I don't like tomatoes, but I like tomato ketchup.

[daemonspudguy]

Because my food tastes make no sense.

[GhastlyFloyd]

You're not alone!! I know many people (including relatives) who also like ketchup, but not unprocessed tomatoes... 🤷
I personally like both!! 😍

[daemonspudguy]

I should mention that in the US, where I live, we usually just call it ketchup, because mushroom ketchup and banana ketchup are basically non-existent here.

[aybesea]

because mushroom ketchup and banana ketchup are basically non-existent here

What??? I've never heard of these things. They are real???

[DeepCreatures]

What??? I've never heard of these things. They are real???

Nor have I, but I can say that I love ketchup and cannot eat a raw tomato...

[Skinny12]

Hi Folks,
i am seriously confused. This thread looks a bit like TikTok, but in written words. Let's not get any more off the (Pink Floyd) ground, ok?

It seems a bit random...

Best
Nils

[aybesea]

Let's not get any more off the (Pink Floyd) ground, ok?

I suppose that makes it perfect for the Just Anything category

[daemonspudguy]

Hi Folks,
i am seriously confused. This thread looks a bit like TikTok, but in written words. Let's not get any more off the (Pink Floyd) ground, ok?

It seems a bit random...

Best
Nils

I posted it in Just Anything for a reason.

[FloydFlashback]

Ketchup is full of sugar.
I never really understood people who do not like tomatoes. They don't have a strong flavor. But I can understand people not liking the texture or look of them.
Reminds me of a George Carlin bit

[daemonspudguy]

I'm autistic, so it's very much the texture.

[Astronought]

I love tomatoes, both fresh and tinned. They go great with so many things, and some of them are tasty enough to just snack on. And I love ketchup on a hot dog, or a certain type of hamburger, but that's it for me, as far as ketchup goes. Don't want it with anything else, and in fact, I find that ketchup weirdly disgusts me in most other contexts. When people put it on pizza, I have to restrain myself from physically intervening. The thought of eating just a teaspoon of ketchup makes me gag. I can imagine all sorts of inappropriate pairings - ice cream with mustard, steak with Nutella, french fries with marmalade - but there's something uniquely repellent about ketchup.

No judgement, though. If you're one of these people who have ketchup on their cornflakes, or drink it straight from the bottle, that's just you living your truth.

[FloydFlashback]

The only place I use ketchup is on a hamburger. Hot dogs I like mustard and onions.
I eat tomato and cheese sandwiches often. I do prefer plum tomatoes.

[daemonspudguy]

What??? I've never heard of these things. They are real???

Banana ketchup is a Filipino thing and mushroom ketchup is the "original" form of ketchup.

[daemonspudguy]

Basically during the Marcos dictatorship there was a shortage of tomatoes and an excess of bananas, and some madman put two and two together and invented banana ketchup.

[Basement]

Banana ketchup is a Filipino thing and mushroom ketchup is the "original" form of ketchup.

Interesting, I never knew that.

Personally, I am the other way round, I love tomatoes, but i am not keen on tomato ketchup or tomato soup for that matter.