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Why do people refrigerate it? It doesn't go bad and room temperature just makes sense.

>> No.4276652

>>4276623
I like it when it cools down my food abit.

>> No.4276660

>>4276623
because their mom did it that way and they never questioned it

>> No.4276670
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4276670

>>4276623
>not buying high quality ketchup that requires refrigeration

Stay pleb

>> No.4276685

>>4276670
Not making your own ketchup and being disgusted when you go to a barbeque and having to tolerate cold condiments.

>> No.4276697

>>4276685

at each meal in my house, everyone has to make their own condiments.

anything else is a gradual slide towards plebian life.

>> No.4276731

>>4276697
>plebian

>> No.4276775

Sometimes I like it cold. It just depends. If I'm using it as a topping, then nah, I'd rather have it room temperature.

If I'm using it for dipping though, I like it cold. A piping hot crispy fry dipped into cold ketchup and eaten immediately before they have a chance to affect each other's temperatures makes for a lovely contrast.

>> No.4276788

>>4276697

Unless you grow your own tomatoes and mustard and have your own vineyard to make balsamic, you'll never be on my level.

>> No.4276906

> using ketchup for anything
It's red sugar paste

>> No.4276919

>>4276788
>implying I don't refine my own sugar
>implying I don't mine my own salt

I'm insulted

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4276957

>>4276623
Remember me

>> No.4276965

I never put it in the fridge because I use the whole bottle on my well done steak.

>> No.4277123

>>4276965
>using ketchup on steak
Get the fuck out.

>> No.4277125

>>4276957
I try not to.

>> No.4277128

>>4276906
Don't forget the vinegar bro.

>> No.4277130

>>4276623
Plebs refrigerate all food. If a thing is edible and not in the refrigerator, it goes bad. This as true to them as 'the sky is blue', and it is impossible to convince them otherwise. Even leaving it out and having them taste it won't do it; it's as ingrained as a religion.

>> No.4277242

It takes me years to finish the smallest bottle option I find in stores around here. I know ketchup does ok at room temp, but I don't like the thought of it being open and out that long.

>> No.4277244

It doesn't literally rot but the flavors do change. Put it in the damn fridge.

>> No.4277247

Honestly I like the contrast between the steaming hot fry and the cold ketchup.

>> No.4277300

>>4277242
>>4277244
>>4277247
These. Fuck you autists and quit being so anal about how people organize their kitchen.

>> No.4277320

so many faggots in this thread

>> No.4277342

cheap ketchup tastes better cold.

>mfw nobody has mentioned a comparison between warm and cold beer yet

>> No.4277358

>>4277342
Ketchup tastes a lot weaker when cold.

>> No.4277362

>>4277358
As does everything, by the way.

>> No.4277376

>>4276623
Most people refrigerate tomatoes themselves. And it actively harms fresh tomatoes. So yeah.

>> No.4277403

>>4277358
thats the idea.

>> No.4277456

BECAUSE IT SAYS REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING ON THE FUCKING BOTTLE.

>> No.4277486

in honor of this thread and how many fucks I give
I just put my peanut butter in the fridge

>> No.4277501

>>4277358

Not lavender. Sorry to be no it all.

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4277520

>putting cold ketchup on delicious warm food

>> No.4277540

the only time you should be eating warm ketchup is if it's a fresh bottle that will then be refrigerated or if it's one of those delicious warm mcds packets

/thread

>> No.4277550

>>4277520
I have done this and it is awful

>want fast food fries
>parents hate fast food
>buy frozen french fries instead
>brownish, undercooked/still chilly soggy fries with cold gloopy ketchup
>all while in a dingy grey kitchen

It was just never the same as the mcd's ketchup packets...

>> No.4277557

>>4277550
Fuck man
fuck
you literally made me throw up
that is the worst