Re: [CH] Gourmet Chili/Salsa Products/Program
jmlane@ibm.net
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:33:21 PST
** Reply to note from =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com> Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:15:56 -0500
>
> At 10:01 PM 1/26/98 -0700, John G. Zemek wrote:
SNIP
> >An interesting fact is that salsas are the largest selling condiment in
> >the United States. They outsell ketchup!!
> >
>
> It's only interesting until you think about it. Salsas and ketchup are
> consumed in completely different ways. When was the last time you and a
> couple of friends sat down and consumed an entire bottle of ketchup at one
> sitting? It's like comparing the sales volume of beer to cooking oil.
This actually happened _commercially_ for the first time about 10 years
ago. The reality is that salsa has been the most used condiment sauce in
the US for far longer. As others have mentioned there's a whole lotta
home-made salsaing going on!
Your comparison of beer to cooking oil is interesting but is not correct.
Beer and wine, corn oil and olive oil would have been better. Further,
salsa and ketchup are used in very similar ways... on eggs, potatos,
hamburgers, hotdogs... So their use is not completely different... there is
a large overlap which is why they have are compared.
Just illuminating a few corners.
Jim Lane
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