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Agree on your points about exaggerated stuff for kids, but... > And they get fed foods with super exaggerated flavor profiles, e.g. ketchup What? Since when

Agree on your points about exaggerated stuff for kids, but... > And they get fed foods with super exaggerated flavor profiles, e.g. ketchup What? Since when is ketchup a kids food? That's a pretty widely popular condiment among all ages.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
Well it counts as a vegetable in school lunches....
- glenra 11y ago
  > [ketchup] counts as a vegetable in school lunches... That is a myth. The truth is fairly complex but boils down to that one agency briefly proposed adopting rules that might if adopted have allowed things like pickle relish to "count as a vegetable" in certain contexts. Ketchup was not explicitly listed in the proposed rule and the rule never took effect so we'll never know how local authorities might have used that bit of new flexibility. TL;DR: Ketchup has never counted as a vegetable. (Salsa, on the other hand...) More here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2517/did-the-reagan-era-usda-really-classify-ketchup-as-a-vegetable http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2517/did-the-reagan... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable
aribia 11y ago
The (amusing in its existence) lobbying group for the hot dog industry agrees (scroll down a bit or just search for ketchup) http://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-etiquette http://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-etiquette
jessaustin 11y ago
Most people whose eating habits I've observed over a long period (i.e. my family) use it much less as adults than they did as children. When I was young I dutifully glopped it onto all the traditional foods. Now it seems kind of gross: cloying sweetness with a hint of tomato sauce, and it kind of smells like cough syrup. Sweet is fine, and tomato sauce is fine, in the right dish. Neither of those flavors are appealing straight out of a medicine bottle. All the kids I know consume mass quantities, but most adults have more sophisticated taste.
- gnaritas 11y ago
  Kids use it more sure, but most adults still eat ketchup, just on certain dishes like fries for example. That children over do something doesn't make it a child's food.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago

Well it counts as a vegetable in school lunches....

glenra 11y ago
> [ketchup] counts as a vegetable in school lunches... That is a myth. The truth is fairly complex but boils down to that one agency briefly proposed adopting rules that might if adopted have allowed things like pickle relish to "count as a vegetable" in certain contexts. Ketchup was not explicitly listed in the proposed rule and the rule never took effect so we'll never know how local authorities might have used that bit of new flexibility. TL;DR: Ketchup has never counted as a vegetable. (Salsa, on the other hand...) More here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2517/did-the-reagan-era-usda-really-classify-ketchup-as-a-vegetable http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2517/did-the-reagan... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable

aribia 11y ago

The (amusing in its existence) lobbying group for the hot dog industry agrees (scroll down a bit or just search for ketchup) http://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-etiquette http://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-etiquette

jessaustin 11y ago

Most people whose eating habits I've observed over a long period (i.e. my family) use it much less as adults than they did as children. When I was young I dutifully glopped it onto all the traditional foods. Now it seems kind of gross: cloying sweetness with a hint of tomato sauce, and it kind of smells like cough syrup. Sweet is fine, and tomato sauce is fine, in the right dish. Neither of those flavors are appealing straight out of a medicine bottle. All the kids I know consume mass quantities, but most adults have more sophisticated taste.

gnaritas 11y ago
Kids use it more sure, but most adults still eat ketchup, just on certain dishes like fries for example. That children over do something doesn't make it a child's food.