Ketchup or catsup.
Have any of you ever tried Banana ketchup?
I haven’t. Our local ( walkable distance from our cottage ) Manila Oriental Market, we call ‘Mom’s’ carries a few.
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I do but add an additional step of roasting it on a metal grill over the stove to get a slight burn.
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You can ifnd it on the shelves of supermarkets here, I’ve got a bottle in my fridge now.
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do let us know your thoughts on this condiment.
next fall, when i am inundated with bananas and the neighbors won’t take any more, i may have to resort to making banana ketchup.
eagerly await your review.
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It’s July so time to cook that extra turkey we got last Thanksgiving.
I’ve gotten pretty good at deboning but the legs are too much trouble so I grilled them outside while the rest of it cooked in the oven.
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Not a fun post, but just in case anyone hasn’t seen this, Boar’s Head has recalled a bunch of deli meats over a listeria contamination. The main culprit is Liverwurst. Which I bought recently. And fed to my dogs. And they got sick. And now I’m pretty sure this is why. They’re fine, by the way, but they threw up a couple of times over a couple of days.
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Thanks! We also have a recall thread, if you’d like to repost that there…
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Sorry about the dogs, but they are able to vomit much more easily than humans and have a gut biome that’s much better at digesting carrion too.
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Thanks! I didn’t know that existed.
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Glad your pups are ok!
Removed the next part because this is a food thread! If you are curious, I made a comment in the recall thread
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Banana Ketchup update.
Happy to report that I like it!
Savory sweet. Very thick ( hard to get to of the bottle )
The spicy one is spicy, but no too much to my palette. Artificial banana flavor?
And I worry is that it has food coloring.
I would rather have it ‘banana’ colored.
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now you’ve gone and piqued my interest.
will attemp a version of this when the nanners come in this fall.
i’m wondering what type of chili pepper to incorporate, habanero, red finger chili, or serrano? 'cos you know i’ll make it spicy!
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Artificial banana flavor?
Often this molecule:
Look at this molecule. Just look at it.
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isn’t that amyl a byproduct of beer brewing, sometimes? iirc, it has something to do with the yeast being too warm during fermentation? can also give off the plastic-y “bandaid” flavor.
i remember certain batches of Red Hook ESB, when it was still brewed solely in Fremont, the 21oz bottles were sometimes referred to as “banana beer” for that peculiar flavor.
that was a long time ago.
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That molecule is pentyl acetate or amyl acetate. Isoamyl acetate has a branch, as seen on the wikipedia page. Apparently the branch there is what make it a banana thing versus other fruit flavors.
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Good catch! Fixed. I must have fracked it/cracked it in previous cut and paste.
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I don’t know the flavour of red finger or serrano to make a call, but I think habnero fruitiness would go well with bannana, sugar and vinegar…
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Stop it! Don’t encourage him! He needs no pushing towards the hottest pepper.
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