Condiment
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A condiment is a substance applied to food, usually in the form of a sauce, 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 and other condiments with a paste-like consistency.
Some commercial venues (especially packaged meals dispensed by airlines and in some cafeterias), condiments are packaged in single-serving packets. Image:Heinz ketchup and mustard121209 2913 sharpened.jpg Image:Wasabi-packet.jpg Image:Salt-packet.jpg
Examples of condiments include:
- Arby's sauce
- Belacan
- Brown sauce
- Chili oil
- Chutneys
- Cocktail sauce
- Fish sauce
- Fry sauce
- Horseradish sauce
- Hot sauces based on chili, including Tabasco sauce
- Ketchup
- Lettuce
- Mixed pickle
- MSG
- Mustard
- Pepper
- Raita
- Red pepper flakes
- Relish
- Remoulade
- Salsa
- Salt
- Sauerkraut (sometimes seen as a condiment on sausages or hot dogs, occasionally seen as a side dish)
- Soy sauce
- Steak sauces such as A1 and Heinz 57
- Tabasco sauce
- Tartar sauce
- Trassi
- Wasabi
- Worcestershire sauce
Note: Cream Cheese is not a condiment.
There is also a list of condiments.