Condiments
For many Americans it’s hard to imagine a hot dog without mustard, or a hamburger without ketchup. Some of the condiments that we use with our food are so much a part of the experience of eating that the food seems incomplete without the condiment. Think about tuna fish without mayonnaise. It doesn’t really work does it? Some condiments are … Keep Reading → used on many different types of food. Salt and pepper are an example of this. Many professional chefs add salt and pepper to virtually everything they make. Americans aren’t the only culture to love their condiments. If you eat sushi you will more than likely be looking for soy sauce to go with it. Likewise teriyaki is used in the preparation of many cooked foods in Japan. Most foods that we eat benefit from a condiment in some way. Even lamb goes well with mint. The condiments we like are influenced in large part by the culture we grow up with. We may not all agree on which condiment is best, but we all have condiments that we love.
