The great Condiment poll of 2019

[Peanut]

@Weedygarden Yes, most of the copy cats I've tried are close if they have horseradish in them. I haven't tried to make one but friends have... The real thing is only 40 minutes away when I have the urge!

 

[Bacpacker]

Hickory or a fruit wood, apple, cherry, pear, peach are the best IMO. I just don't like the mesquite flavor

 

[Peanut]

My personal favorite is pecan wood... Mesquite can be overly harsh sometimes... not one my top 10 but I won't leave a restaurant because of it. I like variety from time to time.

 

[Patchouli]

I need to gain an experienced palette.
There is a taco chain here that prides itself on the garlic sauce used on the tacos. I love it. Found a recipe for it online, realized they didn't include a key ingredient...lime juice.

2 cloves garlic, minced (I press mine)
1 Tbsp. butter (I use less)
1 cup mayonnaise (I use less)
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1/4 tsp. garlic powder (I don't use this at all)

Saute garlic in butter over low heat until golden (about 5 minutes). Add garlic/butter to 1 cup mayo and blend. Add pepper and garlic powder. Put on your taco first thing and enjoy!!!

Adapted from source: Dallas Morning News and Grace Glimpses.com

Click here to view: https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_14/2012/JAN/37032.html
and like I said, they didn't include the lime juice. I use fresh squeezed juice of 2 or 3 limes and add as much cilantro as I can stand.

 

[Supervisor42]

My personal favorite is pecan wood... Mesquite can be overly harsh sometimes... not one my top 10 but I won't leave a restaurant because of it. I like variety from time to time.

Indeed it can. Especially if it hasn't been dried/aged or is from small branches instead of the trunk of the tree.
Never buy chips, only chunks or sticks. You're after the hardwood in the middle. It's dark red.
Notice how this is less than 50% hardwood and has not been dried:

Notice how this is more than 90% hardwood and obviously dried because the bark falls off:

Both are mesquite, but 2 totally different results when cooking.

 

[Haertig]

Horseradish sauce for me. Nothing like a meat sandwich (preferably roast beef) with that on it! Hot prepared horseradish is great on sliced ham. This would be my favorite condiment.

I don't like yellow mustard, but really like the spicy brown mustards. That hot Chinese mustard on egg rolls is great too.

I always think I dislike mayo, until I have it on a sandwich or burger and have to admit, "Hey, this is pretty dang good!"

Ketchup is good on french fries, but little else.

Any kind of sweet sauce - like McDonald's "secret sauce" (thousand island dressing) is pretty yeuchy to my taste buds.

That green relish you sometimes see on hotdogs - I don't know what it is, but it looks like someone washed it off the bottom of their lawn mover - is about the grossest thing on the planet.

 

[Peanut]

Never buy chips, only chunks or sticks.

I'm never going to buy it at all. I have all the pecan, oak, hickory, peach and cherry wood I could ever use here on the farm... Any thing else I might want is a phone call away... lots of loggers in my family.

Mesquite is a wood I would never use to smoke meat here at home. It does not interest me except as a wound wash, the green cambium is used then (Antimicrobial).

 

[Weedygarden]

@Weedygarden Yes, most of the copy cats I've tried are close if they have horseradish in them. I haven't tried to make one but friends have... The real thing is only 40 minutes away when I have the urge!

They need to sell the sauce, but that could impact the sales at their shop.

 

[dademoss]

Mustard, Salsa, BBQ sauce are my condiments of choice Mayo (Dukes) is an ingredient in Tuna Salad, Egg Salad or used to make Grilled Cheese. I keep Catsup around for Tater Tots or French Fries

 

[phideaux]

Alright already...I am open minded...
I'll try using May O.

I don't know about Cole slaw though


Jim

 

[VThillman]

I make a horseradish soup. Does that count?

Potatoes
Green beans
Ham hocks
Bay leaves
Apple cider vinegar
Horseradish

It's an acquired taste.

Sounds good, I use Beano's horseradish sauce in/on lots of stuff. And Heinz chili sauce everywhere where ketchup is the standard

 

[snappy1]

Chow chow? What is in it? How do you make it. I am always a little skittish of things with unknown ingredients.

It's a cabbage based relish that my mom and grandma used to make. I believe my mom made green tomato chow chow or maybe it was green tomato mincemeat. I use the recipe in the Ball Book!

 

[Weedygarden]

It's a cabbage based relish that my mom and grandma used to make. I believe my mom made green tomato chow chow or maybe it was green tomato mincemeat. I use the recipe in the Ball Book!

I have never had it, and maybe it is a regional food. Mincemeat is something that I ate once. It made me sick and that was it for me!

 

[VThillman]

Green tomato mincemeat seems familiar - meatless?
Mar's mincemeat was made with venison and apples and raisins, Par or one of the boys had to get a deer, or no mincemeat. My job, soon as I got old enough to crank the grinder, was to keep the ingredients coming while she cooked and canned. Mince pie and apple pie alternate weeks all winter. Best pies ever made, anywhere, ever, in my opinion.
How could we be so poor, and eat so well?

Damn. Excuse me. Feel a lot like weeping.

 

[Weedygarden]

I make a horseradish soup. Does that count?

Potatoes
Green beans
Ham hocks
Bay leaves
Apple cider vinegar
Horseradish

It's an acquired taste.

I love soup, but have never had soup with horseradish in it. Sounds interesting.

 

[phideaux]

Can't believe what my mater sammich started.

2 threads and a ton of conversation.



Jim

 

[Curmudgeon]

Today's condiment of the day is Sweet Baby Rays Hot "n" Spicy barbecue sauce slathered on two racks of baby back ribs..

 

[Bacpacker]

IMO, SBR BbQ sauce is the best.

 

[Peanut]

I like hotdog relish from the store... basically yellow mustard with diced pickles.

 

[Sentry18]

I like hotdog relish from the store... basically yellow mustard with diced pickles.

We have a little hamburger shop that has been around forever that serves that on their hamburgers. Or you can get one of several other sauces, but they don't offer ketchup.

 

[backlash]

I really don't have any use for ketchup. I don't like it on fries and I will not eat a burger or heaven forbid, a hot dog with ketchup.
My Grandma made something she called hot shot. I don't have the recipe and so far I've been unable to find one.
It was great with pinto beans. Slightly sweet and hot.

 

[Curmudgeon]

IMO, SBR BbQ sauce is the best.

Our local grocer puts them up 10 for 10 every now and again. We load up, usually as grilling season begins. Spend 10 bucks and have enough to last the summer.

 

[Terri9630]

I am just glad no one has brought up Ketchup yet. Way over used IMO.

I'm bringing it up. I like ketchup and home made mayo. Hubby likes hot sauce (any kind that's HOT) and spicy mustard.

 

[Terri9630]

If it was Texas, it was mesquite. Hard to find the good aged stuff to work with, but totally worth it in a good smoker.
Hickory is for pork.

Or oak.

 

[Supervisor42]

Or oak.

For the wussies that aren't up for dancing with the devil to get the good wood, yes.
Mesquite:

Just a twig:

Those thorns won't just hurt you, they will send you to the emergency room because they have toxins on them.

You have got to ask yourself: "How good must a mesquite-smoked steak be to fight with THAT!"

Been there, cut that.
Worth the dance.

 

[Terri9630]

For the wussies that aren't up for dancing with the devil to get the good wood, yes.
Mesquite:

Just a twig:

Those thorns won't just hurt you, they will send you to the emergency room because they have toxins on them.

You have got to ask yourself: "How good must a mesquite-smoked steak be to fight with THAT!"

Been there, cut that.
Worth the dance.

Yep. We had to fill the lawn tractor tires because of those darn thorns.

 

[Weedygarden]

Scary looking! I'd bet at least one person has died from them.

 

[Amish Heart]

We have a daughter really allergic to burning Mesquite. Sends her into a full blown asthma attack.

I have been eating a lot of tomato, mayo, and cheese sandwiches this week. Yesterdays was grilled.
Who was it, Phideaux? Look what you started.

 

[Supervisor42]

Scary looking! I'd bet at least one person has died from them.

Well sure.
But at least you know he had a really good 'killer' steak earlier or he wouldn't have been dancing with those.

Remember, some people die just reading a spam Facebook post while walking across a street.
They never even get to taste really good steak.

Now back to your normal "I love/hate, mayo/miracle-whip" thread.

 

[Spikedriver]

Ketchup and mustard on burgers and hot dogs. Nothing else.

Joe's BBQ "Night of the Living BBQ" sauce for any BBQ meat, especially pork. It's hot enough to make your nose run. If I can't get that, a local joint sells their own spicy BBQ which is not bad.

As far as I'm concerned, Mayo and all derivitaves of mayo simply do not exist. The only possible exception is if In n Out burger sauce has any mayo in it. That stuff is awesome...

Oh, and anything that has vinegar in it, or has been tainted by vinegar, or has even had vinegar near it, is disgusting and should be launched into Bernie Sanders back yard with a catapult...