The Condiment Packet Museum

October 28, 2002 11:49 AM

The Condiment Packet Museum exists to provide documentation and display of condiments found on packets. The packets in the Museum are specifically all packets other than sugar packets, which are currently well documented by other sources.
posted by DailyBread (27 comments total)

What is this?
posted by Fabulon7 at 12:08 PM on October 28, 2002

I'm pretty sure it's parmesan cheese.
posted by DailyBread at 12:11 PM on October 28, 2002

Reminds me of my mother's kitchen cabinets. She's been saving up extra condiments for as long as I can remember. I guess she's expecting a nuclear war and a world without Fancy Ketchup and sweet and sour McNugget sauce.
posted by bondcliff at 12:12 PM on October 28, 2002

Oh dear. (on preview--about the parmesan, not your mother's cabinets)
posted by Fabulon7 at 12:15 PM on October 28, 2002

What about this? What is that?
posted by Fabulon7 at 12:16 PM on October 28, 2002

Some sort of Chile-Salt mix maybe?
posted by CoolHandPuke at 12:21 PM on October 28, 2002

Apparently, " It's basically a bland, pepper-infused large-grained sugar. "

It seems to be a candy, not a condiment.
posted by jburka at 12:21 PM on October 28, 2002

Fabulon, that's Pico Diana hot sauce candy...imagine grinding up red hot candies with a little more sugar....that's Pico Diana. Es mui caliente.
posted by m@ at 12:22 PM on October 28, 2002

that's funny, I actually use pico on corn.
posted by DailyBread at 12:23 PM on October 28, 2002

I've never used this as a condiment, when would it be appropriate?
posted by m@ at 12:27 PM on October 28, 2002

I've never used [olive oil] as a condiment, when would it be appropriate?

I like that the packet is marked "Sample without commercial value." Borges seems to wonder the same thing as you...

Me, I could imagine using it as a condiment on a sandwich (especially one made with foccacia. actually I just did that a week or two ago with some homemade foccacia and roasted eggplant. Mmmm.)
posted by jburka at 12:32 PM on October 28, 2002

Fabulon7, I think the first item you linked to is garlic salt, not parmesean cheese...

I love these kinds of museums!
posted by sir walsingham at 12:33 PM on October 28, 2002

The Ambiguously McCrispy Duo!
posted by yhbc at 12:38 PM on October 28, 2002

Arctic Circle ketchup? Where the hell can you grow tomatoes in the arctic circle?

BTW, good olive oil on good bread...mmmmm.
posted by JoanArkham at 12:40 PM on October 28, 2002

That Pico Diana stuff sounds good.
You can use [good] olive oil on any kind of bread, pasta, pizza, salad. It's also supposed to be good on tomatoes. I don't know if this stuff would qualify as good, however...

This reminds me of the badly-named "Museum of Beverage Containers And Advertising".
posted by Fabulon7 at 12:42 PM on October 28, 2002

Wow, I just realized I used the word "good" four times in that post. That's not very, uh, good.
posted by Fabulon7 at 12:45 PM on October 28, 2002

Also not good.
posted by yhbc at 12:52 PM on October 28, 2002

Psst...Joan.

Arctic Circle.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:54 PM on October 28, 2002

Tiger Brand Tiger sauce
It's a real treat
Even tigers prefer a cup of it
To real meat.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:56 PM on October 28, 2002

Thanks Mr. Crash. I have no idea what a lime squeeze is, but now I want one.

(Warning, thread derail...) It makes me happy to see there are still some regional chains left in America. Sometimes when I travel, it all seems soooo homogenized.
posted by JoanArkham at 1:08 PM on October 28, 2002

I was wondering if any of the packets get old and rancid. Then I searched the FAQ and found my answer.

Ugggh. The chicken salad sandwich on my desk suddenly took on a sinister and upsetting aspect.
posted by sir walsingham at 1:20 PM on October 28, 2002

But then I fell for....
posted by jonmc at 6:30 PM on October 28, 2002

Chateau Blanche? I think it would be Chateau Blanc, or even Blanc Chateau. Actually, it's Château.
posted by ParisParamus at 7:33 PM on October 28, 2002

How is it that condiment sounds like condom, and is found in the same type of package? What's that all about?
posted by ParisParamus at 7:42 PM on October 28, 2002

You had to ask, PP..:)
posted by jonmc at 7:52 PM on October 28, 2002

ick!
posted by ParisParamus at 7:55 PM on October 28, 2002

DailyBread: Excellent post. :) I once had a cheap-bastard roommate who used to save up ketchup packets and squeeze them into an almost-empty ketchup bottle. She's a millionaire now...
posted by mosspink at 8:16 PM on October 28, 2002