I remember it well On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 10:05 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> From the Salt Lake Tribune this morning: > > > On Wednesday, Heinz asked American condiment lovers to decide— through a > Twitter poll — if it should start selling Mayochup, a premade blend of > mayonnaise and ketchup, in the United States. (According to the Evening > Standard, a British newspaper, it’s been sold in Persian Gulf countries, > like Dubai, for a couple of years.) The Twitter feed for Heinz > Ketchup(@HeinzKetchup_US) posted this poll Wednesday: “Want #mayochup in > stores? 500,000 votes for “yes” and we’ll release it to you saucy > Americans.” > > Less than 24 hours after the poll was posted, more than 470,000 people had > voted— with 55 percent approving of the product and 45 percent saying “Nah, > I’ll make my own.” > > As anyone with a connection to Utah and its signature foods knows, the > founder of Arctic Circle restaurants created this pink concoction in the > 1950s as an alternative dipping sauce for french fries. Since then, almost > every Utah restaurant has developed its own version using ketchup and > mayonnaise— and sometimes pickle relish and spices. > > While huge in Utah, fry sauce remains mostly a mystery outside the state. >
