The food thread

[Rider]

I decided to experiment with obvious ingredients in non-obvious combinations. More plainly, I went for Chandler's favorite meal, macaroni and cheese, with bits of hotdog. If you like mac 'n cheese, and you like hotdogs, this is a treat. I ate part with and part without ketchup and it's both pretty good!

As a quick 'n dirty meal, this is a perfect one! Especially since all the ingredients are either virtually imperishable, or are common enough to be in your fridge anyway!

[Dabir]

Well, if we're talking about unobvious combinaions... HP Sauce (or nearest available equivalent) on ice cream isn't bad, although I can't recommend it as a desert. And for the truly stupid, a sandwich:
Bread
Peanut butter
Cold sausages
Bread
honey
Marmite
Bread
Peanut butter
Ketchup
Bread

This is a good sandwich and I recommend it to anyone who can cut bread thinner than me, maybe you'll be able to fit the whole thing in yer gob before the sausages fall out.

[Eth]

Ugh.  You two.   

[Shiver]

Ketchup is an awful condiment. Add/subtract karma on this post if you agree or disagree.

[fossaman]

Warship!

I am rather allergic to vinegar in all its forms, so ketchup and mayonnaise both get the thumbs down from me, as do pickles and relish.

[Bleeding Star]

More plainly, I went for Chandler's favorite meal, macaroni and cheese, with bits of hotdog. If you like mac 'n cheese, and you like hotdogs, this is a treat.

And for the truly stupid, a sandwich:

You two are students, right? I can't believe I used to eat like that.

Shiver says:
Ketchup is an awful condiment. Add/subtract karma on this post if you agree or disagree.

I used to hate it but have come to tolerate it somewhat. It's good with chips, and also it masks the taste of shitty food. A good burger doesn't need tomato sauce but a bad one is infinitely improved.

[Dragon]

You realise I had to go and look up what Ketchup* is - although that's largely besides that point.  Its wikipedia entry cracked me up.  "An example of ketchup on a plate"?  Seriously... WTF.  It's not like it's even a well presented plate.  Also the paragraph on viscosity which explains exactly which fingers must be tapped on which part of the bottle...  Why?  Why.  Why!

*Yeah, I know it's that shitty red sauce but we had an argument in the office as to whether it's really tomato sauce or not.

[Dabir]

You two are students, right? I can't believe I used to eat like that.

Not quite there yet, but I'll be well-prepared when I am.

[fossaman]

Also the paragraph on viscosity which explains exactly which fingers must be tapped on which part of the bottle...  Why?  Why.  Why!

Ketchup is a thixotropic compound, which means it's made of awesome. Non-newtonian fluids are like that.

[Lukipela]

Huh. This is something you don't see every day. I learned something new (thixotropic compound), but in doing so it seems you learn something new as well.

Misconceptions
Toothpaste, ketchup, and paint are frequently mis-labeled as being thixotropic materials. In reality, these are often pseudoplastic or "shear thinning". The viscosity of these materials decrease under increasing shear rate, not increasing time. When squeezed out of a tube, toothpaste flows easily but will set-up on the toothbrush. When shaken or squeezed out of a bottle, ketchup will thin and flow readily but will retain its shape on a burger or plate. When modern paints are applied the shear created by the brush or roller will allow them to thin and wet out the surface evenly. Once applied the paints regain their higher viscosity which avoids drips and runs.

Ketchup is just a pseudoplastic apparently. I don't have a searing hatred of ketchup (unlike some of you apparently), but I do think that it is a condiment for lazy people. I can't think of a single situation where there ketchup could be used and there isn't another superior alternative. Well, in my opinion at least.

[Eth]

Ketchup is just a pseudoplastic apparently. I don't have a searing hatred of ketchup (unlike some of you apparently), but I do think that it is a condiment for lazy people. I can't think of a single situation where there ketchup could be used and there isn't another superior alternative. Well, in my opinion at least.

French fries?

[Lukipela]

French fries?

To my tastebuds, mayonnaise with some raw chopped garlic and red Thai Curry paste mixed in is superior. Packs a real kick and makes the fries taste a lot more. You stink afterwards though.

[Eth]

Europeans...  (shakes head).

[Dragon]

Ketchup is a thixotropic compound, which means it's made of awesome. Non-newtonian fluids are like that.

Well, I bandied this one about the office and we decided that it is, in fact, bacon which is distilled essence of awesome but that thixotropic compounds are pretty cool too.

To my tastebuds, mayonnaise with some raw chopped garlic and red Thai Curry paste mixed in is superior. Packs a real kick and makes the fries taste a lot more. You stink afterwards though.

I haven't thought this one through but - I think - if you use chopped jalapeno chillies instead of curry paste it'd work quite nicely too.

[Lukipela]

Yeah, the curry paste is just for a bit of flavour, it can probably be replaced with any other red spicy thing. The raw crushed garlic makes it hot enough for me, so I don't really need to make it much hotter.