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Keep Your Friends Close and Your Condiments Closer

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1 Oct

I am addicted to condiments. I love them. I’ve always been a huge ketchup fan, but over the last few years I’ve been cheating on ketchup with new beaus. 

Anytime I have a meal that requires ketchup (which is basically anything outside of yogurt) I add tons of condiments as I’m eating too.

It was super apparent today because I ate on the TV tray and all four of these toppings barely fit with my plate and drink, but I refused to leave them in the kitchen. IMG_1796

Since I had a later breakfast I grabbed a pear to eat while running a few errands.IMG_1784

And then came home to a magnificent egg scramble. I sautéed onions, garlic, mushrooms, spinach and salsa and then added eggs and a Laughing Cow wedge.IMG_1792 *While I was cooking I had a handful of tortilla chips because I was hungry. It occurred to me that I’ve never binged on salty foods – only sweet or high in fat (nut butters). Can anyone else relate?

I ate it with tons of condiments (obviously), a tortilla and a piece of MIP toast (MIP = Missing In Picture). IMG_1790

I picked up this new (to me) peanut butter at Target – Vanilla Cranberry. I am hoping Ben likes it because he’s not the biggest PB fan, but he loves cranberries. IMG_1795

I ate some straight of the jar before deciding to be all proper and what not and put it on some bread. This stuff is delicious. IMG_1794

Question: What’s your favorite condiment?

I never thought I would say this but, I can’t decide between Tapatio and ketchup.

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  1. Lisa says

    2010-10-03 at 9:37 pm

    I usually binge on sweets if I’m going to do it. Desserts are super hard for me to resist!

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  2. MarathonVal says

    2010-10-03 at 8:29 pm

    I am also obsessed with condiments!!!!! It’s usually more condiments, with a side of the real food….. but I love it that way 🙂 And what is Tapatio???

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  3. Amanda (Two Boos Who Eat) says

    2010-10-03 at 8:14 pm

    I can so relate! I am obsessed with tapatio. So’s Andy. We keep hoping Costco will carry it but so far, not luck!

    I don’t binge on salty foods either. Peanut butter cookies however…

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  4. Caronae says

    2010-10-03 at 5:29 am

    I’ve never binged on salty or savory foods either! I could care less about chips, fries, etc. Just give me the cookies and no one gets hurt…

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  5. Stacie @ Imperfectly Healthys says

    2010-10-02 at 11:07 pm

    I HAVE GOT to find that PB!!!! I was just in Target the other day and bought PB, so I’m a little disappointed that my Target doesn’t seem to have it…yet (hopefully!).

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  6. Elizabeth says

    2010-10-02 at 2:51 pm

    Stragely enough I am not a condiment person at all. But my house is so well stocked because my boyfriend is. He loves hot suace, ketchup and BBQ sauce.

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  7. Erika @ Food, Fitness, & Fun says

    2010-10-02 at 1:00 pm

    Mmmm, I love condiments too! My favorites are ketchup, Frank’s Red Hot, and Tabasco. (In that order) 🙂

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  8. Elliott says

    2010-10-02 at 12:53 pm

    I am such a condiment addict too! Whenever I dine out, the waitress hates me by the time I leave because I am repeatedly asking for a side of ______!
    Last night, alongside my smoked pork chop I had Ketchup, Sweet BBQ sauce, tangy BBQ sauce, Hot sauce, A1, and Ranch….luckily it was all on the table in bottles!
    So yeah, I like about every condiment…but BBQ sauce or ketchup are KING!! I also always put black pepper in my ketchup. I’ve been doing it for years, and in high school I had my whole lunch table “converted” to pepper ketchup! HAHA

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  9. AR says

    2010-10-02 at 10:15 am

    It’s funny you mention it: I’ve had a LOT of trouble through the years binging on sweet things…which often just led to sweet AND fatty things. (O hai, *entire bags* of mini snickers.) Even since I’ve learned to be a bit more aware of these things, its hard for me to have candy around.

    However, while I’ve never been much of a salt person…I’ve always been bad with tortilla chips. Particularly since salsa tends to be my favorite condiment. (Not much of a ketchup fan these days, oddly enough.)

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  10. griselda says

    2010-10-02 at 5:47 am

    I have to say I am truly addicted to the tapatio and ketchup combo too! Have you ever tried the asian hot sauce sriracha? It’s the bees knees! Ha ha…oh yea and let me tell you I cant keep my hands off sweet stuff when I binge. Salty foods don’t really call my attention.

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  11. kate says

    2010-10-02 at 3:05 am

    Im on team ketchup. And I stinkin love Target.

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  12. Amber K says

    2010-10-02 at 3:03 am

    I have never binged on salty stuff either. It’s always ice cream or something super sweet.

    My absolute favorite condiment is mustard. I love it! I started eating it so much that I can’t appreciate ketchup anymore because it tastes way too sweet. And it is usually added to something savory and I HATE sweet and savory things together.

    Then again, I have also been a huge fan of various “fry sauces.” Yum

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  13. Caitlin (EatFeats) says

    2010-10-02 at 2:50 am

    Yes. I almost always binge on desserts and peanut butter. I crave chips/crackers and cheese when I am really tired AND stressed at the same time, but usually I can just go to bed instead. It’s the fatty sugar that gets me EVERY time.

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  14. Ida says

    2010-10-02 at 1:28 am

    Mustard is my favorite! I also love salad dressings- I have a hard time only buying one bottle at a time, there are so many i want to try.

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  15. Kat says

    2010-10-02 at 1:18 am

    I will always choose Tapatio over ketchup. But then Mara mentioned Cholula. Oh, how I love thee. Cholula trumps Tapatio, which trumps Ketchup, every time.

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  16. Lauren says

    2010-10-02 at 12:29 am

    I am just like you, a total condiment junkie! You should see my fridge, there is more condiments in there than “real” food.
    I think I could live off of ketchup and mustard alone.

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  17. alison says

    2010-10-02 at 12:22 am

    I’m partial to honey mustard.
    Cranberry pb? Yum.

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  18. Tay says

    2010-10-01 at 11:52 pm

    Are you sure I didn’t write this post?? I freakin love condiments. Ketchup & BBQ sauce are some of the top. That PB is beyond amaze. And agreed – have never binged on salty foods. I’ve easily eaten TOO MANY tortilla chips or something, but no out of control binge like with ice cream.

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    • runeatrepeat says

      2010-10-02 at 12:23 am

      I always think I write your posts 🙂 We like so many of the same things.

      Weird about the binging only on sweet foods, right?

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      • Lived in Wien! says

        2010-10-02 at 2:12 pm

        I don’t think it’s weird that you binge on only sweet foods. I think many people do a sweet or a salty binge. It’s pretty common.

        Think about our first food as a baby…. milk….. sweet lactose…. it’s what comforted us from the beginning.

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  19. amanda says

    2010-10-01 at 11:38 pm

    I love hot sauce!!! Delicious when hotter the better. I will say I tend to binge also on high fat , carbs, and sweet types of foods. I very rarely like you ever binge on salty food…maybe chips..but don’t crave them

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  20. Food & Other Things says

    2010-10-01 at 10:47 pm

    I put pepper on everything but I think soy sauce is my favorite condiment! Vanilla Cranberry peanut butter sounds good…I need to go to Target and check out the Archer Farms products!!

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  21. Mara @ What's For Dinner? says

    2010-10-01 at 10:35 pm

    You’re a Tapatio girl? I’m a Cholula girl. I’d put it on everything if it didn’t simultaneously burn away the inside of my mouth while it tasted great…

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  22. Laurab@ foodsnobstl says

    2010-10-01 at 10:28 pm

    Definitely Frank’s hot sauce!!!

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  23. Lisa says

    2010-10-01 at 10:27 pm

    I can very much relate to the bingeing on sweets and pb but not salty foods. I can mindlessly nosh on pretzels or tortilla chips but wouldn’t go out of my way to get them and if they aren’t there, I don’t miss them but I would miss cookies and have driven late at night for some mediocre ice cream!

    As for condiments, ketchup. Heinz. Only thing.

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    • Runeatrepeat says

      2010-10-01 at 10:32 pm

      Thanks for chiming in Lisa 🙂 Glad to know I’m not the only one guilty of searching out mediocre ice cream…

      Reply
  24. Evan says

    2010-10-01 at 10:25 pm

    I love Mustard, or a sweet pickle relish. Ketchup isn’t bad either(in fact, it’s great stuff)

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