If you can only have one condiment on the dinner table...

[Elektrishun]

Salt.

I remember putting salt on watermelon as a kid.

What the hell was going on in the world back then???

 

[Elektrishun]

S & P is an essential for me, plain ol' ketchup & mustard second on the list but for a treat I will mix up a gob of Wasabi with Soy Sause.

Wasabi with Sushi.

So hot it clears your sinuses and gives you a brief headrush.

The same way I like my horseradish with roast beef.

 

[Elektrishun]

Mustard… I love the real mustard. I have 10 different varieties on the go at any one time.

Favorite mustard is Hickory Farms Honey Pineapple Mustard.

 

[Susquatch]

Favorite mustard is Hickory Farms Honey Pineapple Mustard.

Damn, that sounds sooooo good. I just ordered some! Now all I need is a nice big double smoked ham and some fresh Italian Panini buns!

salt is seasoning not a condiment.

A condiment is anything added by the diner to supplement or enhance the flavour of a serving of food to their own taste. In my books, that includes salt and pepper. And it seems AI agrees.

However, if it's added by the cook before serving, then even by my own definition, you are right. Since your cooks seem to have perfect seasoning skills, you never add salt. So I accept your version for your own plate.

But I disagree when it's my plate.

Any one of the many and varied chutneys my lovely makes.

OMG.... I completely forgot about Chutney! Glorious Chutney. I swear you could put chutney on green vegetables and it would taste awesome!

 

[Mcgyver]

If you need it at the table, the cook didn't do their job properly......IMO of course......

I think the current trend of restaurants not providing it on the table is rude. Like our chef (cooking at at branch #43 from the dull script the chain provided) never errs; if you don't like it its you're taste buds that are wrong. Yeah right.

But I do agree salt is seasoning, i.e. an ingredient, not a condiment ..... so Sus, you get to really step out and take two to the deserted island.... what's it going be?

 

[Susquatch]

But I do agree salt is seasoning, i.e. an ingredient, not a condiment ..... so Sus, you get to really step out and take two to the deserted island.... what's it going be?

Only two eh.... Well, that would have to be my wife and a pregnant bacon pig. Lots of salt available drying out sea water.

According to all these major dictionaries a condiment is:

Webster's - condiment is a seasoning, sauce, garnish, or topping that enhances the flavor of food.

Oxford - Seasoning added to flavour foods, such as salt, or herbs and spices such as mustard, ginger, curry, pepper, etc.

Merriam-Webster - something (such as a seasoning, sauce, garnish, or topping) that is added to food usually after the food is prepared and that enhances or adds to its flavor

Collins - any spice or sauce such as salt, pepper , mustard , etc

Cambridge - a substance, such as salt, that you add to food to improve its taste

Dictionary.com - something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.

You guys are all having way too much fun yanking my chain!

 

[Dusty]

From a pepper mill - right?

@Elektrishun Yes of course, is there another kind? LOL

 

[Hollow-Grind]

Memories of Montego Bay…

 

[Tom O]

Ye old payday.
Like the old saying “ He’s not worth his salt “

 

[ChazzC]

I remember putting salt on watermelon as a kid.

What the hell was going on in the world back then???

A little bit of salt is frequently used in sweet foods to enhance and balance the flavor; most desserts and “sweets” have salt as an ingredient.

 

[Elektrishun]

A little bit of salt is frequently used in sweet foods to enhance and balance the flavor; most desserts and “sweets” have salt as an ingredient.

It's watermelon for an 8 year old, not Bobby Flay.

 

[Tom O]

A little bit in coffee takes away the bitterness too.

 

[140mower]

Trojan ribbed..






Oh damn CONDIMENTS, that's friggin embarrassing.

 

[jorogi]

Trojan ribbed..






Oh damn CONDIMENTS, that's friggin embarrassing.

You're slowing down old boy.

 

[whydontu]

Trojan ribbed..






Oh damn CONDIMENTS, that's friggin embarrassing.

Wouldn’t the old guy wrinkles have the same effect?

 

[Elektrishun]

Wouldn’t the old guy wrinkles have the same effect?

Too much sun tanning does that.

 

[JustaDB]

Trojan ribbed..






Oh damn CONDIMENTS, that's friggin embarrassing.

At your age? Who you tryin' to kid...

 

[Chawbeef]

Home made mustard pickles.

 

[Maker Mike]

Mayonnaise for me., have it on my back bacon in the morning and on my sandwich in the evening.

 

[BaitMaster]

Franks red hot sauce. I have a million hot sauces, but franks gets used the most.

We buy the Magnum bottles at Costco.