workplaceBBQ --without ketchup, relish

[bmccasland]

BM..i'd love to send you some yummy chutney from Western Australia but i don't know if it would be confiscated by US customs..

ooh yummy! In your suitcase when you come on vacation? As for what you can or can't bring into the US - you might want to check the US State Department's web site
http://www.state.gov/travelandbusiness/

To my knowledge there aren't blocks to bring in commercially prepared food, except meats and cheeses. Can't bring in plants in dirt (soil transports bugs and bacteria), some flower bulbs are illegal. Years ago I was able to bring cut flowers from Paris, but the Agriculture inspection agent removed the seed pods that were part of the decoration. No endangered species (on the international list), or products made from endangered species (so leave the ivory at home).
Here's the US Agriculture Dept web site with more travel info http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p...VEL_RECREATION

Hope this helps. So long answer to a short question - I'd love some Aussie chutney, and I highly doubt it'll be confiscated by customs. Just so the jar doesn't break in your suitcase. That would be an icky mess.

[mimitabby]

I wouldn't put Ketchup or Relish on those things either. but as "food groups"
there are worse things. They have their place!
And what's wrong with sodium when you've been riding your bike all day?

For my semi annual hotdog, relish is my favorite topping.

and when i make oven roasted potatoes, i am not offended when people want to put catsup on it (two spellings, never could decide which i liked better)

but I've heard of people making SPAGHETTI with KETCHUP sauce.

[smilingcat]

I wouldn't put Ketchup or Relish on those things either. but as "food groups"
there are worse things. They have their place!
And what's wrong with sodium when you've been riding your bike all day?

For my semi annual hotdog, relish is my favorite topping.

and when i make oven roasted potatoes, i am not offended when people want to put catsup on it (two spellings, never could decide which i liked better)

but I've heard of people making SPAGHETTI with KETCHUP sauce.

tomato sauce out of ketchup. ewwwwWWW!!! And I'm not even remotely Itallian.

Burger, yes. hot dogs yes, bratwurst NO, corn dog yes, fries occasionally, tater tots sometimes, western style omlette absolutely yes, fish and chips on a rare blue moon, spaghetti ewww!!!

smilingcat

[SadieKate]

but I've heard of people making SPAGHETTI with KETCHUP sauce.

Eh, it's probably because they are too lazy to add the ingredients separately. Whatever. You just have to balance out the other ingredients. For a forum obsessed with each and every item in sport drinks, we seem to be losing sight of the trees for the forest.

I do draw the line at fudge made with Velveeta.

[Tokie]

For research on why some of us find red gloppy sweet ketchup so irresistible, even on delicately seasoned foods, read this article from the Wall Street Journal on "Umami". http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119706514515417586.html Very interesting! Tokie

[SadieKate]

Tokie, I remember that article now! Thanks! I know my baked beans "relish" the ketchup in the base.

And for those who like Thousand Island dressing, ketchup is frequently an ingredient.

[Eden]

Very interesting article. Explains why some very deceptively simple dishes I know taste so good

Sounds like portabello mushroom pasta has quite the punch of those ingredients - portabellos, parmesean or romano cheese, garlic - yum
so easy to make too - just grate the mushrooms into a pan, sautee them down in a bit of olive oil, add chicken stock, a little red pepper flakes and garlic cloves and simmer it down again, add some chopped parsley at the end toss it with pasta and some grated cheese - heavenly!

and roasted tomato soup - so simple soooooo good, just tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper and slow heat, but enough to make a person melt