Bringing your own condiments?!!

[Toddlerteaplease]

Was at a pub quiz last night and one of our team decided to order food. But they didn't have any mint sauce to go on his mushy peas. So he went out to his car and bought back an A4 document wallet crammed full of sachets of different sauces that he's taken from other places. Does anyone else actually do this?! The rest of us couldn't quite believe it.

Oh yes! When dc were younger and we used to do a lot of caravan and chalet holidays, I kept a great stash of all sorts of condiment sachets to take with us, collected over months and months. Mustard, vinegar, salad cream, mayo, tartare sauce, ketchup, HP sauce, salt & pepper, brown & white sugar, barbecue sauce, the lot. Whatever I could find, you name it, we had it. I don't ever remember finding any mint sauce ones though.

I normally have a few in my bag, mainly from McDonald's, also my own cutlery. And a straw and teaspoon as can't stand paper or wooden ones

If there's something you must have then it makes sense to have a couple stashed in your handbag (or coat pocket in dh's case).

Same but then never actually use them!!!!

I've just remembered the pot of sugar sachets in my parent's kitchen cupboard. 🤣

I admit to have a stash of condiment sachets in my bag. They've rescued a meal out many a time!

I pretty much always have mayo sachets on me, I like mayo on stuff & prefer Heinz!

My boss has a large and varied condiment stash in his desk drawer. Another colleague has emergency tinned fish.

I don’t see anything wrong with it 🤷‍♀️ It was in his car anyway, I thought you were going to say he dumped the contents of his kitchen cupboard on the table as soon as you arrived 😂 I just couldn’t get worked up about it.

My sibling always has sachets and spare straws in glovebox

Guilty ! We have mini ketchup and mayo jars . We often have fish and chips by the sea and Ds is not happy without them and they are usually 50p for a tiny portion.

I have a condiment stash in the car, partly allergy related but mostly I just don’t want bland food

I don't use condiments so no need to carry but DD keeps ketchup and salt in her car.

The only odd thing about the man in the OP is that he brought a folder in front of the car rather than the sachet he needed.

Black pepper sachets are my thing - I pick them up all over the place. Also salt & brown sugar. I used to take Heinz ketchup but recently discovered Rubies in the Rubble which is far superior - haven’t seen it in packets as yet.

Yehhhh I may keep some ketchup and mayo in the car!

I am seriously impressed with your friend !
I tend to have a couple kicking around at home but rarely take them out with me then curse if I want them.
I'd like to be your friends friend .

ps show him this thread so he knows he's not alone 😃

I'm clearly the only one that has never heard of putting mint sauce on mushy peas! Is this regional? I've lived in the UK 20yrs and never seen this done. Do you serve this with lamb or fish???

I do this. Partly They are used regularly. Especially paper straws.

Genius.

I was at a very nice hotel once with access to the lounge of all lounges. With food you can only dream of, no menues or anything. Mostly business people. There was one American man by himself, suit and tie, who brought his own huge jar of peanut butter to breakfast every morning. No shame, he just pulled it out of his briefcase and put it next to his plate.

Well if you’ve got it, flaunt it!

I don’t have a condiment wallet…yet. But I’m going to start compiling one.

Was he once a Boy Scout?

To be fair, American peanut butter is vairy naice.

Oh I didn’t judge. Will have to try American peanut butter now actually!

🤣🤣