@$#%KETCHUP^&$*
But not just any ketchup! Heinz Ketchup.
So Theresa Heinz-Kerry's legacy and i have very special relationship. It is clearly the standard for which all ketchup should be held to.
No. It is what all ketchup should be. In fact, ALL ketchup should be Heinz Ketchup. I get VERY irritated when restaurants try and save a buck or two by using an inferior brand. But that's in the states.
Today, I met someone from CouchSurfing for lunch at Les Marronniers in the 4th Arrondissment. AND I ORDERED A BURGER. Yes, it was what i wanted, so i ordered a burger in France. For those of you who don't know about the 4th, it is kinda gay. No, it's like really gay. So people like to sit there and people watch, because they have a heated (for the cooler days) outdoor patios.
Anyway, so i sat down and saw a burger on the menu. I realized that, though i was in Paris, i had hardly ever wanted a burger more than at that moment (probably untrue). The burger (as you can see) was beautifully presented and tasted wonderful...ESPECIALLY with the Heinz ketchup they brought out.
I was so happy. It made my day, primarily because i was not expecting to be handed a bottle of Theresa's redness, but at that very moment at that very moment...all was right. I then bought a 205 euro coat.
Goddamnit.
But not just any ketchup! Heinz Ketchup.
So Theresa Heinz-Kerry's legacy and i have very special relationship. It is clearly the standard for which all ketchup should be held to.
No. It is what all ketchup should be. In fact, ALL ketchup should be Heinz Ketchup. I get VERY irritated when restaurants try and save a buck or two by using an inferior brand. But that's in the states.
Today, I met someone from CouchSurfing for lunch at Les Marronniers in the 4th Arrondissment. AND I ORDERED A BURGER. Yes, it was what i wanted, so i ordered a burger in France. For those of you who don't know about the 4th, it is kinda gay. No, it's like really gay. So people like to sit there and people watch, because they have a heated (for the cooler days) outdoor patios.
Anyway, so i sat down and saw a burger on the menu. I realized that, though i was in Paris, i had hardly ever wanted a burger more than at that moment (probably untrue). The burger (as you can see) was beautifully presented and tasted wonderful...ESPECIALLY with the Heinz ketchup they brought out.I was so happy. It made my day, primarily because i was not expecting to be handed a bottle of Theresa's redness, but at that very moment at that very moment...all was right. I then bought a 205 euro coat.
Goddamnit.
2 comments:
i wrote a comment but blogger ate it. today for salonica sunday i had the sirloin "steak" with two eggs over easy (and ketchup, of course, which made everything sooo much better).
gwen would flip if she read this post. have i shown you the article about ketchup and flavor amplitude yet? (is it lame that my responses to all of your blog posts are, "oh, i have this really good article on that actually..."?)
the ketchup conundrum, malcolm gladwell (from the 09/06/04 new yorker)
this is my favorite part:
After breaking the ketchup down into its component parts, the testers assessed the critical dimension of "amplitude," the word sensory experts use to describe flavors that are well blended and balanced, that "bloom" in the mouth.... When something is high in amplitude, all its constituent elements converge into a single gestalt. You can't isolate the elements of an iconic, high-amplitude flavor like Coca-Cola or Pepsi. But you can with one of those private-label colas that you get in the supermarket. "The thing about Coke and Pepsi is that they are absolutely gorgeous," Judy Heylmun, a vice-president of Sensory Spectrum, Inc., in Chatham, New Jersey, says. "They have beautiful notes—all flavors are in balance. It's very hard to do that well..."
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