I mean, really. Why? One ketchup packet handles two french fries, maybe three. If I'm at McDonald's I have to grab a dozen packets to cover a large order of fries, and it makes me feel like a heel to do it.
And it's not even efficient. There's so little ketchup in each packet that 10 percent ends up on the packet where I tore it open due to surface tension or non-Newtonian flow or some other scientific principle. Who designed these things?
Is the problem me? Do I use too much ketchup? Or is the problem a society that makes me a villain for using ketchup? [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
My wife left the rice farm and took a job sewing in a sweatshop in Manila. When payday came around on a Friday she and the girls would splurge on a small fry at the new Mcdonalds that had just arrived there. Nothing else really sold well at first but french fries. So they add chicken wings to the menu to compete with Jollibee and Crackado took off in the PI.
Jollibee is a strange sight to behold. Who puts spaghetti on the menu at a fast food joint? [Reply]
the size and shape of the ketchup packet is related to the original machine that made them. I think the guy that originally came up with the ketchup packet was making packets for sugar. Maybe tea. Something like that.
Someone asked him if he could make ketchup packets? So he used basically the same size packet, but put ketchup in there.
I like Ketchup! for burgers though, its usually half ketchup and half Tapatio sauce. Its what i do. On fries too, but i dont always. just depends on if i feel like it. [Reply]
Back in hs worked at Dairy Queen
Kids would grab a handful of ketchup packets and take them out to the parking lot and jam them under a tire of their car. When they backed out, packets busted and shot ketchup all over the car next to them.
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I used to get a hot dog after playing the front nine. The mustard and relish packets were the perfect amount for a standard dog. I think it's just coincidence since they're the same size as the ketchup packets. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
I never knew until recently that you can pull these things apart.
Me too! One of those things that are done for a purpose but few people even know about that purpose. I use that just to expand the cup, it makes dipping much easier. This guy only opens 1/2 of the folds to get more into each cup:
