The best way to pour ketchup

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Apr 5th 2006 @ 11:06AM

Sure, everyone has a method for getting ketchup out of the bottle. Tapping the neck of a Heinz bottle with the base of my palm, right around the "57" has always worked for me. Robert Allgeyer inverts this method, however. Over at Bob's Diner, he has a whole page dedicated to the mechanics of ketchup pouring. According to Bob, it's all about increasing the flow of air into the bottle and giving the ketchup an extra push by tapping the neck of the bottle from underneath. In a footnote, Bob admits that an open palm is actually a little better than a fist. I had the open hand part right, but apparently I was applying my G-forces in the wrong direction.

[Image: Robert Allgeyer]

Filed Under: Science, Ingredients, How To
Tags: condiments, heinz, how to pour ketchup, ketchup, ketchup bottle, physics, pouring

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4-05-2006 @11:17AM Kia said... I always was interested how others decide this problem :)
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4-05-2006 @1:04PM BenE said... You misread. You shouldn't tap the neck from underneath with your hand rather you are supposed to hit the bottle on your hand thus stopping the bottle quickly while the ketchup continues moving foward and out the bottle. Another method that hurts less is to hold the bottle in one hand and swing it foward stoping it by catching your arm with your other hand. Like this:http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~bessiamb/ketchup.JPG
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4-05-2006 @1:42PM Jonathan Harford said... I'd like to take this moment to publicize my own euphemism for menstruation:

“Hitting the 57”

Eh?

Yeah.
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