Favorite Condiments

[kerosene]

ketchup, of course. And honey from KFC

May I include the ones I don't like? Ok.

- that fake "parmesan cheese" stuff from pizza places in the little packets and also stocked in the tube cans that says "parmesan STYLE topping"
- that fake "butter" stuff from KFC

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Unless they've upgraded recently, KFC's "honey" isn't. It's "Honey Sauce," and is half HFCS and doesn't taste much of honey at all. Genuine honey would taste better on their nice biscuits.

Cholula hot sauce is all over the place here, backed up with Tabasco likewise. The Café Rio chain has a fistful of bottled sauces including Búfalo chipotle for that smoky flavor.

[wolf]

Fake butter is one of the reasons I never eat in at KFC. Drive through, and bring my two piece all white meat with taters and gravy and cole slaw home.

Oh yeah, and an extra half-dozen biscuits, because I always want more than one with the dinner, and they are great toasted for breakfast. I always have real butter in the fridge, and real honey on the counter.

I had no idea they had fake honey sauce. Never occurred to me to ask. McDonalds used to give you real honey with your McNuggets. Do they still do that? I haven't bought McNuggets in at least 10 years, so I don't know what they come with.

[Sundae]

KFC WTF?
All you get here is ketchup or BBQ sauce (perhaps curry too, I haven't asked but McDonalds do it). AND it comes in packets, not pots, so is useless for dipping.

I am a bit of a condiment fan, but rather than list all of them I will just tell you my favourite.
Vinegar.
It goes well with so many things, and is the basis of many of my other condiment likes.
Chips, chicken, peas, mashed potatoes - all improved by vinegar.

I was horrifed when I first went to Chiquitos (Mexican-style chain restaurant) and was told they had no vinegar. They eventually tracked some down for me, but it was in an industrustrial sized container, so they put it in a little saucer. I took my own after that - it's that important to me.

ETA - thanks everyone. In my curiousity to find our what "our" McDonalds serve as dips, I logged onto their website.
Only to find two new special burgers that sound bloody YUMMY.
This is bad news as I am on a diet. But I accept that is perhaps the only reason why my mouth is watering over McDonalds.

FTR BCO - Bacon, Chicken & Onion with black pepper cheese & seasoned mayo
Summer Chorizo Supreme - burger with Sunblush tomato sauce, Batavia lettuce, chorizo, cheese slices made with Emmental,
all in a sesame & chive topped bun

Anyway, back to the topic in hand:
McD's dips:
BBQ, Heinz ketchup, sour cream & chive, sweet & sour, sweet chilli, curry.
No honey. No fake butter (!)

Although they do do real butter for the English muffins at breakfast (Country Life English butter) or Flora (polyunsaturated margarine). And pots of Philedelphia Light for the bagels. And jam for the porridge.... and brown sauce for the bacon rolls.... I'd better stop there.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Brits eating chorizo! Wow! Try it frizzled up a bit in the pan first, and then scramble eggs into it. Tends unfortunately to be greasy, but draining the chorizo is still an option.

[Trilby]

British McD's have bacon rolls???

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Brits eating chorizo! Wow! Try it frizzled up a bit in the pan first, and then scramble eggs into it. Tends unfortunately to be greasy, but draining the chorizo is still an option.

I can buy chorizo in my local village shop. It's not rare round these parts. It's not great....but it's not rare.

Originally Posted by Brianna

British McD's have bacon rolls???

Certainly do!

[DanaC]

How's this for a very british looking McD's:

[DanaC]

Oh, and here's some condiment related funny:p

[Sundae]

We have quite a varied breakfast menu including bagels, fruit and porridge
Thank you for the McMuffins. Gorgeous.

But yes, you can buy a bacon roll with proper brown sauce at McDonalds.
It's the only time Mum will eat one out, because it's all shaped & trimmed & stuff. She will only eat her bacon with no visible fat, unless it is crisped to buggery. She loves American bacon, obviously.

Then again we also have a Deli range, Mini-Tasters wraps, and salads, fruit bags and carrot sticks. I know all this from browsing for you the other day. YOU. Your fault. I walked past it today and salivated at the BCO poster in the window. Mmmmm, have to go and have my lunchtime nutritional shake now

Yes, UG, we discovered chorizo a while back.
We're a lickle bit closer to mainland Europe than we pretend
I'm cooking a version of paella tomorrow for Sunday lunch. No chorizo in that though.

[Sundae]

Now Dani that IS an accent I recognise.
Proper East End!
No doubt drowns his pie & mash in vinegar and liqor like me.

[DanaC]

I love Mickey Flannagan.

[infinite monkey]

I've had horrible visions of Ronald McDonald lately.

[Trilby]

firstly - that's a beautiful Mickey D's! flower basket and all!

Second - had to listen to that guy three times to catch everything he was saying.
East End accent? Brutal!

Third in line - I've wanted a bacon or sausage roll ever since I first read about them in Kate Atkinson novels! They sound so yummy!

Now, sundae, why were you thinking of me whilst going by McDonalds? It's coz I'm fat, isn't it? It's ok, you can admit it.

When you see a Big Mac, your mind just automatically goes to Fat and Carbs and...me, doesn't it?

Well, I'm not too sad about it. I'm not crying right now or anything. It's just that somethings got in my eye is all....*sob!*

Is ok, really. Am crone now. I can eat all the McDonalds I want! *definat smilie*

[Trilby]

Ok, he says, "My wife's middle class, she's got........"

And I can't make out what he says! I've listened five times!!!!