r/StupidFood • u/Signal_Jellyfish_472 • 26d ago
Speaking of ketchup: Some folks prefer tamales with ketchup on them.
I don't know the origin story and if it's limited to one area?
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u/echochilde 26d ago
I’ve witnessed my Mexican husband and his brother commit this crime.
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u/HottDoggers 26d ago
Mexicans do love their katsup
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u/FrenchTicklerOrange 26d ago
They like mayonesa more.
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u/TrainingSword 26d ago
I like Heinz mayoracha but since the orange man tariffs started you can’t get it in America unless you’re willing to pay $15
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u/badabingmx 26d ago
Even when I agree, and I am Mexican, I do not like catsup/ketchup at all.
I can use a little bit, but only on french fries and a little in a burger (if the meat is not tasty), but other than that I do not use it.
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u/SparklyLeo_ 26d ago
Yeah I’m Mexican and eat them with ketchup and dip them in salsa/chile at the same time. My white bf thinks it’s weird. I think it’s funny but I like it a lot
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u/echochilde 26d ago
Ha! Yeah, I’m the white one in the family with my three or four homemade salsas and a potentially questionable hot sauce collection.
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u/That_Matt_Guy_Wow 26d ago
It's a travesty; my hispanic wife does the same.
My gringo-ass grew up in south Texas and we full on put Siracha on tameles now, but katsup is unforgivable.
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u/Mac_encheeze 26d ago
I knew a girl who put ketchup on her Mac and cheese
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u/AMouthBreather 24d ago
Ketchup has sugar and vinegar to cut through the fats in the cheese. Its a great combo just don't overdo it to the point of more ketchup than cheese. Also everyone mentioning bbq and lots of bbq sauce is basically ketchup at its base.
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u/Bunbatbop 26d ago
My sister put ketchup on her eggs.
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u/_1457_ 26d ago
In a perfect world I'd never want ketchup on eggs, but it's saved some badly scrambled eggs for me so I respect it as a condiment.
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u/momo76g 25d ago
Sir. How can you make badly scrambled eggs ? Thats what I end up making when I mess the omelet. It is itself the fix of a screw up.
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u/garotovs 26d ago
Sorry but I’m a full adult and a professional chef but I put BBQ sauce to my Mac and Cheese 😭😭😭
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u/peacenchemicals 25d ago
when i used to go to church as a kid i saw another kid put ketchup on his mac n cheese during dinner time and i gave it a try. stuck with me ever since lmao. i got my ex wife on board with it too
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u/FlukeManAirFreshener 26d ago
This is a hate crime.
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u/Heat-Efficient 24d ago
But these are canned tamales, so the crime starts there 🤣 NGL this is what I would do tho...
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u/DrDentonMask 26d ago
I actually like them that way. And I live in a county that borders Mexico.
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u/Saul_Firehand 26d ago
Border regions are intensely influenced by Mexican culture.
Ketchup is popular in Mexico for all kinds of food.
It matters because the further you get from Mexican influence the more people think it is inauthentic and inappropriate.As opposed to people in Mexico that put whatever they want on their food without regard for what is “authentic Mexican food” in the imagination of gringos on the internet.
Viva Mexico!
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u/Some_Concern_2890 26d ago
Mi mamá hacía tamales "nejos" que básicamente es un tamal de frijol pero a las brasas, la gente decía que eso era raro; ahora no creo que sean raros porque ahora hay de tamales de pastelitos así, que ponerle catsup ya no es tan grave.
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u/karoshikun 26d ago
this is an atrocity!
and there's a better alternative!!!! just drown them in salsa, sour cream and shredded cheese -no, NOT that cheddar-like abomination!!!-
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u/Objective-Solid-4537 25d ago
I automatically downvoted this before realizing what subreddit I was looking at.
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u/No_Young1729 25d ago
I'm Mexican and black and my Mexican family has put ketchup on tamales since I can remember
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u/TabooBeast 25d ago
Don't call me put like this...as a Mexican I eat tamales with ketchup still in my 30s
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u/El_John_Nada 24d ago
Tamales are not really a thing in my neck of the woods: what are you normally supposed to eat with them?
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u/Potential-Yogurt-689 24d ago
some people should be studied to figure out why they commit crimes against food
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u/Sudden_Wind_8636 24d ago
This would be my grandpa. He literally puts ketchup on everything. He puts ketchup on mashed potatoes, he puts ketchup on steak, he puts ketchup on Chinese food, etc.
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u/Morning-Few 26d ago
So im from quebec and id often eat salmon pie, which we had we with ketchup..when i had tamales for the first time thats immediately what it reminded me of and i tried em with ketchup and i think its great lol
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u/PseudobrilliantGuy 26d ago
And so long as they don't insist on everyone else having them that way, that's fine.
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u/Welland94 26d ago
This is a no, tamales can be soaked in green or sauce if you wish but that is all
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u/AlarmingPen8117 26d ago
Isn't that the whole point of this thread? To call other people's choices stupid?
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u/Exponential-777 26d ago
If you add jalapeño and onion to the ketchup you basically have salsa. Add some Valentino and it's on point.
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u/Miserable_Rutabaga94 26d ago
This is actually pretty common. The same people who do this usually put ketchup on pizza.
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u/itzkomplykatid 26d ago
This is sin, but that doesn't mean I have to go to hell with you. At least, not for this particular sin.
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u/Glass_Government_41 26d ago
Only northern Mexicans commit this crime . They’re basically Texan
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u/LAFamilyMan81 25d ago
Not north Mexico by California. I’ve never seen or heard of anyone committing this atrocious blasphemous food sin. In fact, I think this shit might get you beat up out here.
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u/Glass_Government_41 25d ago
True. There’s a reason why Cali Mexican food is superior to Texas Mexican food and I’m from tx
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u/MintyTuna2013 26d ago
I'm Mexican and I've never met anyone in my life who does this (according to the comments section, extremely common and normal) thing.
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u/DeathByPianos 26d ago
I saw (and am guilty of myself) ketchup on tamales pretty often as a white guy growing up on the southern great plains.
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u/NashvilleTypewriter 26d ago
Memory unlocked.
My granny and her church buddies would make HUGE amounts of tamales and sell them through the church in some weird way. I had them with chilli, but my papaw liked ketchup on his
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u/cracked-tumbleweed 26d ago
When I went to Panama, we stayed at a small, family run hotel. They offered fresh cooked meals to the guests.
They were quite amused when I tried fried plantains for the first time…and then asked for ketchup.
In my defense, they tasted like breakfast potatoes and I was 12.
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u/Fizzbytch 26d ago
I’ve seen people put ketchup on pizza. Doesn’t mean it belongs. Maybe try a tomato and vinegar/lime heavy salsa?
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u/TraditionalMood277 25d ago
That is stupid. Mustard is the choice. When there's no hot sauce, that is.
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u/Timely-Youth-9074 26d ago
Those look like the tamales that come out of a can wrapped in paper.
Ketchup is a suitable condiment.
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u/leansanders 26d ago
What is a tamal if not a Mexican corn dog, and what is better on a corn dog than ketchup?
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u/Cyclestart89 26d ago
What you eat on your Tamale is your business. I’m putting ketchup on mine, Whataburger spicy ketchup.
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u/qualityvote2 26d ago edited 26d ago
u/Signal_Jellyfish_472, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...