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How do restaurants get away with not refrigerating ketchup?

Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:30 pm
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:30 pm
When the same stuff you bring home says to refrigerate after opening?
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52483 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:31 pm to
Because the packets aren’t open?
Posted by 50407Tiger
Member since Oct 2019
1227 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:31 pm to
Adds flavor....
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
34180 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
Mustard says that too



It's called cya.


You don't have to refrigerate either.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
164676 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
Rats. I just gave my chef, sous chef, and the kitchen staff the weekend off, otherwise I’d get a quick answer. Excited to devour one of those (what I would usually find ghastly) frozen pizzas tonight!
Posted by bogart
Member since Dec 2013
1285 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
Cause they have hundreds of customers a day and go through it really quick.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24254 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
Lol do you throw away things on their expiration date too, sheep?
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
quote:

Because the packets aren’t open?


I'm obviously talking fine dining like Chilis or Outback.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
18905 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
quote:

How do restaurants get away with not refrigerating ketchup?



are you 5, ketchup is for kids ? Refrigerating the stuff makes it worse. Do you refrigerate mustard and hot sauces too, they recommend refrigeration ?
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98455 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:32 pm to
Does it say that? I never refrigerate ketchup
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56332 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:33 pm to
Vinegar will keep damn near anything from spoiling.
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
38480 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:33 pm to
Because cold ketchup tastes like crap on tater tots.
Posted by summersausage
Member since Jul 2010
1959 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:34 pm to
I love ketchup cold
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
40888 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:34 pm to
A good seafood place always has one of those big mayonnaise squirt bottles full of tartar sauce.
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
14503 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:35 pm to
Same reason why restaurants leave opened bottles of ketchup on the table
The acidity keeps it shelf stable.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52483 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:36 pm to
Damn.

Brain farted that response.

The real reason is that you are told to refrigerate for quality purposes, not micro/food safety.

Restaurants go through so much ketchup it’s not an issue.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
37866 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:36 pm to
Adult males shouldn't be consuming ketchup


That stuff is for five year olds
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:37 pm to
The ketchup you see in the Hienz bottle isn’t really Hienz Ketchup either.

Think about that.

They refill those Heinz bottles daily with cheap generic ketchup.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
151050 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:37 pm to
Only barbarians refrigerate ketchup
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
40888 posts
Posted on 4/25/20 at 5:37 pm to
That’s fraud.
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