Do you prefer warm ketchup on your burgers and fries?

Interesting question.

But now that I think of it—fries warm to hot, ketchup cold and plentiful.

I prefer mustard on my burger. Not a huge fan of ketchup but will sometimes use a little for fries.

Cold.

Warm, absolutely! I used to keep my ketchup in the refrigerator, but learned it’s not necessary so I keep it in the cupboard now. But when it was refrigerator-cold, I would often heat it in the microwave for french fries. Otherwise, I just had cold fries.

Cold hurts my teeth, so I prefer room temperature.

@chyna Off topic, but do you use whitening toothpaste? If you do that might be causing your tooth sensitivity.

Yes, and I do think that’s the issue.
Oh and I don’t put ketchup on my fries, I use ranch dressing, also at room temperature.

@chyna I highly recommend using regular toothpaste and whitening just every 3–6 months with whitening strips or gel for a few days. Your teeth might be sensitive for another reason, but worth a try the next time you buy toothpaste. It could take a good 6–8 weeks before they feel better if they are very sensitive.

I like a room temp mixture of BBQ sauce & ranch dressing for both.

@chyna You may already know this, but for the benefit of those who don’t—in some places it is standard to use mayonaise, ranch dressing, or something similar on fries. Especially in the Benelux / “low” countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg).

They are next to France, and have the Friesian islands off their northern shore. If the Freisian Islands extended to neighboring coast of France, those’d be the French Friesian Islands!

So, Ketchup or vinegar with Potato Latkes, Dutch Baby potato pancakes, hash browns and tater tots—but everyone should try some white condiment such as Ranch Dressing or Mayo for fries, and siriacha or maple mustard for sweet potato fries.

I never though about that. I’ll take it any which way that I can get it.

Cold, I like the contrast.

Definitely cold! I too like the contast.

I never noticed. I take it at whatever temperature it is served.

I don’t usually have hamburgers at home, where the ketchup would be refrigerated. If I have a burger in a restaurant, the ketchup is usually room temperature. I like that when the ketchup is room temperature, it doesn’t cool off the food.

Room temp is where it usually is. And that’s OK by me.

First of all, fries require mayonnaise.
Second, it does not matter, as the heat of the food will bring up the condiments temperature.

@ragingloli is correct. When I was in Belgium nobody used ketchup. And the Belgian fries were the best.

@Caravanfan is right, as is @ragingloli

They use mayonnaise in the Benelux countries,.

And the Dutch and Belgians are just south of the FRIIESian islands,

If the Friesian islands stretched over to France, they’d be the French Friesian islands,

I prefer ketchup cold.

I also do not like plain ketchup.
It needs to be either of the Curry or BBQ variant.

@Brian1946

Addendum: if the food is too hot for immediate consumption, I also like my sauce cold.
That way, it acts as a yummy cooling agent and allows me to start scarfing right away! ;-D

Depends on the fries.

McDonalds? No catsup.
Red Robin? Ranch sauce.
Burger King, Jack In The Box, or Carl’s Jr? Throw those vile things away.
Quarter pound? Warm catsup.
Outback? Cold catsup.

Tis the night after Easter and all through the house, Not a creature is stirring.

But the cat’s up.

^groa-oa-oan!

I prefer mine warm.

Does anybody remember Brook’s catsup? That was my favorite. The water tower in the town of origin looked like the bottle.