

oh really? you were kidding about ketchup being made from rice? whew... thank god you cleared that up

Well, yesterday someone said he heard and beleived that the term "rice" (for riced out cars, you know) originated from the fart can mufflers sounding the same as a rice cooker. You never know what some people might beleive...

 

[ElFenix]

i dunno what it is but whataburger's fancy ketchup is the best ketchup evar!

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Picked up some "fancy ketchup" to go along with my spicy fries I got at lunch.

Is there a "standard ketchup" ?
Is it cheaper?

Funniest commentary i ever read on this :

There are many things to put on top of foods...mustard, pepper, salt, Parmesan cheese, garlic salt, ketchup, etc., etc. The list goes on until you want it to stop. Anyway, I have, in fact, already written a CL on ketchup, but I feel I must write another, for several things have arisen. So now, sit back, squeeze some ketchup on your cheeseburger, and read partly aloud...

Ketchup is a wonderful thing, for many of my foods would be dry and almost tasteless without it. Actually, I've put so much ketchup on certain foods, it hides the taste of the food. First off, lemme discuss the problem with ketchup companies using the word "fancy" in their title, like, "Fancy Ketchup." What the hell is fancy ketchup? Is it any different at all from regular ketchup? What makes fancy ketchup so different and so...well...fancy? Do they add or subtract certain ingredients to make it fancy? Maybe one of the ingredients is actually "fancy." It's called fancy. You'll be looking at the ingredients one day when suddenly, you'll stumble upon, "...Tomatoes, Garlic Powder, Fancy..." Fancy's one of the ingredients!!

Then, I have another problem. Sometimes, ketchup companies have "tomato" in the title, like, "Tomato Ketchup." Oh, it's TOMATO ketchup, I was actually expecting it to be STRAWBERRY ketchup. I was confused. There isn't any other kind of ketchup, other than tomato ketchup. That's what ketchup is made of. Look in the dictionary under "ketchup," and I can assure you that it will say, along the lines, that it contains tomatoes. That's the main ingredient of ketchup, ya know? Why do these companies have to mention that it's tomato ketchup? Will we confuse it with some other kind? Will we NOT know what ketchup's made of?

Please, watch the ketchup you buy, because some ketchup can either be dumb or blatent.

 

[Spooner]

UPDATE: I spilled some of said fancy ketchup on my white khaki pants :|:|:|:|:|:|:|

[homer]stupid fancy ketchup[/homer]

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Spooner
UPDATE: I spilled some of said fancy ketchup on my white khaki pants :|:|:|:|:|:|:|

[homer]stupid fancy ketchup[/homer]

now you know why its called "fancy" ketchup.... it adds a nice design to pants when applied

 

[dieselstation]

wouldn't standard ketchup be just some smooshed tomatoes? Fancy would mean it's been processed a little bit more?

 

[Spooner]

There's actually a freakin site for a Ketchup FAQ

of course, it doesn't really answer anything either

faq

 

[guyver01]

The only thing i've been able to discover ... is "Fancy Ketchup" appears exclusively on Fast Food Ketchup Packets.... i don't think i've ever seen FANCY KETCHUP on a ketchup bottle.

so... apparently it's like a description brand... but nothing else.

 

[Leetman]

I think it's probably just processed differently, or more so, than normal ketchup.

 

[LordJezo]

I think it is just there to look nice. Just a word, no other reason.

 

[gotsmack]

if the Ketchup is so fancy then why are the containers so ordinary?