All of these options are absolutely disgusting.

I love mayo. It's a condiment.

i like ketchup and black pepper.

on a mcdonalds burger, however, i like those little chopped up onions they put on it, pickle chips, american cheese, mustard, and ketchup. fuck yeah.

oh and you know once i put mayonnaise on steak and it was fucking disgusting. i love ketchup on steak though.

Alas no. It's a 'salad additive'.

uh, not in america.

Everywhere.

It's a deal.

This is America, pal.

Yeah man. I'm actually from Liverpool, England County, Alabama. I smuggle moonshine in my big orange car.

ketchup takes it, for versatility. mayo and bbq sauce are close, though.

You can mix ANYTHING into ketchup to make it something else too.

Ranch dressing is superb.. not a 'condiment', but i use it as one. works good with everything!

Hey, and I thought nobody would reply to this thread.

Condiment debates CAN be fun.

I think a spice can be a condiment. Broadly speaking a condiment is something you have on the table to add to a meal. So I suppose you can say any food stuff is a condiment, but TRADITIONALLY, there are only a limited number of condiments that would reach that criteria. And so mayo wasn't included because, although it is now used in the same way as a condiment, traditionally it is a salad additive, ie something you mix in with a salad prior to bringing it to the table. The same goes with sauces.

I'm glad you're giving this as much thought as me Kegmama. I think we should combine our research and do a paper on it.

Thai Peanut Sauce is so good. That can be a condiment.
Not to mention Peanut Butter which is one thing I never get sick of eating.

Tommy K. All the way.

(Although I had always thought of condiments being just salt, pepper and vinegar)

In case of argument, consult Wikipedia.

A condiment is a substance applied to food, usually in the form of a garnish, powder, or spread, to enhance or improve the flavor. Condiments are typically smeared with knives, squirted, or sprinkled onto other foods.

Commercially prepared condiments are usually packaged in glass or plastic containers. Plastic has displaced glass in a number of applications where plastic's squeezability is an advantage, such as for ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and other condiments with a paste-like consistency.

In some commercial venues, such as airplanes and fast food restaurants, condiments are packaged in single-serving packets.

Examples of condiments include:

Bacon, often called "bacon bits"
Barbecue sauce
Belacan
Butter
Brown sauce
Chutneys
Cocktail sauce
Fish sauce
Fry sauce
Horseradish sauce
Hot sauces based on chili, including Tabasco sauce
Ketchup and Tomato Sauce
Lime and Lemon juice
Mayonnaise
Mixed pickle
MSG
Mustard
Pepper
Raita
Relish
Remoulade
Salsa
Salt
Sambal
Sauerkraut (sometimes seen as a condiment on sausages or hot dogs, occasionally seen as a side dish)
Soy sauce
Steak sauces such as A1, Heinz 57, and HP Sauce
Sweet chilli sauce
Tabasco sauce
Tajín
Tartar sauce
Trassi
Tzatziki (occasionally seen as an appetizer, more often used as a condiment that accompanies gyros and other dishes)
Wasabi
Worcestershire sauce

But it's Pookie's thread, so, in this case, what he says goes.

I have to say at this point that a discussion with a chef is what prompted me to start this thread.

He was very strict in his definition of what a condiment traditionally is. But really it doesn't matter to us civilians. I'm just looking forward to Hip Priest's chutney poll.

Hey, Pookie, not long to go until your 3,000th post! It hardly seems like five minutes since you hit 2,000. My, they grow so fast, don't they?

I plan on treating my 3,000th post the same as my next birthday - just let it pass quietly.