I feel my Canadian friends use the right amount while my American friends are too conservative.
If by ketchup you actually mean Branston Pickle, then I’d usually start with a decent tablespoon on the edge and top up if required.
I’m headed to the UK next month, and I should remember to get some. I’ve heard about it for ages but it’s not available here. Bovril and marmite too! Any other oddities that I might actually enjoy (and can fly with)?
I’d say pack your case with Haggis and cold packs but not sure how well that would go down with border control!
None that’s gross
agreed.
Depends. Have you mixed in good stuff? Broccoli? Bacon? Peas? Extra cheese? Mustard?
If yes, then none. Savour the flavour provided by your culinary instigator.
If no, then maybe?
As an American of a certain age, as soon as I saw the post title I heard “Ode oten doten day…” in my head.
Well that was fan fucking tastic.
Any ketchup on mac and cheese is too much ketchup.
“A lot” and “too much” are not the same thing. Just saying.
Ketchup is like garlic…you don’t measure it with your eyes, you measure it with your heart.
garlic in mac n cheese is good
None. I use none. Kraft Msc is already bad but if I’m in the mood for something nostalgic there are a dozen other things i would add first
Bro part of growing up is learning through trial and error. Try one amount. If you can’t trust yourself to remember the result, write it down. Then repeat with a different amount.
You can ask around for recipes but if your question is how much sauce per pasta (I’m fudging the definition of sauce here), there isn’t one standard.
I personally add just salt and pepper to mac n cheese and call it good, but I’m in my thirties. I experimented mostly with eggs in my teens.
Nope. I don’t like this. No thank you.
Your canadian friends only use the right amount if they dont use any ketchup at all.
Ketchup on actual dishes is a sin and the culinary concession that your food tastes like shit and needs to be drowned in the allspice of condiments.
But we can agree that allspice is amazing, right?
Nothing wrong with either honestly, just that ketchup goes on fries and perhaps some other fried and/or grilled foods, but generally it has a very distinct and overwhelming flavor that drowns out whatever it is you are eating. Also why some chefs and grill dads will be offended when you ask for it, implying their food tastes so bad or bland it needs it.
Northern countries should be banned from importing ketchup, they only use it to commit sins and atrocities. Norway has some explaining to do.
I’ve never known a Non-Canadian to put any on mac and cheese, which is of course the correct amount. You can make home made mac cheaper and more flavourfully than name brand KD.
This is a joke, right? Nobody actually puts ketchup on macaroni and cheese, right? No way. No way.
I think it can be fairly common with children
I used to put sliced banana on my red rice… I know people who put lemon mayo on their red rice.
And they both sound good, people need to stop isolating foods.
Hell with that. Give me mixed veggies and I’ll sort them into tiny piles. Why would I want a forkful of different things all together?
I picked it up in Canada and never stopped. I’m surprised it’s not more popular.
I’m not a fan myself but I think the right amount of ketchup on Mac and cheese is generally how much you like.
But there is such a thing as too much. Ketchup is great because the sugar and salt makes it appealing. Start pouring it on and all of a sudden you’re guzzling down a lot of sugar and taking a dish high in sodium and exacerbating it. Not so bad every now and then but a constant high-sodium, high-sugar diet is rough for kidneys, blood glucose levels, etc.
There are also “no salt added” and “no sugar added” versions of ketchup but even still, a reasonable amount is just not pouring a ton on. For anyone eating the dish like twice a year, I’d say go nuts! But for those eating it regularly, make sure to enjoy yourself but also take care of yourself! I say this as someone that has a kidney issue in remission and was asked way back at my first appointment “how much sodium do you consume in a day?”
