Uh huh. That's me. I'm the Condiment Queen. My drawer at work is filled with all kinds of varieties of ketchup, mustard, hot chili, salt, and pepper, and ketchup. It's mostly ketchup. I go to McDonald's or Wendys often. I'm sure it's obvious. When asked if I would like ketchup I say, No!" But it never fails - there is ketchup at the bottom. Sometimes a handful of ketchup packets. I just can't seem to throw them away, so I toss em into my drawer.
What in the world is the difference between ketchup and fancy ketchup??? One ketchup packet I have is from Wendy's. It has a picture of the Heinz ketchup bottle on the front. It says "Heinz Tomato Ketchup". It's ingredients are tomato concentrate made from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, and natural flavoring. The other packet is the fancy ketchup and is clearly from McDonald's. It has the McDonald's logo on the front and says "Fancy Ketchup". It's ingredients are tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, salt, and natural flavors. It does not mention a name brand, however, it says it is made in the USA for exclusive use by McDonald's Restaurants. So, the plain ketchup has MORE ingredients than the fancy ketchup. By not having spice and onion powder it is fancier than the one with those ingredients?
If the Big E ever happens while I'm at work and I get trapped in my office, please by all means search and rescue the others first. I will most certainly be able to survive quite a while because I have been squirreling away these condiments. With the red ripe tomatoes in the ketchup and all the corn syrup I should survive the Big E nicely!
