Catsup?

Good v Evil.  Batman v Superman. Catsup v Ketchup. 

As I am sure many of you know, my Grandma Joyce, lovingly referred to as Joycie Mae, taught me everything I know in the realm of canning. However, it was my Grandma Cornelia, nicknamed Toots, that taught me about Catsup. She didn't make Ketchup, she made Catsup. So I make Catsup. 

I am not one for following trends. If you're gonna name your kid Mary, don't spell it Maireey. Please. It is just confusing and ridiculous. It makes everything harder for teachers, friends' parents, and business meetings. 

Catsup is not a trend. It is a delicious, tomato condiment that you can use on meatloaf, fries, nuggets, burgers, brats, and hot dogs. Can you use ketchup on those same things? Sure. But I would not recommend it. 

I love creating, experimenting, and producing great condiments. I never in a million years thought that I would say "Condiments are my passion", but they kinda are. And they all start the same. I can't find something up to my wickedly high standards in the store, so I experiment and formulate a recipe. I make my kids try it, I make my good friends try it, I make Jim try it. Then I dump it onto the laps of the best kitchen staff in the Universe, and they take it from there. At least in the perfect little world of my mind, that is how it goes. 

Wednesday was a different story. I had to put my hair up, don the dew rag and the Danskos and get in the kitchen. The upscale of the Catsup wasn't quite right. But we figured it out (spoiler alert; it was Jim's fault), and now Catsup is officially in the Chip Magnet/Sauce Appeal line up. 

Sauce Appeal Catsup and Sauce Appeal Spicy Catsup. Coming soon to a store near you.