How many packets of ketchup for your french fries?

@Shar19 (8231)
United States
March 24, 2009 8:19am CST
I need to have ketchup with my french fries. If I'm in a fast food restaurant eating the french fries then I'll usually grab about three packets of ketchup. I've seen some people grab a whole handful. They must really like their ketchup. How many packets of ketchup do you use on your french fries?
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18 responses
• United States
25 Mar 09
maybe i'll use two at the most. but i used to know a lot of people that'd automactically take extra to take home and save on ketchup.
• United States
28 Mar 09
me too and the mayo,if they have it. i'm not as bad as some though. when i worked banquets,i saw an old lady dump an entire bowl of little jelly jars into her purse..twice!you would have laughed if you saw her trying to be inobvious walking out
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
26 Mar 09
I'm guilty of doing that in the past too.
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• United States
24 Mar 09
Im a ketchup hog. I usually take a handfull or two!! My sister is like that too.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
Ah, so that's who steals all the ketchup.
• United States
25 Mar 09
Yep Im guilty :)
• Philippines
25 Mar 09
For a large fries, I use like 4 packets of ketchup
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
26 Mar 09
That sounds like enough.
@Reesers (1387)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I usually take a handful, especially if I'm with someone who likes to take it from me. My mom does that. I'll squeeze enough out and then she'll steal some. I always tell her that if some, she should've picked up some as well but she never listens. Sometimes I won't get as much. It depends on what I'm eating. If I'm eating chicken strips, they usually come with gravy and I may dip some of my fries into that instead.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
Some people just like to share our food.
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
24 Mar 09
Hi, I usually do not take any sauce or ketchup with french fries; the salt is good enough.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I can understand that.
@momoftwo (94)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I love ketchup on my fries! I will usually start with 5 or 6 packets and go back for more if needed. I'll eat them without ketchup.... but they would have to be salty and still wouldn't be the same. Sometimes I like to have mustard to go with the ketchup and fries as well. Does that me wierd? :-)
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
Mustard on fries? Interesting.
@cyfernet (2383)
• United States
28 Mar 09
i use like 2 packets for my french fries. in fast food restaurant i think everywhere they give like 4-5 sachets of ketchup. sometimes i think i would take the french fries to home and pour as many sachets as possible to create ketchup fries ( french fries mixed fully with ketchup).
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
24 Mar 09
If I am eating in I will normally get one cup of ketchup and that will be enough for all of my fries. If I am int he drive thru or taking my food to go I don't normally get ketchup at all. My sister is one of those handful people. She uses a ton of ketchup on her burger and her fries. So much so that sometimes I wonder if she can actually still taste the burger or fries.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I know the type.
• United States
30 Mar 09
As many as it takes, usually about 5 or 6. They need to just put bottles on the table, save us the trouble of opening those minature little packets.
• Chennai, India
24 Mar 09
Just one. French fries taste very good even without ketchup. I just add little to that, if I feel. But my son empties one full bottle of ketchup for two packs of french fries.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
My son eats gobs of ketchup too.
@moneymommy (3418)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I use about 7 I like a lot of ketchup lol.
• United States
24 Mar 09
I seem to eat my french fries with not ketchup. ON the other hand my boyfriend loves ketchup and cant eat french fries with out ketchup and mustard. I'm not sure how many packs he would go through but i would say three of each and hes obsessed with that stuff. He also dips his hamburgers and cheeseburgers in it also. I never saw anyone do this until i met him. he also dips wavy potato chips in ketchup and mustard.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
My daughter doesn't like the ketchup with fries either.
@timhinyy (1653)
• United States
24 Mar 09
i can have them either way with ketchup or without. i'm the same way with chicken mcnuggets i love them with sauce or without. but if i had to give a number i would probably say one. my significant other goes a little crazy with the ketchup on the fries i don't like too much cause it makes such a mess unless you have them on a plate and with people being so busy, you don't usually have time for that.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Mar 09
Thanks for responding.
• Singapore
26 Mar 09
i prefer french fries with chilli sauce than ketchup as I love chilli. Usually for me, I need 4 packets of chilli for a large fries. But I ever went to some western countries where there's no chilli in fast food restaurants. Only then I have no choice but to eat my french fries with ketchup.
@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I can eat my fries either way with or without ketchup but when I do eat ketchup I have to have about 3 maybe 4 packets. I also put pepper on my french fries which is a little weird. The only time I don't put pepper on my fries is if I am also having ice cream of some sort (vanilla soft serve preferably) and then I will dip a few in my ice cream, sounds gross but it is really good tastes kinda like pie crust.
@taface412 (3175)
• United States
25 Mar 09
If I am in a fastfood restaurant whethere it's to go or not I usually take more than I need. It just depends on my mood. But I love ketchup. When I was little I would be entertained for hours with a snack of ketchup bread...which obviously was made up of ketcup and bread. how easy was that for my mom to please me?
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
25 Mar 09
I'm like you..I usually get about three. I have to get a hand full if the girls are with me though. Three a piece. Some people do like a lot of ketchup though.
• United States
25 Mar 09
I usually don't use ketchup. I use to use ALOT like 10 packets (yuck), but now I like to just have the flavor of the french fry instead of ketchup.