The Comment Section for Every Article about Sugar

[IIOY]

Nos. 1-26 have been discussed ad nauseum on H&F. I actually had the "how Dr. Atkins died" argument with a registered dietician on that board.

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 13, 2012 15:59:20 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jesus. The "its so hard to find HFCS free ketchup" people are insane. Hunts is now HFCS free and I got 10 bottles of that shit for $10 last week.

But waaa, waaa, waaa, it's so hard to be an organic douche

lol Our store brand is both organic and HFCS free.

[msmerymac]

Jun 13, 2012 16:01:02 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

I think

20. Isn't a bigger problem that things are all too sweet now? Shouldn't we all just eat dirt instead, and think of food as fuel?

is my favorite.

I liked that one because it hit a little too close to home.

[pixy0stix]

I got the lower sugar ketchup this last time around. I like it better than the regular.

[emilyj]

25. I used to drink twenty-six cans of Diet Coke every morning, and when I switched to water, I stopped beating my wife.

:-(

I don't know why that one is making me laugh as hard as I am right now, but it is.

[marie427]

Did Bunny copy this from the H&F board? I swear this kind of argument happens there every day.

[aurora]

Thanks - this made for a good afternoon laugh.

[SusanBAnthony]

Jun 13, 2012 16:02:25 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Jun 13, 2012 15:59:20 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jesus. The "its so hard to find HFCS free ketchup" people are insane. Hunts is now HFCS free and I got 10 bottles of that shit for $10 last week.

But waaa, waaa, waaa, it's so hard to be an organic douche

lol Our store brand is both organic and HFCS free.

I used to be on your team, but then we moved to a small town, with a grocery store that carries one brand, and it isn't the HFCS-free one (I guess it is Heinz?). Anyway, it is irritating as hell to have to drive 2 towns over for f-ing ketchup.

[sporky]

Jun 13, 2012 21:47:22 GMT -5 toledo said:

Jun 13, 2012 20:16:37 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

I'd never give up Heinz. Heinz is the Kleenex of ketchup. There is no other ketchup.

Anyone who gives me Hunt's may as well just piss all over my fries.

ding, ding, ding. and fwiw, heinz does have a HFCS-free version.

[bigt1]

Jun 14, 2012 9:24:44 GMT -5 mr+ms said:

Team dirt-eater. I used to love ketchup but it's basically sugar with a splash of tomato, no matter the source. I eat my burgers with dirt like vidalia onions, fresh tomato & guacamole and enjoy that. It would seem weird going back to sugar sauce on a burger. Ribs are another story...

Since when do we let Taurons post here

Jun 13, 2012 16:35:35 GMT -5 emilyj said:

25. I used to drink twenty-six cans of Diet Coke every morning, and when I switched to water, I stopped beating my wife.



I don't know why that one is making me laugh as hard as I am right now, but it is.

I couldn't stop laughing when I read it either

[brookles]

This is so fabulous.

[msmerymac]

Jun 14, 2012 6:32:49 GMT -5 sporky said:

Jun 13, 2012 21:47:22 GMT -5 toledo said:

Anyone who gives me Hunt's may as well just piss all over my fries.

ding, ding, ding. and fwiw, heinz does have a HFCS-free version.

Yes! I think it's called Heinz Natural? I got it last week and it tastes like ketchup to me!

Then again, the Trader Joes organic ketchup is also good. Hunts is not so good. TJs is decent. Better than I thought it would be, considering it isn't Heinz.

[ESF]

The whole thing is full of win but #6 is my favorite.

Aspartame does give me gas. Also no matter how many times I hear it pronounced, I still can't say it correctly. I always want to pronounce it ass-part-a-me. Probably because it gives me so much gas that I am reminded that my ass is part of me.

[decemberwedding07]

I just think the HFCS-free ketchup thing is silly because, generally speaking, there's very little that goes with ketchup that's healthy or that should be consumed frequently. Ketchup is a condiment that goes on fries, tater tots, hash browns, burgers, and hotdogs. If you're eating those things so often that the HFCS in the ketchup is something you view as a huge deal, then there are other problems. I really don't think that one sauce packet's worth of ketchup 3 times a year is going to hurt you. Unless you have a health condition that flares up whenever you are exposed to HFCS (I'm thinking of momi's DH, for example), and you're eating less than 1/4 cup per year, then does it really matter?

Oh, and if you put ketchup on egg whites, then you're just a sick individual and you need to be stopped.

[meshaliuknits]

ketchup and hot sauce are the only things that can save badly cooked eggs. FACT. And by "save" I mean make palatable enough to finish eating.

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 14, 2012 10:58:19 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i am traumatized from a homemade ketchup incident gone wrong, so i just buy the shit.

Was it that awful? Because I have a recipe for grape (and banana, I think) ketchup that I'm interested in.

[IIOY]

Jun 14, 2012 10:58:19 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i am traumatized from a homemade ketchup incident gone wrong, so i just buy the shit.

I remember you mentioning this before and it put me off even trying to do the homemade thing.

[ESF]

Jun 14, 2012 11:24:58 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Jun 14, 2012 10:58:19 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i am traumatized from a homemade ketchup incident gone wrong, so i just buy the shit.

Was it that awful? Because I have a recipe for grape (and banana, I think) ketchup that I'm interested in.

I made this tomato jam recipe once
www.foodinjars.com/2010/09/tomato-jam/

It was really good and really easy, as far as canning goes. The only thing I'd do differently next time is not add the lime juice to the mix, but add it into the cans directly because I have read that's a better, safer way of doing canning. I used it for the same purposes that I'd use ketchup for.

[wawa]

Jun 14, 2012 11:24:58 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Jun 14, 2012 10:58:19 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i am traumatized from a homemade ketchup incident gone wrong, so i just buy the shit.

Was it that awful? Because I have a recipe for grape (and banana, I think) ketchup that I'm interested in.

I think the fruit ketchups are viable if you do not think of them as ketchup instead file them with A-1 and BBQ sauce as "sweet-tangy meat and fried potato friendly dips/sauces"

IME, the tomato ketchup replacement sauces are never even close.

[marie427]

I live for ketchup. Oddly enough, I find tomato sauce disgusting, but ketchup is the shit. I eat Heinz Organic because I'm elitist.

I add Heinz Organic ketchup to my Alexia trans-Fat Free (and possibly HFCS-free) oven-bake sweet potato fries and also to my organic veggie burgers. Do I win the prize for being an elitist hippie?

ETA: Ketchup on eggs is disgusting. YWIA.

[hbear]

[msmerymac]

Ketchup on eggs is gross. Hot sauce or salsa on eggs is delicious.

In fact, I think I only eat ketchup on potato products. And since tater tots are gross, that basically leaves home fries/breakfast potatoes or french fries.

[IIOY]

How in the name of Kanye West's bunghole are tater tots gross???

This is possibly the most offensive thing I've ever read on the interwebs.

[Deleted]

Jun 14, 2012 13:07:42 GMT -5 IIOY said:

How in the name of Kanye West's bunghole are tater tots gross???

This is possibly the most offensive thing I've ever read on the interwebs.

Right?!

I realized recently that I live within blocks of not one, not two, but THREE restaurants that serve tater tots. And yet, I've somehow had the self-control to order them ONCE in the last nine months.

I deserve a fucking medal.

[wawa]

Jun 14, 2012 13:12:08 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Jun 14, 2012 13:07:42 GMT -5 IIOY said:

How in the name of Kanye West's bunghole are tater tots gross???

This is possibly the most offensive thing I've ever read on the interwebs.

Right?!

I realized recently that I live within blocks of not one, not two, but THREE restaurants that serve tater tots. And yet, I've somehow had the self-control to order them ONCE in the last nine months.

I deserve a fucking medal.

(*) (*) (*) (*) (*)

FIVE gold stars for angry harpy! My self control is not that good.

[msmerymac]

Perhaps my elementary school undercooked them. The insides were always slimy. Potatoes should not have that texture.

This was about the time ketchup was supposed to be a vegetable, so we probably also had them a lot. Two vegetables on one plate!

[heyjude]

Splenda gives me heart palpitations.

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 14, 2012 11:33:27 GMT -5 wawa said:

Jun 14, 2012 11:24:58 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Was it that awful? Because I have a recipe for grape (and banana, I think) ketchup that I'm interested in.

I think the fruit ketchups are viable if you do not think of them as ketchup instead file them with A-1 and BBQ sauce as "sweet-tangy meat and fried potato friendly dips/sauces"

IME, the tomato ketchup replacement sauces are never even close.

That's what I've read. Mostly I wan to see if I can. Like the jam. I have an orange vanilla curd on my list next. Yum.

[ESF]

Jun 14, 2012 11:36:42 GMT -5 marie427 said:

ETA: Ketchup on eggs is disgusting. YWIA.

Ketchup on eggs is disgusting.

But you know what is not disgusting? Substituting a sunny side up egg for ketchup on a burger.

Fried egg burgers = proteiny bites of deliciousness. And sugar free. Unless there's HFCS in the bun, of course. Which there probably is.

[basilosaurus]

Ketchup is disgusting. There's no need to qualify it farther.

The Spanish have it right. Patatas bravas, topped with a garlicky aioli and/or a smoked chili tomato sauce is the way to go.