So there's a weird viral "thing" going on right now in Canada over ketchup, of all things.
It started out with Heinz closing a plant in Leamington, Ontario where it's famous Heinz ketchup was made from local Ontario tomatoes. Now, all ketchup in Canada was going to be made in the US. There were some grumbles from the local people in Ontario who were thrown out of work, but this was a year or two ago, and life largely went on like normal.
French's (the mustard people) moved in and bought the plant in Leamington, but again this really did not register.
But then a month ago some guy in Ontario posted on Facebook extolling the virtues of French's Ketchup.
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Brian Fernandez
about a month ago
Since Heinz decided to pull the plug on its Canadian plant in Leamington, 740 jobs were lost. Heinz decided to make its ketchup solely in the USA. Then, French's ( known for its mustard) stepped in and decided to make ketchup. They also decided to use those same Leamington tomatoes from Canadian farmers. The result: A ketchup .... free of preservatives. Free of artificial flavours. Also, free of high fructose corn syrup!! We bought a bottle. Absolutely love it!! Bye. Bye. Heinz.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/of-ketchup-and-canadian-economic-nationalism#.bdDzlxEl25
This was shared apparently 90,000 times, and went viral (such as the buzzfeed article I linked to).
Now everyone is going nuts for French's ketchup. Loblaw's (a large grocery chain) actually announced plans to stop carrying it (apparently sales were eating into sales of their own house-brand), but the public outcry caused them to reverse course less than 24 hours later.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/frenchs-ketchup-canadiana-1.3491952
And now A&W (which is a much bigger deal in Canada than the US) has announced they will switch to French's ketchup exclusively.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/frenchs-ketchup-a-w-1.3510278
It still feels weird to me to get all nationalistic over ketchup, of all things. In particular when French's is an American company now owned by a UK conglomerate. But I did buy a bottle of French's ketchup on the weekend. :huh:
:Canuck:
Could you tell the difference between French's and Heinz?
Wait so French's is not French? :weep:
But rather it is both British and American at the same time?
I haven't been this misled since discovering Sir John French wasn't French.
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 12:37:59 PM
Wait so French's is not French? :weep:
But rather it is both British and American at the same time?
I haven't been this misled since discovering Sir John French wasn't French.
:console:
Mayonaisse is still kind of French(ish).
So long as I can rest secure in the knowledge French Fries are an authentic piece of French culture I will be ok.
French's ketchup? :x
Quote from: Savonarola on March 30, 2016, 12:37:25 PM
:Canuck:
Could you tell the difference between French's and Heinz?
You know what I forgot to do a taste test! :frusty:
I needed the ketchup for some home-made barbecue sauce. So I can report French's made a perfectly serviceable barbecue sauce.
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 12:37:59 PM
Wait so French's is not French? :weep:
But rather it is both British and American at the same time?
I haven't been this misled since discovering Sir John French wasn't French.
Made by brothers George and Francis French, and first sold at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%27s
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 12:37:59 PM
Wait so French's is not French? :weep:
But rather it is both British and American at the same time?
French in name only, but really simultaneously British and American; what could possibly be more Canadian than that? :Canuck:
Quote from: garbon on March 30, 2016, 12:43:43 PM
French's ketchup? :x
Right? I thought they just made mustard.
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 12:43:33 PM
So long as I can rest secure in the knowledge French Fries are an authentic piece of French culture I will be ok.
Well, either French cultural imperialism has great clout, or they're actually more Dutch and Belgian. And the Germans fry just about anything.
I've actually never seen pommes frites in France.
Quote from: Savonarola on March 30, 2016, 12:46:49 PM
French in name only, but really simultaneously British and American; what could possibly be more Canadian than that? :Canuck:
:lol:
Quote from: Norgy on March 30, 2016, 12:47:18 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 30, 2016, 12:43:33 PM
So long as I can rest secure in the knowledge French Fries are an authentic piece of French culture I will be ok.
Well, either French cultural imperialism has great clout, or they're actually more Dutch and Belgian. And the Germans fry just about anything.
I've actually never seen pommes frites in France.
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Yes I am aware they are Belgian :lol: But much closer to actually being French than French's Mustard. Or Sir John French.
Condiment nationalism!
As sensible as any other kind!
Quote from: Savonarola on March 30, 2016, 12:37:25 PM
:Canuck:
Could you tell the difference between French's and Heinz?
Why I buy store brands.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 30, 2016, 12:52:09 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on March 30, 2016, 12:37:25 PM
:Canuck:
Could you tell the difference between French's and Heinz?
Why I buy store brands.
Me too; I honestly can't tell the difference between Heinz and Publix, but French's could taste different.
Quote from: Malthus on March 30, 2016, 12:51:30 PM
Condiment nationalism!
As sensible as any other kind!
The only sensible one, if you ask me. The battle of the brands.
I'd be damned if I buy Swedish potato crisps. :mad:
Quote from: Savonarola on March 30, 2016, 12:55:52 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 30, 2016, 12:52:09 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on March 30, 2016, 12:37:25 PM
:Canuck:
Could you tell the difference between French's and Heinz?
Why I buy store brands.
Me too; I honestly can't tell the difference between Heinz and Publix, but French's could taste different.
Shame, shame shame! :angry:
I'm going to give French's a try.
Canadians are such goofs.
Once McDonald's dropped Heinz as their sole supplier for Fancy Ketchup, my heart just hasn't been in this at all.
I feel like royalty when Chick Fil A gives me their fancy ketchup packet. ROYALTY!
Spicy ketchup from Whataburger is better than fancy ketchup.
Quote from: garbon on March 30, 2016, 12:43:43 PM
French's ketchup? :x
You're dead to me sir.
We build a nationality on fries!
Damn Frenchies stealing our f
ries
:mad: :D
Quote from: Archy on March 31, 2016, 06:05:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 30, 2016, 12:43:43 PM
French's ketchup? :x
You're dead to me sir.
We build a nationality on fries!
Damn Frenchies stealing our f
ries
:mad: :D
:huh:
What are you going on about? I'm taking issue with the brand "French's" which hardly had tolerable mustard so I can't imagine what horrors their ketchup is.
What's your go to Mustard brand, G?
Maillë all the way! :mad:
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2016, 07:56:17 AM
What's your go to Mustard brand, G?
(https://www.gianteagle.com/ProductImages/PRODUCT_NODE_537/64144321605.jpg)
Spicy & Brown, your mustard is not suppose to be a representation of your self.
:lmfao:
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 08:13:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2016, 07:56:17 AM
What's your go to Mustard brand, G?
(https://www.gianteagle.com/ProductImages/PRODUCT_NODE_537/64144321605.jpg)
That's my favorite brand as well. :(
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2016, 08:21:04 AM
Spicy & Brown, your mustard is not suppose to be a representation of your self.
:lol:
By mistake I bought curry mustard once. That product should be on the WMD list.
Quote from: DGuller on March 31, 2016, 08:43:29 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 08:13:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2016, 07:56:17 AM
What's your go to Mustard brand, G?
(https://www.gianteagle.com/ProductImages/PRODUCT_NODE_537/64144321605.jpg)
That's my favorite brand as well. :(
That's good for general usage for sure.
But when feel sophisticated and snobby, I choose Grey Poupon. It's very French sounding.
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Grey Poupon sounds like a particularly harmful and nasty form of diorrhea. :ph34r:
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 09:44:51 AM
Grey Poupon sounds like a particularly harmful and nasty form of diorrhea. :ph34r:
If you were shitting mustard, it would be. :pinch:
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2016, 08:21:04 AM
Spicy & Brown, your mustard is not suppose to be a representation of your self.
:lol:
By mistake I bought curry mustard once. That product should be on the WMD list.
Oh but it's good, much like Chinese mustard.
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 09:44:51 AM
Grey Poupon sounds like a particularly harmful and nasty form of diorrhea. :ph34r:
Looks like one too.
What I think we can all agree on is that English mustard is just terrible. :angry:
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 06:16:05 AM
Quote from: Archy on March 31, 2016, 06:05:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 30, 2016, 12:43:43 PM
French's ketchup? :x
You're dead to me sir.
We build a nationality on fries!
Damn Frenchies stealing our f
ries
:mad: :D
:huh:
What are you going on about? I'm taking issue with the brand "French's" which hardly had tolerable mustard so I can't imagine what horrors their ketchup is.
Wrongly quoted you instead of Valmy :blush:
My mustard. Local mustard for local people.
Since I don't like firy moutarde de Dijon
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Quote from: Archy on March 31, 2016, 10:03:46 AM
Wrongly quoted you instead of Valmy :blush:
Belgium your brilliant cultural achievement of frying chopped up potatoes is a gift to the entire world.
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 10:02:47 AM
What I think we can all agree on is that English mustard is just terrible. :angry:
Yes, yes, we can.
I tend to like the strong Dijon varieties from France, even though they are terribly acidic.
Quote from: Archy on March 31, 2016, 10:03:46 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 06:16:05 AM
Quote from: Archy on March 31, 2016, 06:05:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 30, 2016, 12:43:43 PM
French's ketchup? :x
You're dead to me sir.
We build a nationality on fries!
Damn Frenchies stealing our f
ries
:mad: :D
:huh:
What are you going on about? I'm taking issue with the brand "French's" which hardly had tolerable mustard so I can't imagine what horrors their ketchup is.
Wrongly quoted you instead of Valmy :blush:
:D :hug:
I buy my mustard at the local mustard factory/store. Strong taste, no acidity.
Also, pickles to die for
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That's what living in a nest of terrorism/relic from the past gets you. :mad:
I'd happily take the odd terrorist if this means I get to keep eating this mustard.
Uncle Phil's Dusseldorf Mustard is the pinnacle of mustard perfection. When they switched away from it at Great American Ballpark there was a near-riot. They had it back the next week.
Gulden's will do in a pinch. And there are times when plain yellow mustard works okay on a hotdog, with ketchup (or catsup depending on availability) and fresh chopped onions.
So then, the second French - American war is on!! :ph34r: This could get serious folks!
Also, didn't know that tomatoes can grow in the Canadian permafrost that covers the whole country. Learn something new every day.
Wouldn't trust anything from Düsseldorf. The Germans make curry ketchup and serve it on bangers and chips. :mad:
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 12:35:49 PM
Wouldn't trust anything from Düsseldorf. The Germans make curry ketchup and serve it on bangers and chips. :mad:
German stuff in the US is all cultural holdovers from the 19th century.
Edit: Ok there is an exception. We are being invaded by German style Kebab chains.
German-style kebab chains that are just Turkish döner made palpable for the European palate.
The only thing more disgusting than plain, mealy sausages is döner kebab.
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:02:19 PM
German-style kebab chains that are just Turkish döner made palpable for the European palate.
The only thing more disgusting than plain, mealy sausages is döner kebab.
It is no Lutefisk that is for sure.
Anyway we don't have Turkish places around, well ok no fast food versions, here so they have the market cornered.
Had a couple of decent Turkish and Middle Eastern restaurants around where I lived in Oslo. Made me appreciate the simplicity of a köfte and crushed wheat with a salad.
I'm sure it can be "fast fooded" up to Chipotle levels. While Greek restaurants seem to enjoy slow-cooking mutton, the Turkish ones are more into their nomade ancestors' way of charbroiling stuff.
Anyway, sorry for the diversion from the original topic.
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Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:15:02 PM
Anyway, sorry for the diversion from the original topic.
The topic of Canadian mustard tolerates no competition.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 01:31:33 PM
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:15:02 PM
Anyway, sorry for the diversion from the original topic.
The topic of Canadian mustard tolerates no competition.
This is a Canadian ketchup thread you dolt. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Barrister on March 31, 2016, 01:45:58 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 01:31:33 PM
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:15:02 PM
Anyway, sorry for the diversion from the original topic.
The topic of Canadian mustard tolerates no competition.
This is a Canadian ketchup thread you dolt. :rolleyes:
Sorry it got hijacked by mustard.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 01:47:12 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 31, 2016, 01:45:58 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 01:31:33 PM
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:15:02 PM
Anyway, sorry for the diversion from the original topic.
The topic of Canadian mustard tolerates no competition.
This is a Canadian ketchup thread you dolt. :rolleyes:
Sorry it got hijacked by mustard.
In the conservatory with the revolver.
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 01:48:20 PM
In the conservatory with the revolver.
The house I am moving into in three weeks has an actual billiard room. I own a lead pipe so be warned.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 01:50:56 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 01:48:20 PM
In the conservatory with the revolver.
The house I am moving into in three weeks has an actual billiard room. I own a lead pipe so be warned.
To not visit Texas? Already received.
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 01:52:18 PM
To not visit Texas? Already received.
It is lovely in the Fall...ok not really.
What impresses me the mostestest about Texas is that lovely young senator of yours.
Cruz, is it?
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 01:50:56 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2016, 01:48:20 PM
In the conservatory with the revolver.
The house I am moving into in three weeks has an actual billiard room. I own a lead pipe so be warned.
Wait: does that mean you now have Poole's pool room? :ph34r:
Everything I know about Texas, I learned by reading Joe Lansdale novels. :D
Quote from: Barrister on March 31, 2016, 02:00:07 PM
Wait: does that mean you now have Poole's pool room? :ph34r:
Yes :cool:
Ironically I am a pretty bad pool player :Embarrass:
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:58:26 PM
What impresses me the mostestest about Texas is that lovely young senator of yours.
Cruz, is it?
Hey the rest of the country has decided he might be more palatable than Donald Trump. Texas!
Quote from: Malthus on March 31, 2016, 02:00:29 PM
Everything I know about Texas, I learned by reading Joe Lansdale novels. :D
It is an entire accurate picture...of East Texas. Texassippi.
Quote from: Valmy on March 31, 2016, 02:04:25 PM
Quote from: Norgy on March 31, 2016, 01:58:26 PM
What impresses me the mostestest about Texas is that lovely young senator of yours.
Cruz, is it?
Hey the rest of the country has decided he might be more palatable than Donald Trump. Texas!
But the question remains for Canadian ketchup mustard lovers, which mustard would Cruz uze?
Quote from: derspiess on March 31, 2016, 12:21:17 PM
Uncle Phil's Dusseldorf Mustard is the pinnacle of mustard perfection. When they switched away from it at Great American Ballpark there was a near-riot. They had it back the next week.
Gulden's will do in a pinch. And there are times when plain yellow mustard works okay on a hotdog, with ketchup (or catsup depending on availability) and fresh chopped onions.
I prefer Gulden's as well, but Ohio is the only place they sell Bertman's brown stadium mustard, right?
I feel like a pusher.
http://www.amazon.com/Bertman-Original-Ball-Park-Mustard/dp/B0000E1G6Z
oh fuck yeah
We stole a vat from a Browns game in '91 once. Came in handy when we were hitting all the turnpike Arby's and their 2-fer-$2 beef and cheddar deals on the way back to school. Couldn't close the freezer door when we got back.
Great. Now you fuckers got me wanting Packo's.
Asses.