(I did a search, but didn't find this posted already.)
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
I'm certainly pleased. I can use a ketchup packet as a dipping container, but it doesn't work very well.
Sadly, I hardly ever remember to ask for ketchup at the drive-through, and the larger/more expensive ketchup packet will be even less likely to show up in my order unasked-for.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I'm ambivalent. On the one hand, in this country, their idea of giving you ketchup is to hand you one solitary packet of ketchup, and charging you for anything beyond that. Ridiculous and ludicrous. The increased volume would assuage this grievance.
On ta' other hand, I find the dunkable packets, which have already been used by other companies in Europe, are inefficient if the object is to squeeze out every morsel of sweet tangy salty goodness. I am not above peeling away the top and licking the inside clean, but really the standard ketchup packet saves me this indignity, and allows me to wring it like a tube of tooth paste to extract every last bit of ambrosia. This has been the issue with the dunkable format since time immemorial. PLUS, restaurants are much more likely to monitor exactly how many packets they give you, if these cost much more than the old ones. Gone are the days of the handful of packets dumped into the bag as an afterthought.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
For a guy who cares as much as you, Orincoro, it could be a good idea to carry your own.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Fie upon you and your outlandish ways!
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
What is Czech ketchup like anyway? I'm imagining some kind of fermented beet paste thickened with history.
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum: What is Czech ketchup like anyway? I'm imagining some kind of fermented beet paste thickened with history.
In Czech Republic, beet paste ferments YOU.
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
Actually people seem to really like Czech food. Whenever I'm in a restaurant I hear people calling out' "Czech please."
Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
Whataburger has been using a dunkable ketchup container for years (or at least the one by us).
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
The dunk pack is stupid. It's up to the restaurant to provide you with a place to put your ketchup, such as the other side of the burger box. Squeezy packs are convenient; you can put the ketchup wherever you want; box, burger, directly onto the fries. Doesn't get much more flexible than that. I seriously doubt the squeezability of that dunk pack. And you probably have to snap the end off, then find a place to put the leftover piece of plastic.
I say fie on dunk packs. Stupid for Heinz to change their whole model, and for what? Eating in the car is distracting and unhealthy, anyway. I like Arby's better. Squeezy pack in the car, dunk cup in the restaurant.
Fie on you, progressive ketchup! I demand we return to the status quo! The previous one!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by scholarette: Whataburger has been using a dunkable ketchup container for years (or at least the one by us).
They closed all the ones near us, which sucks because they were really good burgers at a cheap price.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I don't care for their burgers, but the Taquito is a warm piece of heaven in the morning. Pardon me while I drool like Homer Simpson just thinking about it.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum: What is Czech ketchup like anyway? I'm imagining some kind of fermented beet paste thickened with history.
LoL. It's the same as American ketchup, except you don't generally find high fructose corn syrup in Czech products. Under communism ketchup was more of a rarity, if people bought it at all, so most applications for ketchup are foreign imports- thus the ketchup is also generally imported or a local import (foreign companies).
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by steven:
quote:Originally posted by scifibum: What is Czech ketchup like anyway? I'm imagining some kind of fermented beet paste thickened with history.