Comments on: Did you hear about the Ketchup Shortage?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:33:12 +0000

You shoulda been there!

By: Brianne Bilyeu

Brianne Bilyeu — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:24:27 +0000

Bwahaha! Best story and photo ever! It does sound like something out of Prairie Home Companion!

By: Trebuchet

Trebuchet — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:55:22 +0000

Probably the mistake was in asking for “ketchup”. If you’d asked for “catsup” or “ketchep” all would have been fine.

For all you ketchup haters out there: Get over it! I love the stuff. My wife, for some reason, prefers tartar sauce on her fries.

@Ken: If your spaghetti sauce is brown, I think you’re doing it wrong. The only thing better than a burger, with ketchup, and fries, with ketchup, is a steaming plate of pasta with nice red marinara sauce. The tomato is FSM’s great gift to mankind.

By: coragyps

coragyps — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:39:38 +0000

Well, HELL! That's the sort of thing that's bound to happen when them librul restaurateurs go offering French fries on the menu!! And what's the etymology of "restaurant" and "cafe" again, anyway? Don't those sound suspiciously, y'know, French, too?

By: VeritasKnight

VeritasKnight — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:04:22 +0000

Clearly, this is just evident of Hitlaobama’s secret plan to regulate the American Dream with hidden and false shortages of ketchup. What’s next? Fake Busch rationing?

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:58:54 +0000

You shouldn’t be eating ketchup anyway.

Tomatoes are evil and ketchup is their spawn. In fact, most red colored foods are evil. You can purge the evil from them by mixing them with other ingredients to make the color brown (like spaghetti sauce).

By: Didaktylos

Didaktylos — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:21:13 +0000

You mean there are actually places left that don't serve ketchup (and other condiments) in little plastic sachets?

By: blindrobin

blindrobin — Sun, 06 May 2012 10:50:25 +0000

Tomato Catsup on pommes frits? – bleh. Broon sauce, vinegar or mayonnaise if one is drinking Belgian beer.

By: Ned Champlain

Ned Champlain — Sun, 06 May 2012 10:39:15 +0000

WOW there are still people over 17 using Catsup/Ketchup.

By: BecomingJulie

BecomingJulie — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:31:43 +0000

Why do they need to decant it into a small, 1-serving container anyway? And why throw away the unused ketchup, instead of just topping up the little bowl for the next customer?

For crying out loud, just put the whole bottle on the table and have done with it! If you don’t want to give away what brand you’re using, decant into a generic bottle. If you are concerned about pilfering, have a dispenser next to the cutlery and serviettes.