Semi-Rad: A Big Wet Kiss

I have frequently plugged the amazing website Semi-Rad. Brendan Leonard promotes his 11-year-old blog with a weekly email you can subscribe to at the bottom of almost any page by clicking “Subscribe to the Semi-Rad email newsletter,” which he calls the Friday Inspiration. I can’t recall a week without at least one amazing link. Recently, there were two:

A hearty round of applause described by its poster as “This is literally the funniest thing I have seen in 2 years.”

And, a link to the story of ketchup: When Every Ketchup But One Went Extinct - Gastro Obscura. If you’ve known me for a long time (password―open-mouth ketchup bottle; you know who you are), you’ll know ketchup is near and dear to my heart.

Comments

[Clark Smith]

A fascinating article on ketchup that put me in mind of your mother's Blue Ribbon ketchup, to say mothing of her incredible dill pickles. I was disappointed when the article left off decades before the ads featuring Carly Simmons' "Anticipation" with slow motion Heinz Ketchup footage -- one of the great TV ads of the late '60s.
If you're traveling outside the US, you'll find there is no real Heinz Ketchup. They call it to-mah-to sauce and it's sweet and boring, much like our own tomato paste. I discovered the secret of converting it into USA-style ketchup. You simply blend in about 20% granulated garlic powder. I always pack a food funnel and a bowl for this purpose.

[pschindler]

Thanks. I enjoyed the comment