American recipes with ketchup?

tom26 · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:38

I went to Bodeans diner in London the other day and had an amazing pulled pork sandwich. I've found a couple of recipes online for pulled pork but found they're all American and contain ketchup as a main ingredient for the sauce. Does anyone know if what America class as ketchup in these recipes is the same as what we class as ketchup? Just seems a bit weird that you can put anything upto a cup of ketchup into a recipe...

Swordfish · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:33

Plain old tommy sauce I believe.

Glaucus · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:45

Yep, lots of recipes call for ketchup.

I really want to try American eat loaf smothered in a ketchup derived sauce.

vicisthebest · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:07

Loads of BBQ sauce recipes have a lot of ketchup in don't they. Seems a common ingredient in US-style cooking.

winks2 · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:52

Being an American i can say, British beef does not taste the same as USDA American Beef. British beef is a bit bland and "mealy" where as American beef has a "steak" kind of flavor, you can taste the blood more? It just has more flavor/flavour. That being said, Sloppy Joes is an American staple that incorporates Ketchup in its recipe. Yeah Meatloaf topped with Ketchup is delicious! Especially when you apply the Ketchup after the meatloaf has been cooking in the oven, and then place it back in the oven to have the ketchup topping glaze a bit, makes a nice "cracklin" crunchiness. Good ol' Heinz Ketchup

will work a treat... although I have noticed a bit of a difference in taste between American and British Heinz Ketchup... interesting fact, you won't find Heinz Beans

stateside whereas here it seems to be a quintessential ingredient here. Hope this helps...

HamZilla · 23 Jul 2011 at 13:24

Being an avid fan of Triple Ds on Food Network, a lot of sauces and marinades incorporate ketchup and worcestershercester sauce.

jellybeard999 · 23 Jul 2011 at 13:44

winks2 said:
British beef does not taste the same as USDA American Beef. British beef is a bit bland and "mealy" where as American beef has a "steak" kind of flavor, you can taste the blood more?

Surely that's more down to the cut or how it's cooked?

Skidder · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:08

it's basically tomato, sugar and vinegar. can be an excellent ingredient, my favourite recipe for sweet and sour / kung po calls for loads of it

Bear · 24 Jul 2011 at 12:56

jellybeard999 said:
Surely that's more down to the cut or how it's cooked?

I think so, to me food in the US is more about quantity than quality. That said a lot of supermarket meat here is of average quality. I do love Aberdeen Angus though.

Doctor McNinja · 24 Jul 2011 at 19:04

jellybeard999 said:
Surely that's more down to the cut or how it's cooked?

I seem to remember reading that American cows are fed differently to British cows. If memory serves, American cows eat more grain, specifically corn. Which gives the meat a sweeter, "beefier" taste and a yellow hue to the fat.

winks2 · 24 Jul 2011 at 21:54

Doctor McNinja said:
I seem to remember reading that American cows are fed differently to British cows. If memory serves, American cows eat more grain, specifically corn. Which gives the meat a sweeter, "beefier" taste and a yellow hue to the fat.

Yeah that is my understanding as well...