 Fry sauce withfries | |
| Type | Sauce |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Utah |
| Main ingredients | Ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard |
Fry sauce is a condiment often served withFrench fries or other food in many places in the world. It is a combination oftomato ketchup andmayonnaise.[1]
Fry sauce was popularized in Utah.[2] although sauce made of a mixture of equal parts ketchup and mayonnaise appears in a New Orleans cookbook published in 1900.[3] The Utah origin is when Don Carlos Edwards used a pink sauce at his restaurant, Don Carlos Barbecue, sometime between 1941 and 1943. Edwards also used the pink sauce at the firstArctic Circle restaurant inSalt Lake City, Utah, which opened in 1950. The "pink sauce",[4][5] later became known as fry sauce. In his essay on Utah fry sauce, Michael P. Christensen noted that fry sauce "functions as a cultural identifier for Utahns."[6] The Arctic Circle chain still serves fry sauce in its western United States restaurants.[7]
In April 2018,Heinz announced the release of "Mayochup", a mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup,[8] because 500,000+ users voted "yes" in aTwitter poll asking Americans if they wanted to see it in stores. A number of Twitter users responded that such a mixture already existed as "fry sauce" and "fancy sauce".[9][10] The sauce arrived at U.S. retailers' shelves in September 2018.[11][8]
The sauce is similar to Yum Yum sauce, which is popular in Japanese steakhouses in America.[12]
InArgentina andUruguay, a similar condiment known assalsa golf (golf sauce) is a popular dressing for fries, burgers, steak sandwiches, and seafood salads. According to tradition, the sauce was invented byLuis Federico Leloir, a Nobel laureate and restaurant patron, at a golf club inMar del Plata, Argentina, during the mid-1920s.[2][13][14]
InFrance, many Turkish restaurants and fast food establishments serve fry sauce and call itsauce cocktail; it is also common for customers to requestketchup-mayo (a dab of mayonnaise and a dab of ketchup) alongside their French fries at such places. Bothsauce cocktail and theThousand Island dressing-likesauce cocktail can often be found in supermarkets.[15][16]
InGermany, a popular product calledRot Weiß (red white) is sold in toothpaste-style tubes; it consists of unmixed ketchup and mayonnaise, which form a red-and-white striped string when squeezed out. Fries at restaurants are sometimes served with an equal mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise.[17] This style of serving is often calledPommes Rot-Weiß or, colloquiallyPommes Schranke (barrier gate) due to the red-and-white coloration of those.Pommes-Soße orFrittensoße (fry sauce) is a lightly spiced mayonnaise similar to the DutchFritessaus. A condiment similar to the American fry sauce is known asCocktailsoße, but it is more often used fordöner kebab than for French fries.[citation needed]
InIceland, a condiment similar to fry sauce calledKokteilsósa (cocktail sauce) is popular.[18]
In thePhilippines, a similar sauce is made by combiningmayonnaise andbanana ketchup. It is commonly used as a dipping sauce for fried food like french fries and cheese sticks (deep fried cheese wrapped in lumpia wrapper) but also for appetizers likelumpia.[19][20]
In theUnited Kingdom this sauce is known as "burger sauce", and is served premixed, or separate, but together, similar to the Turkishketchup-mayo. The ketchup is put in the container followed by the mayonnaise, and is mixed by hand by the consumer, using the desired foodstuffs to mix them together as it is dipped.[21]
InPuerto Rico,mayokétchup is widely used withtostones, sandwiches, burgers, and fried foods. It is made of equal parts of mayonnaise and ketchup with the addition ofgarlic.[22]
InJapan, this sauce is known as "aurora sauce". It is different from the sauce of the same name used in French cuisine.[citation needed]
InRussia, the mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise is known as "ketchunez".[23] In 2019, the local Heinz division launched a sauce with this name.[24]
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