Ketchup on ( almost) everything ?
By ibuemma
@ibuemma (2953)
United States
August 27, 2009 5:28pm CST
For the last 3 months, my youngest daughter , she put ketchup almost on everything she eat, except waffle, ice cream and cereal. Beside those 3, she has to have ketchup on her food. Name it, Pizza, chicken, pasta, rice. Sometimes I got a strange look, when we eat in the restaurant and my daughter start asking ketchup for her macaroni and cheese.
Last month I have to buy the 64 oz ketchup bottle just for her. And I just wonder when she's finally done with this ketchup fever?
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16 responses
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
28 Aug 09
I never heard of such a thing for a child so young. That is very strange. This brings me to a remembrance of a grown adult who loved ketchup and he put it on everything including Ice Cream. I would think in a month or so she will get tired of the ketchum or maybe she will end up like the guy from my past who put it on everything. I hope not for your sake what happens if you don't give it too her?
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
28 Aug 09
I can't believe it! I have to say I never heard of a baby that young even eating ketchum. How did this come about?
@kevchua (1004)
• Malaysia
28 Aug 09
Hi ibuemma, I understand that every mother loves her children and would do anything to make them happy. The act of going to another restaurant just to get the ketchup will give a child the impression that using ketchup is the best way to eat food. It also gives the impression that she could "control" her mom. I'm concerned about the ketchup obsession which your child has, and I hope something could be done. I think it is something to be worried about. Maybe something's missing - I don't know, but I doubt it's normal. Please correct me if I'm wrong about this. Thanks.
@danifagre (2)
• United States
30 Aug 09
My husband is the exact same way. He puts ketchup on just about everything. And on the few things he doesn't use ketchup, he's most likely using some other sauce/condiment. He likes them more than the food he's putting them on I think. And when it comes to ketchup, he insists it has to be Heinz, he can't use any other brand of ketchup. I've never known anyone else to be as obsessed with ketchup, and condiments in general, as my husband.
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
28 Aug 09
Ketchup on almost everything? Absolutely! Well, I don't have the stuff on eggs, that's definitely not a match made in heaven! I am so used to ketchup now and it would seem strange to have to live without it. I'm not sure that I take to it on pizza or anything like that. I also love barbeque sauce but I don't favour it as much as I do the ketchup. I love the squeezy ketchup bottles rather than the ones that you have to turn upside down and slap the bottom constantly to get the stuff out! Andrew
@velveteenbunny0 (13)
• United States
29 Aug 09
This is not uncommon my husband eats ketup on everything and always have. His doctor told him ketup is an addiction many people get as a child. Now our 2year old is following my husbands foot steps. They even eat ketups chips together. The doctor says its okay as long as we watch the acid levels.
@littleme16ga (360)
• United States
28 Aug 09
She might not grow out of it. I'm her now I put ketchup on everything too. It's not a bad thing just a taste that I happen to love with everything, almost. I keep my fridge stocked with the huge bottle from costco. I love ketchup too!
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
27 Mar 10
LOL Kids go through those fazes all the time. I remember several years ago I went through a faze that grossed out everyone...I was crazy for sandwiches made of ham lunchmeat and grape jelly. It lasted about 2 weeks before it finally went away. When I was in my early 20's I went through a Doritos and 7-Up faze for about 6 months...thats all I ate. Thankfully I'm not so bad now but we all go through them every now and then.
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@us2owls (1681)
• United States
27 Aug 09
Let her enjoy her ketchup. My youngest grandson was pretty much the same. No matter what kind of sandwich he had - the ketchup was thicker than the sandwich. Often if you asked him what kind of sandwich he wanted he would say Ketchup. He grew out of the phase rather quickly because no one really questioned him about it or commented on it so he figured he wasn't getting any attention from it.
@kmaram (2533)
• Philippines
28 Aug 09
Hi there, well let your daughter enjoy what she is eating, ketchup really a good companion especially with fried food, i remember my classmate before she put ketchup in her rice, she can eat just the two. Well i also love eating fried chicken, fish and other fried food with ketchup, well have budget for your daughter's ketchup heheh keep on mylotting
@kevchua (1004)
• Malaysia
28 Aug 09
While putting ketchup enhances the taste of food, excessive use of it is not healthy. I believe that ketchup (tomato, chili or whatever) contains lots of chemicals and preservatives, thus is not good for health. Therefore, we should discourage our children from turning it into an unhealthy habit. Perhaps someone could share with us how best to help people with "ketchup obsession".
Cheers!
@Roxanne2009 (39)
• United States
28 Aug 09
Yea, I don't think it's a problem. My neice used to do the same thing. At one point she would have she would use her frenchfries to scoop up the ketchup and eat it. lol. She didn't even eat the frenchfries. Now she still likes ketchup but it's more normal, I guess you can say. I think alot of kids have a taste for ketchup for some reason. Give it time, it'll probably go away.
@marctiu (829)
• Philippines
28 Aug 09
Ketchup is one of the most special sauce ever made just to match up with everything. It is very useful to strengthen the taste of food which has no taste at all. In fact, many food are nothing without ketchup, like French Fries, Burgers, and other foods. You don't have to worry with your kid eating to much ketchup because its just tomato, But a little reminder ketchup contains a lot of sodium so if possible advise your daughter to lessen the ketchup diet.
This I want to share because here in our country, we usually have ketchup in our table especially during meals and one of my instructor warn us on eating too much ketchup. It's just that the content of sodium in ketchup is high and that's the only problem, because this can lead to many complications of Hypernatremia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypernatremia
@jules67 (2788)
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
Hi ibuemma. I do love ketchup as well. Like your daughter , I put ketchup almost on everything. Sometimes, I would remove or eat the soup from the macaroni soup. And after that, I would put ketchup therefore making it a like a spaghetti. Weird, don't you think. But I really love the taste. And besides, ketchup is healthy.
@ginahinderliter (270)
• United States
1 Sep 09
My now 12 year old niece did that when she was younger put Ketchup on everything also. She now wont even use ketchup