• s_s@lemmy.one
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    4 months ago

    “Only white people put ketchup in the fridge.” - my Mexican roommate

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      4 months ago

      non refrigerated ketchup always tastes funky unless it’s the kind that’s packed with a large enough buttload of preservatives that they no longer have to put “refrigerate after opening” on the bottle.

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          4 months ago

          Resutrants are going though it at a much quicker pace than your bottle at home.

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          4 months ago

          Some might put them in the fridge when they close or even have many extra so that they can be rotated in and out. But, given the frequent state of ice machines in restaurants, it wouldn’t surprise me if the way condiments are handled is less than ideal.

          Though, on the other hand, if it’s not resulting in a bunch of cases of food poisoning, maybe it serves as immune system training that just gives you an ick feeling when you realize what’s been going on this whole time.

          Many places use those individually sealed packets, too. Ketchup bottles usually say “refrigerate after opening”, so those things are probably fine, other than maybe plastic content.

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      4 months ago

      Personally, I refrigerate anything that says Refrigerate after opening. Even if it’s preceded by For best results. Ketchup falls into that category.

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      4 months ago

      The best before date is based on it being refrigerated and the reason why we do it is to slow bacteria multiplication to a crawl

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      4 months ago

      Growing up, our ketchup came in plastic bottles with that little aluminum seal between the nozzle and the bottle. Our rule was it stayed in the pantry until the seal came off, then it went in the fridge.

      To your roommate’s credit, we are “my brother got sunburns in winter” white.

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        4 months ago

        I’ll fight you on this. Gatekeeper anything by saying it should or shouldn’t be used by a demographic will limit the amount of positive interactions you’ll have in your life.

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        4 months ago

        Ketchup is pretty meh to me and my opinion is that, for the most part, anything you put ketchup on is just going to taste like ketchup. So my rule of thumb is that if its dry as fuck or tastes worse that ketchup, add ketchup. Otherwise don’t cause it’s just going to make it taste worse.

        Gatekeeping is dumb though, but I appreciate your desire for a pointless argument.

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        4 months ago

        It has its uses but they are rare. Hamburgers and fries is really about it. Maybe chicken nuggets. I don’t even bother keeping any in the house it’s so rare I use it.