Ketchup on pasta?

B'z-chan · Nov 4, 2020

hydrophilic attack said:
Swedish people do it too, lol

Even Google knows what's up.

Remember for the Swedish this is a choice. Whereas in Japan it was necessitated due to WW2 and food scarcity. It just so happened to create a new type of cuisine in the process ナポリタン. There are a lot of food oddities in Japan that are the direct result of the reconstruction after WW2.

Keikaku · Nov 4, 2020

7threst said:
Someone from ERA probably runs this account since this just showed up on my feed 😂

For those who can't see:

Ketchup is the best pizza sauce.

fontguy · Nov 4, 2020

Today's been hard enough as it is, op.

ultramooz · Nov 4, 2020

Americans put barbecue and ranch sauce on what they call "pizza", so why not ketchup on pasta ? It's vaguely less offensive imo.

Ra · Nov 4, 2020

I literally almost spit out my drink when I saw the question in this thread title.

As a cook I felt an emotional reaction, as if the entirety of my culinary snobbery cried out for retribution all at once.

siteseer said:
there's struggling' then there's ketchup on pasta strugglin'.

Crisco, dried herbs, and seasoned salt is struggle pasta.

This is just straight out of a twisted mind. A dish from beyond the event horizon.

Nida · Nov 4, 2020

What am I, a schnook
?

RocknRola · Nov 4, 2020

When I was a kid I did it a lot tbh. Easy and tasty for that age I suppose.

Though these days whenever I cook pasta it's usually with something that's already saucy, so there's no need for ketchup or a specific sauce for the pasta itself.

Ravensmash · Nov 4, 2020

Absolutely not.

ketchup should be used to complement other strong flavours - not as a base flavour on a relatively bland food

FaceHugger · Nov 4, 2020

I can no longer make threads because I made a stupid James Spader themed white people thread, and I admit I deserved it.

This is a bridge too far.

I think the mods, in the least, should make OP's avatar forever a bottle of Heinz or something.

samoyed · Nov 4, 2020

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Be considerate of all nationalities, cultures, and ethnic groups and avoid making jokes at their expense

Martinski · Nov 4, 2020

Ravensmash said:
Absolutely not.

ketchup should be used to complement other strong flavours - not as a base flavour on a relatively bland food

I gotta say ketchup compliments the flavour well of the bacon, buttery noodles and chili flakes.

I rarely ever have just bland pasta with nothing + ketchup.

Rosebud · Nov 4, 2020

NO.

If I want something quick, butter and that's it.

samoyed · Nov 4, 2020

In all honesty ketchup is just tomato paste with a lot of sugar and bacon is a poor man's pancetta so ketchup on spaghetti with bacon and butter is just a struggle spaghetti bolognese/carbonara.

Necromanti · Nov 4, 2020

samoyed said:
In all honesty ketchup is just tomato paste with a lot of sugar and bacon is a poor man's pancetta so ketchup on spaghetti with bacon and butter is just a struggle spaghetti bolognese/carbonara.

Stop normalizing sketti alla carbognese.

Ravensmash · Nov 4, 2020

Martinski said:
I gotta say ketchup compliments the flavour well of the bacon, buttery noodles and chili flakes.

I rarely ever have just bland pasta with nothing + ketchup.

yeah, bacon was my first thought as a great combo

ketchup on pasta just seems like it'd be overpowering :(

Walter White Walker · Nov 4, 2020

Martinski said:
I gotta say ketchup compliments the flavour well of the bacon, buttery noodles and chili flakes.

I rarely ever have just bland pasta with nothing + ketchup.

Are you able to pinpoint at which exact moment you turned against the light?
But then you eat like pickled herring so you were probably born into living this incredibly misdirected life.
You may not want nor accept my sympathy, but nonetheless I extend it to you.

samoyed · Nov 4, 2020

Necromanti said:
Stop normalizing sketti alla carbognese.

No gods. No masters. No recipes.

The Argus · Nov 4, 2020

Have y'all never had Jollibee? Their Jolly Spaghetti is basically pasta, ketchup, and hotdogs.

Tokyo_Funk · Nov 4, 2020

(Scanning thread for Honey Boo-Boo reference)

Yep, it's there!

Ravensmash · Nov 4, 2020

The Argus said:
Have y'all never had Jollibee? Their Jolly Spaghetti is basically pasta, ketchup, and hotdogs.

I like all three of those things but that just sounds horrible :(

Neece · Nov 4, 2020

Richiek said:
Ketchup on pasta reminds of the ending of GoodFellas.

Gio · Nov 4, 2020

This is common in Asia. As a 7 year old I once unknowingly ordered ketchup pasta at a restaurant and cried about it.

The Albatross · Nov 4, 2020

Only on American chop suey. Which I love.

American chop suey w ketchup is the best way to eat it. Fucking delicious.

(American chop suey at least around me is pretty simple pasta + hamburger + tomato sauce dish, usually with onions and peppers and some other shit. Some people add cheese. I know there's some other variants of it in the us but that's what it is around me)

Kneefoil · Nov 4, 2020

Sure. Plain pasta fucking sucks.

ItchyTasty · Nov 5, 2020

B'z-chan said:
Even Google knows what's up.

Remember for the Swedish this is a choice. Whereas in Japan it was necessitated due to WW2 and food scarcity. It just so happened to create a new type of cuisine in the process ナポリタン. There are a lot of food oddities in Japan that are the direct result of the reconstruction after WW2.

Wait... do other people not eat ketchup on hot dogs? Isn't that it's biggest "purpose"?

Magic-Man · Nov 5, 2020

DISGUSTING

I am a Bird · Nov 5, 2020

What are you mcdonalds?

Dullahan · Nov 5, 2020

Here I was thinking ketchup on hot-dogs was bad!

ElephantShell · Nov 5, 2020

I've never had it. Probably will never have it. Honestly not a huge ketchup person. Regular ketchup that is, I've had fancy ketchups in restaurants that are quite good.

John Frost · Nov 5, 2020

No.. wth.

Khamsinvera · Nov 5, 2020

A DISGUSTING ACT!

Spiderman · Nov 5, 2020

Cortez said:
Pasta with cheese and ketchup is so good you guys haven't lived

Boom.

Xater · Nov 5, 2020

I have done it as a kid. Also an option when you are a poor student,

SABO. · Nov 5, 2020

when canned pasta sauce or a tin of tomatoes is as cheap as ketchup.... nah brah

____ · Nov 5, 2020

Fix your life OP.

Budi · Nov 5, 2020

Yes of course, pasta (in it's many forms) is great with ketchup as a condiment. I'm surprised people are so agressively against this, must be a cultural thing. As it's rather common here, nothing out of ordinary. I'm from a Nordic country myself too. Recently I've been absolutely loving habanero ketchup.

plain · Nov 5, 2020

Dude. That's nasty.

Yossarian · Nov 5, 2020

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, OP?!

Nightfall · Nov 5, 2020

I know well educated people that do. I certainly don't.

CoconutTiger · Nov 5, 2020

Somehow it works... but seldomly.

Where I come from, Spaghetti with oil and sugar is a struggle meal. Anyone else? 😬

Raboon · Nov 5, 2020

Wtf, what does people use ketchup for if not for pasta?

I'm from Sweden.

Aya · Nov 5, 2020

I've only seen little kids do that. Why? Because they don't know better and they can't appreciate yet the simplicity and perfection of aglio e oglio for example.

Choosing ketchup for pasta over olive oil, cacio e pepe or a datterini can for an easy to do homemade tomato sauce is very sad. Especially when all of these options are just as affordable or even more affordable than a bottle of ketchup at the corner store.

PuppetMinion · Nov 5, 2020

What's wrong with ketchup on pasta now? imagine being snobbish about something as stupid as this. embarrassing

So fucking tired of the whining in threads like this. pineapple on pizza or whatever fucking else

Making posts how things are disgusting are acting like they are 5 years old mature wise imo

It's fine you don't like something but don't fucking tell someone else what they should like or not

Homura · Nov 5, 2020

You are a monster
Pasta and Ketchup is murder to my country's culture.

Waffle · Nov 5, 2020

I think my Filipino friends told me they put banana ketchup in their spaghetti. Lines up with my experience at Jollibee.. the spaghetti was super sweet.

Rosebud · Nov 5, 2020

Raboon said:
Wtf, what does people use ketchup for if not for pasta?

I'm from Sweden.

Hot dogs and fries.

Fat4all · Nov 5, 2020

butter on pasta

regenhuber · Nov 5, 2020

Lots of people here have never been broke it seems.

Ketchup & Noodles was my go-to "end of the month" dish as a college student (who often pissed his money away and was broke by the 24th of each month).
A 500g pack of noodles is like 40 cents and a bottle of store brand ketchup is like 1€.... so 5€ can feed you for a long time.
You also don't need any cooking skills and/or clean many dishes.

I also know that little kids often eat this dish in case they don't like the pasta sauce their parents made.
Outside of kids and broke people, it's considered a really gross dish nobody would ever serve here in Germany.
It's a step down even from the pre made pasta sauces you can buy in a jar or the famous Miracoli sets.

H2Yo · Nov 5, 2020

Martinski said:
Do you guys put ketchup on your pasta? If you haven't made any other sauce or such I mean. My example on a late night snack on pic is some pasta with some butter in it, bacon and ketchup on top.

God no.... Vincenzo would be turning on his plate.

Ketchup on pasta?

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