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Why is ketchup fancy?

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Why is ketchup fancy?
 
why do you say ketchup is fancy ?
IMO its low grade food that has a crappy flavor, on the verge of being called slop.
I've always used BBQ sauce instead of ketchup!
 
chilehunter said:
why do you say ketchup is fancy ?
IMO its low grade food that has a crappy flavor, on the verge of being called slop.
I've always used BBQ sauce instead of ketchup!

On most ketchup containers it says fancy ketchup.
 
chilehunter said:
why do you say ketchup is fancy ?
IMO its low grade food that has a crappy flavor, on the verge of being called slop.
I've always used BBQ sauce instead of ketchup!
That's my point.

millworkman said:
On most ketchup containers it says fancy ketchup.
Exactly ;)
 
millworkman said:
On most ketchup containers it says fancy ketchup.


really ? I did not know this! seriously! I've never bought a bottle of ketchup in my life & always look past the crap at the store.
 
I like ketchup and I like BBQ as well. ya know what? I *LOVE* ketchup, including the commercial type! not Heinz and its type, cause they taste way too vinegary, but a lot of commercial brands (including the cheaper local ones) are very nice.
 
I am with you Omri. I love ketchup. Certain things I have tried hot sauce on in place of and it is just not the same.
 
The word recalls another term, U.S. Fancy, which was a synonym for U.S. Grade A and formerly specified a particular high grade of ketchup.

But ketchup is no longer formally described by those terms, so the word fancy by itself is used simply to recall that technical standard and convey a sense of high quality, said Brian Kennedy, director of communications for the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

Found that description randomly on the web somwhere.
 
Well what ya know
http://www.ketchupworld.com/askketchupman2.html
Dear Ketchupman,

What's the meaning of "fancy" ketchup? What's so fancy about it? Bryan H.

By its nature, ketchup is synonymous with fancy.

That is why the expression "Black Tie and Ketchup" means a fancy occasion. That is why the expression "She caught my ketchup" means "Caught my fancy." And last, "Fancy Smancy" means the same as "Ketchup Smetchup."

Ketchup is always fancy.
 
My favorite ketchup is the kind you get at Whataburger . Oh man it's so badass. And it says fancy right on the little cup.

My dad got an entire case of the little cups for his birthday one year from a friend lol.

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Lol, google search for "why is whataburger ketchup so good?" returns lots of other people asking the same thing.
http://www.google.com/search?q=why+is+whataburger+ketchup+so+good&btnG=Search
 
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