The burning question*: Mayonnaise or ketchup on chips?

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23/01/12 4,399 Views 44 Comments

WE KNOW HOW you feel. The new year and the working week looms ahead (tomorrow!) and you have a lot on your plate.

So do like we do here in TheJournal.ie HQ and get stuck into a serious debate on one of life’s most pressing questions…

This week: It’s a simple one but it’s divisive. Which is better on chips:

A. Ketchup, or

Chips with ketchup

(via S.Leggio/Sicilystockphoto.com/Flickr)

B. Mayonnaise

mayonnaise

(via Martin Alvarez Espinar/Flickr)

Poll Results:

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Aydo 23/01/12 #

8 142

Mix the two, 2/3 mayo, rest ketchup.
Maybe a bit of paprika.

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- Dario Fo 23/01/12 #
  
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  I know a girl who does that …
  
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- sarah 23/01/12 #
  
  9 17
  
  Love that on a Breast on a bun yummy!
  
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- Ted Power 23/01/12 #
  
  17 56
  
  Yes I also mix the ketchup and the Mayonaisse I call it UPMAYO!!
  
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- jrbmc 23/01/12 #
  
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  Salt and vinegar only unless your making a chip butty then it’s ketchup
  
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Stephen Johnston 23/01/12 #

6 53

Both?

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Daniel O'Sullivan 23/01/12 #

12 74

garlic mayo ? “,

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Lisa Saputo 23/01/12 #

12 73

Mixing the two is the way to go.

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Conor Macken 23/01/12 #

2 25

If you need sauce on chips to make them taste good, you’ve already lost.

Salt & vinegar.

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Adam O'Sullivan 23/01/12 #

9 54

Vinegar!

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Leigh Power 23/01/12 #

5 32

Where’s the or both option? Ketchup AND mayonnaise mixed together. nom nom

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Alan Quirke 23/01/12 #

2 19

Taco chips, you lightweights. To hell with the calories!!!!

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Antaine Ó Cáthain 23/01/12 #

12 46

cheese or curry not getting a look-in? rabble rabble typical from the staff at this website, rah rah rah rah grumble grumble

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Paul Ryan 23/01/12 #

11 43

Neither… salt & vinegar only, vinegar first so that the salt sticks to the chips when it’s poured on. Now I’m bleedin’ Hank Marvin!!

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Soccers Gossip 23/01/12 #

7 30

red sauce for me. that ketchup is for posh people !

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Ailís McKernan 23/01/12 #

7 24

my friends often ask- do you want chips with your ketchup? THATS how much I love the stuff

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Paul McEvoy 23/01/12 #

2 12

If you’re ever in Belgium, go for stoofvlees and sour mayonaisse on your chips…..mmmmmmmhh

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Paul Hayes 23/01/12 #

5 19

D : Both

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Aaron Hastings 23/01/12 #

4 15

Never mind ketchup and mayo. Choosing between curry and Aromat is much more stressful.

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Ben ben 23/01/12 #

0 5

What’s the best ketchup though? That’s another burning question!!!!

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- Réada Quinn 24/01/12 #
  
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  Chef or Heinz. For me always Chef.
  
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Jim 23/01/12 #

1 8

What about vinegar? You can’t have a poll like this and not include vinegar!

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Neicy in Cork 23/01/12 #

7 19

How about a mixture of both!??

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JOANNE  23/01/12 #

1 7

Great now I want chips with BOTH!!!

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jimbo 23/01/12 #

1 7

mayo for me

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prot0type 23/01/12 #

0 4

Ketchup or (I’m from Edinburgh) chippy sauce!

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David O'Keeffe 23/01/12 #

3 10

Daddy or Chips?

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Sharon Larkin 23/01/12 #

10 19

Garlic mayo or multi purpose seasoning.

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Fiona Mary 23/01/12 #

2 7

ketchup and mayo mixed, aromat, white vinegar,little bit of salt and black pepper. mmmmmmm yes.

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D Griff 23/01/12 #

1 5

the dutch put warm peanut sauce on theirs
filthy

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Ian F. 23/01/12 #

1 5

It can only be ketchup or GARLIC mayo. Not regular mayo!

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Eoin Kelly 23/01/12 #

4 9

Aromat is lovely on chips…i know its for meat but trust me tis good stuff

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John Conniffe 23/01/12 #

2 6

Both, either/or or neither. Choice is good.

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koth 23/01/12 #

17 20

Piri Piri sauce.

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Leah Skitzy Punch 23/01/12 #

4 6

Love a bit of both :) PINKSAUCE:P

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Julian King 23/01/12 #

11 11

Brown sauce sometimes but usually ketchup.

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Peter 23/01/12 #

12 10

Sauce béarnaise and the chips cooked in goose fat

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Martin Gregory 24/01/12 #

1 2

What about brown ketchup in tea ? Delish !!!

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dave cully 23/01/12 #

1 2

Curry sauce and cheese. Failing that just pepper.

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Roddie Cleere 24/01/12 #

0 0

neither

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Aisling Cahill 23/01/12 #

35 16

Mayonnaise is an abomination! Ketchup of course, the only real question is which vinegar will I use today? Distilled/Malt/Cider/WhiteWine/Balsamic… yum!

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Biggins31 23/01/12 #

10 4

Mayonnaise?

Christ no!

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R Fogarty 23/01/12 #

7 3

Brown sauce and butter ?

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Diari Liffey 23/01/12 #

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I recommend the Catalan Allioli that I have found in Tesco (Phibsboro), not to be missed. http://t.co/IPOpTuj

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