Does Ketchup Go In The Fridge?

[Pike]

This is apparently a highly polarizing issue.

[Pumpkin]

Yes.

I've seen arguments over soy sauce, though.

[Ayen]

Um... Yeah.

[Shorty]

Yes. It does.

[blackmage_nuke]

Yes but even if it didnt need to be I like to put it there because it's a good way to cool down hot chips

[Sephex]

No preference. My parents don't. I do. It really doesn't matter to me that much.

[Quindiana Jones]

This is like putting red wine in the fridge. You monsters.

[Madame Adequate]

Sephex you must ensure that Leah is saved from the dangerous mania of your parents.

[Pumpkin]

Doesn't it say refrigerate after opening right on the bottle?

[Sephex]

Sephex you must ensure that Leah is saved from the dangerous mania of your parents.

I don't even think she uses the stuff at all. If I am wrong, she barley uses it.

Good luck talking to my dad about changing anything in that house. I get along with him great, and I have no major issue with either of my parents (in other words I am trying not to come off as the typical "MY PARENTS ARE THE WORST UGH" poster here), but my dad has the ultimate "king of the castle" attitude. What's that? Why don't I hang out in the front room? MAYBE IF YOU WATCHED STUFF BESIDES SPORTS, DAD!!! ARRRRGHJSDGHJKLGHSKJLDGHG

*speeds off listening to Coal Chamber*

[Miss Mae]

I do what I'm told.

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[Newmani]

I never really put it in the fridge. We've left it out for about as long as I can remember. Does it change the flavor if you refrigerate it?

[The Man]

What, I'm the only zebra?

Anyway, yes, it goes in the fridge. Says so right on the bottle. Same with barbecue sauce and other similar condiments.

[Miss Mae]

I am also a zebra, but I decided for the sake of polling, my condiment preferences were more relevant for accurate data collection than my species.

[Pumpkin]

I wanted to answer Zebra but the ketchup question was too important to throw my vote away

[starlet]

ZEBRAS UNITE!

[Jiro]

Two questions are being asked here: "Do you put ketchup in the fridge?" and "Should you put ketchup in the fridge?"

The answer should be yes either way. :ffviwag:

[Rantz]

I do put the ketchup in the fridge but I am also a zebra so this was a pretty tough poll for me.

[Quindiana Jones]

If I am wrong, she barley uses it.

This could be a great pun, given a different context.

[Sephex]

If I am wrong, she barley uses it.

This could be a great pun, given a different context.

I hate to admit I thought the same thing. She hates it when I make those kinds of jokes.

BROTHERZONED AGAIN!!!

[Shauna]

No, that's silly.

But, I wonder if this has something to do with differences in weather/climates! *ponders* Pretty sure our tomato sauce just says to store in a cool place, such as a cupboard - not to specifically refrigerate.

[Mirage]

Yes. It has enough preservatives to survive for months outside of the fridge, of course, but I need way more than a few months to empty a ketchup bottle/flask/whatever so I leave it in the fridge. I think my current bottle is like two years old now, and that's actually one without added preservatives.

[Psychotic]

Yes, I've seen it get moldy without!

[Parker]

is ketchup and other sauces a liquid and if so is it a drink or a soup

[Miss Mae]

Neither. It's a sauce.

[Pike]

Neither. It's a sauce.

Be grateful that you missed out on the Great Soup is a Drink Fiasco of 2013.

[Formalhaut]

Neither. It's a sauce.

Be grateful that you missed out on the Great Soup is a Drink Fiasco of 2013.

Ssssh, BoB might be listening.

[Miss Mae]

Neither. It's a sauce.

Be grateful that you missed out on the Great Soup is a Drink Fiasco of 2013.
Thank goodness. I've heard battle stories.

[Jiro]

don't get me started again, Mae will not appreciate it

[Quindiana Jones]

Oh god, this again. Heads in the sand, lads, and think of England. :ostrichputtingheadinsandsmiley:

[Shauna]

Yes, I've seen it get moldy without!

Seriously? How old was this tomato sauce? xD I had a bottle for like 6 years and it was still okay to the last drop.

[Miss Mae]

Yes, I've seen it get moldy without!

Seriously? How old was this tomato sauce? xD I had a bottle for like 6 years and it was still okay to the last drop.
You hope. :stare:

[Shauna]

Well, I'm still here, and I finished that bottle like a year ago. :3 It is one slow acting poison otherwise.

[Aulayna]

Don't really use ketchup, but ours says to store in a cool place. Sometimes it's the fridge, sometimes it's the cupboard. Either way it'll probably go mouldy long before I finish using it.

[Jiro]

Yes, I've seen it get moldy without!

Seriously? How old was this tomato sauce? xD I had a bottle for like 6 years and it was still okay to the last drop.

Why do you even own sauce if it takes you six fucking years​ to finish a bottle?

[Shauna]

I left it at home when I moved out! Nobody left in the house used tomato sauce, so it was still here when I got back. It was also a pretty big bottle. :3

[Shauna]

Because it's called tomato sauce. :}

[Miss Mae]

Because it's called tomato sauce. :}

[blackmage_nuke]

Because it's called tomato sauce. :}

[Jiro]

Because it's called tomato sauce. :}

[LocoColt04]

Neither. It's a sauce.

Be grateful that you missed out on the Great Soup is a Drink Fiasco of 2013.This was the greatest thing you ever missed, Mae.

Also, "ketchup" goes into the refrigerator after it is opened because (a) instructions, and (b) that shit gets moldy and nobody wants to waste a versatile sauce. Not all steak sauces need to be refrigerated after opening though; it depends upon the sauce itself and whether its ingredients will allow it to stay flavorful in a dark environment without being chilled. A1 Steak Sauce, for example, is totally fine in a pantry.

[The Man]

Be grateful that you missed out on the Great Soup is a Drink Fiasco of 2013.This was the greatest thing you ever missed, Mae.that's not how you spell "worst"

The rest of your post, though, is 100% correct.

[Calliope]

Because it's called tomato sauce. :}

My Commonwealth brothers and sisters are correct - except for Shauna, because obviously it should be refrigerated, as should almost everything other than grains and freezer-bound items.

[fat_moogle]

I keep my tomato sauce in the cupboard. I know a lot of people keep it in the fridge but I've never been one for that. Don't think it really matters either way!

[Mirage]

But it does.:colbert:

[DK]

I should point out that I have no real opinion on this either way because I'm not a big enough fan of tomato sauce to buy it, but the

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Poll was annoying my mild OCD and I had to fix it.

[Mirage]

We need a single vote for "yes" now, to make it perfect.

[blackmage_nuke]

Just for you I will deny my Zebra heritage

[Rantz]

Cool. I closed the poll. G'job, team. :up:

[Miss Mae]

I am so happy with those numbers.

[blackmage_nuke]

I especially like that it has 40 voters

[SD]

Does Ketchup Go In The Fridge?http://media.tumblr.com/a6a0c8219a887c32caec5a3c27788a2c/tumblr_inline_n59l7xO7x01qfyk0g.gifits ew when its not a little cold right

[fat_moogle]

Cool. I closed the poll. G'job, team. :up:
Technically there will be at least one more no, I posted but didn't vote!

[Alive-Cat]

It's never in the fridge here but when I go to someone's house and they have it in the fridge, it's like a special treat and I immediately gain quite a bit of respect for them.

[Loony BoB]

Ours isn't in the fridge, but it never lasts much longer than a couple of weeks because Danielle has a serious tomato sauce problem.

Also, regarding the soup thing, tomato sauce is a condiment you put onto your food, and therefore you do not drink it but chew it along with your food, so that amusing debate doesn't work for sauces. Sorry!

[metagloria]

Holy mother of balls what is with you people calling ketchup "tomato sauce"

Tomato sauce is what you put on pasta (i.e., marinara sauce, etc.)

Ketchup is what you put on...well, everything else. It's processed and gooey and in a squeeze and bears no resemblance to tomato sauce.

[Loony BoB]

It's a sauce based on tomatoes. It's tomato sauce.

[metagloria]

Is relish "pickle sauce"? Is mayonnaise "egg sauce"? It's a condiment. Big difference.

[Shauna]

Tomato sauce, brown sauce, fruity sauce... all good.

[Loony BoB]

Also, tomato sauce used in spaghetti and the like can also be used as tomato sauce for fish'n'chips and the like. I don't know if you've ever done this, but the two sauces are surprisingly interchangeable - although sometimes the condiment can be a bit too sweet, but hey, apparently some people like that kind of thing. But tomato pasta sauces definitely work well as a condiment, and the sauce that I used to get in NZ was quite similar to what others might refer to as a pasta sauce, it was very thick and not as sweet. Loooooovely, though.

[Shorty]

The condiments in the UK might be easier to switch out - I noticed your ketchup there was considerably different and less sweet than American ketchup

It just would not work in the US. Or rather, it just would not work for me. They have the same basic substance, but are different enough that I would never, ever dip fries into a can of tomato sauce or, god forbid, a can or marinara sauce.

[Loony BoB]

Most spaghetti sauce you get in spaghetti tins is basically more "watered down ketchup" than "tomato sauce". >_> But no, I wouldn't either. I would, however, totally put tomato pasta sauce on pretty much anything I'd put the tomato sauce condiment on.

[metagloria]

And I would never make spaghetti with smurfing ketchup. xD

Yeah, this is the key. I'd dip fries in marinara sauce...it'd be odd, but would taste great. But if you put (American) ketchup on pasta, you end up here, getting laughed at by Bobby Flay... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worst_Cooks_in_America

[Shauna]

I would never have the tomato sauce we are discussing here with pasta. ._.

[Miss Mae]

I'd never put this sort of tomato sauce with my pasta - I make my own pasta sauce with considerable less sugar and considerably more tomato. I'd dip chips - fries - in my pasta sauce though, for sure. Yum!

But I'm calling it tomato sauce because here it is called tomato sauce, as you can see on the photo I posted earlier.

[Loony BoB]

I think the world would be a better place with less ketchup. Just replace every ketchup bottle in the world with good ol' tomato pasta sauce.

[Mirage]

That's too thick for certain purposes

Inb4 that's what she said