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AIBU?

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to think that it's just wrong to serve bacon sandwiches without

193 replies

ShadowStar · 24/08/2014 14:23

Tomato ketchup?

Had lunch at a relatives house today. They gave us bacon sandwiches, but only supplied brown sauce (travesty!). When I politely asked if there was any tomato ketchup, I just got a blank look followed by "well, I suppose we might have some tomato puree in the back of the cupboard".

AIBU to think that bacon sandwiches need tomato ketchup and it's just wrong to not even offer any?

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EvansOvalPiesYumYum · 24/08/2014 14:36

I hate ketchup and brown sauce. So do my children. Therefore, we would choose not to eat it, and consequently do not buy it.

I find it annoying when people are invited round for lunch, BBQs, etc, and then start asking for extra condiments.
eg, "Have you got some cheese for this burger" or "have you got ketchup for this sausage". Or (the best yet: I don't like beer/wine/juice/water (sparkling or still)/ squash or fizzy pop - have you got some bitter lemon). Confused
NO I BLOODY WELL HAVEN'T - if I had, it would have been provided.

If I go to someone's house, I eat (and drink) what I am given.

So yes, you are being completely Unreasonable. Grin
PS - this is a light-hearted thread, I assume?

BunnyLebowski · 24/08/2014 14:37

Butter on both sides then ketchup on one and mayo on the other. DP calls it ghetto marie rose Grin .

Brown sauce is utterly foul. On everything.

ShadowStar · 24/08/2014 14:37

Mayonnaise on bacon sandwiches? That's even worse than brown sauce.

FYI, the bacon was served hot in white buttered bread.

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magimedi · 24/08/2014 14:37

Never with bacon sarnies, but always with scrambled egg on toast.

ShadowStar · 24/08/2014 14:39

EvansOvalPies - yes, of course it's light hearted. It would be the height of unreasonableness for me to sit sulking in a corner because of the sad lack of tomato ketchup Wink

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AngusAndElspethsThistleWhistle · 24/08/2014 14:41

YANBU...I love ketchup and bacon!

Evan no cheese for a burger at a bbq? Or condiments? Do you have posh barbecues or just very plain ones? What do you provide to drink?

BolshierAyraStark · 24/08/2014 14:42

YABU-has to be brown sauce or actual tomatoes.

TaliZorahVasNormandy · 24/08/2014 14:43

YABU, sauce ruins bacon.

That said, I hate you now Grin

catgirl1976 · 24/08/2014 14:43

Has to be BBQ for me

Notso · 24/08/2014 14:43

No sauce, sauce mings.

Bread has to lightly toasted, thickly buttered and the bacon smoked and very, very crispy.

Worst bacon butty is floppy, fatty bacon, white sliced bread and ketchup
[vom face]

Charlieboo30 · 24/08/2014 14:45

Mayonnaise?! On a hot bacon sandwich?! No, just no. Brown sauce all the way here!

idahobeachhouse · 24/08/2014 14:45

YABVU

KoalaDownUnder · 24/08/2014 14:46

YABU!!

BBQ sauce only.

EvansOvalPiesYumYum · 24/08/2014 14:46

What do you provide to drink?
Just about everything except bitter lemon Grin

EvansOvalPiesYumYum · 24/08/2014 14:47

Bacon sandwich - just butter, nothing else needed!

mumwithovertime · 24/08/2014 14:48

Another northerner here...........can't stand tomato sauce !

When we have bacon sandwiches I have a thin layer of philadelphia ( or any other brand of cream cheese !) spread on both pieces of bread !

Andrewofgg · 24/08/2014 14:48

Phone 999 and you could end up on one of those recordings the police issue about misuse - your [rather less than] fifteen minutes of fame!

SconeRhymesWithGone · 24/08/2014 14:48

Scottish morning roll. Butter. Bacon. That's all I need.

magimedi · 24/08/2014 14:53

Scone You are making me jealous with morning rolls. And Aberdeen butteries are amazing with bacon.

EBearhug · 24/08/2014 15:01

I like a bacon butty with the butter that has had mushrooms fried in it soaking into the bread, then just the bacon.

No sauce. Although scrambled egg is okay. Well, my scrambled egg is okay. I'm not sure about work's scrambled egg. It has a tendency to rubbery lumps.

tilliebob · 24/08/2014 15:06

No sauce on bacon sarnies/rolls - ever! Anything else is just wrong

thegreylady · 24/08/2014 15:06

Hot white buttered bread...YES
Bacon (lots)...YES
Brown sauce...maybe
Ketchup...preferably not :)

brainwashed · 24/08/2014 15:06

Brown sauce in bacon sandwiches, ketchup in sausage ones, obviously!

juliascurr · 24/08/2014 15:10

tomato puree?
what fresh hell is this?

OnlyLovers · 24/08/2014 15:10

YABU. Bacon sandwiches shouldn't be interfered with by adding sauce of any kind, and definitely not butter.

Good white bread.
Bacon.

That's it.