Ketchup or no ketchup on fish fry

[Big Tom]

eat'em like you like'em. For me, that's as nasty as light beer.

[Beast26]

ketchup? bwah..... if you have to use ketchup or anything else on fish you aren't cooking it right. IMO

[LakeoftheWoods]

I usually eat it with tartar and lemon. But if thats not available, then by all means Ketchup it is

and i am quite a bit older than 12 thank you very much. Nor am I inbred

[Steve Foss]

Just had a fish fry and my buddie. He makes fun of me for using ketchup on my fish/cocktail sauce. Am I weird or do people eat fish with ketchup. My buddie made me post this.

Leave that ketchup FAR behind. Ketchup is for people who like the taste of ketchup and don't like the taste of what they're putting it on.

[Beast26]

I usually eat it with tartar and lemon. But if thats not available, then by all means Ketchup it is

and i am quite a bit older than 12 thank you very much. Nor am I inbred

To each his own. I like ketchup but I wouldn't put it near fish because I wouldn't want to taint the flavor. My guess is that people that put ketchup on fish also put it on their eggs (ick - IMO)

[PEATMOSS]

I once had a friend over for a walleye dinner. I had caught a limit of beautiful 16"ers that very morning, filleted them right outa the livewell and prepared them lightly breaded and artfully seasoned.

At dinner,this buffoon got up from my table, walked to my fridge, brought back a bottle of ketchup and blasted a 3" high glob of this hideous red goo smack in the middle of the plate. He then took his fork and cut off a small chunk of this beautiful golden fillet and shoved it to the bottom of the ketchup pile, spun his fork around several times what he shoved in his yap had to be about 3/4 ketchup.

If it wasn't for the fact that I have spent most of my adult life working in jails and prisons, I probably would not have had the restraint to keep from impaling his dinner fork in the back of his neck. Instead, I calmly got up, went to the fridge and grabbed out 3 hot dogs, threw them in the microwave for a minute then walked over to him, dumped the 'dogs on his plate and reposessed what was left of the fish.

I guess you can put me down as a NO!

[Big Tom]

If it wasn't for the fact that I have spent most of my adult life working in jails and prisons,

Funny you bring this up. I was kind of thinkin' folks that use ketchup on everything have either spent alot of time eating institutional food or had a mom that couldn't boil water.

[PEATMOSS]

I bring my own dinner.

[jnorm1984]

ketchup is an addictive condiment, but i will say when it comes 2 fish, never really felt the need to put ketchup on it myself, maybe a lil butter 4 me, but it depends how ya make it. Everyone has a preference, but if you wanna put ketchup on your fish, more power 2 ya, u keep it, u eat it!

[DarthBaiter]

Mix ketchup and miracle whip together, not mayo, only miracle whip and ketchup.... great for dipping fish. So I guess that would count as a yes vote for ketchup.

With that said, fresh fish especially panfish in the winter has to be nothing but fried to perfection and eaten with absolutely NOTHING on it. Leftovers then maybe it's ok. However if it's fried right there isn't a such thing as leftovers now is there??

[zepman]

Ketchup on fish...no way.

[snoozebutton]

I use ketchup on a lot of things (including eggs and mac and cheese) but not fish. Might be okay though.

[Jim Almquist]

French fries YES On a Hamburger maybe but on fish NEVER. If your fish taste that bad that you find the need to put Ketchup on them they should have been put in the garbage can and not served or you might want to take a look at a cook book and see what you are doing wrong when it comes to your fish frying abilities.

[Cicada]

I wouldn't use ketchup of fish. Once in a while, I will use it on hambergers and that's about it. A bottle can last for almost a year in my fridge. For fish, I like dill dip that you get in the produce section.

[Riich]

Ketchup is for french fries.

[Surface Tension]

Fried fish eaten without a condiment at my home.

Well maybe a squeeze of lemon on fried smelt just before the salt hits them.

If I have some left over fried fish I'll make a sandwich with lettuce, mayo or tater sauce on toast.

I use a finishing sauce that goes over the fish that was broiled, boiled, or grilled. Most times that is a reduction of what the fish was cooked in. Could be honey mustard, B-bq suase, dill butter, garlic butter and so on.

So no ketchup here. I do like canned sardines in Louisiana hot sauce or mustard but they are cooked in it.

I like my Heinz 57 on french fries.

[LakeoftheWoods]

I don't understand why you guys think we are "covering up" the taste of the fish with the ketchup. Its more about adding multiple notes and flavors to food. Or enhancing the flavor if you will I love food with many different flavors in one. If you are so unrefiend that you cannot appreciate that...you may be the 12 year olds. This is coming from a guy trained in culinary arts.

[icehousebob]

My bride likes lemon on her fish, and my flavor of choice is malt vinagar. Anything else is ABOMINATION!! Of course, my daughter, the doctor(who is single and available) once cooked us some trout in a tangarine sauce that was amazing. Sounds strange but she's a great cook.(And she's unmarried and available).

[MarkAlm]

NEVER!! I dont even think it should be used on a hamburger! I would quit fishing if it meant having to use ketchup .

[paceman]

I use ketchup on lots of foods. I have used it on fish if they are prepared with a bland breading. It does help enhance the flavors...

[DTro]

I really like ketchup, never had it with fish, but I bet it works.

For those of you eating it on everything. take a gander at the label on the back.

It's nearly 1/3 sugar

[deadeye]

I dont really see the need for it. Its kind of like steak for me. If its cooked right there is no need for any kind of sauce. It just masks the taste. I could see it being used if its burned or has a bad flavor, but I don't let anyone else cook my fish for me so I never had to try it.

[mabr]

WOW I never realized this would be such a hot button to some. Just to make sure my thought on the subject was correct IN MY MIND I just fried up 4 fresh (Not frozen)walleyes out of MilleLacs to do my test test. Battered in eggs, breaded with shore lunch and fried to a beautiful golden brown. My favorite way by the way.

Gave the wife hers with her mayo on the side and I took mine with ketchup on the side and mayo. I tried it all three ways plain, ketchup and mayo. I admit plain was good, But after eating so much I needed a change so id switch to ketchup for a lil while then go back to the plain. The Mayo, Forget it I hated it. Never did try tarter sauce as I dont like it with anything. Never thought about putting butter on it, Im going to try that next time. I love butter on everything else so why not fish.

Oh, im not 12, not inbred, never been arrested or incarcerated and I dont put it on my eggs either! Forgot to say I dont put steak sauce on a steak either!

[knoppers]

I tryed the butter thing on the grill, and did not care for it. if I don't have tarter sauce, I will use miracle whip. and of course salt and pepper, and sometimes a little cajun spices in the batter.

dang, now I am hungry for fish.

[Mr. Sheephead]

Absolutly hilarious. Stuck in the house because of a blizzard. Reading your responses was the most fun I have had all day. Looks like my friend can keep making fun of me for using ketchup on my fish. (No ketchup on fish) wins. Thanks to all my ketchup eating brothers out there. My vacation is about over back to school on Monday. Teaching sex education to freshman. MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!