A Salsa Golf Taste Test
Matt Armendariz of Matt Bites visited Argentina recently. While there he came across salsa golf, a mixture of ketchup and mayo that he found everywhere.
Intrigued by this condiment, he set up a blind taste test of different brands of salsa Ggolf. He tested Hellman's, Danica's, and Fanacoa's versions, as well as the house blend from Home Hotel, where he was staying.
After a thorough tasting, he and his companions determined Home Hotel's version to be the best.
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16 Comments:
Wait. Isn't that just Russian dressing or fry sauce?
That stuff is awesome. I usually try to make it if the place has mayo and ketchup and my food requires dipping stuff in.
wunami at 7:30PM on 05/24/09
This puts me in mind of the stuff Prince's put on their hamburgers.
Grumpy Old Man at 7:51PM on 05/24/09
They have this all over Utah and it is called Fry Sauce. You can even get it at regular fast food places, like McDonalds. I grew up in Utah and was shocked that it did not exist when I moved away.
jooshanoosh at 8:37PM on 05/24/09
Poor man's thousand island.
cliffyb at 8:40PM on 05/24/09
Everything old is new again....fry sauce, thousand island, burger house "special" sauce....it's all good!
kathyvegas at 9:26PM on 05/24/09
My mom does this mixture whenever she eats chicken of any kind, whether grilled or fried or in nugget form- it doesn't matter. She actually doesn't mix the ketchup and mayo, she just puts a huge pile of each on a plate and then dips her chicken into each one until the taste of the chicken is completely gone. I've always thought it was kind of gross.
PumpkinBear at 12:43AM on 05/25/09
So Argentina is into russian dressing. It is burger sauce. Amazes me should have been titled "condiment fascination on vacation", shakes head.
JerzeeTomato at 3:58AM on 05/25/09
wunami: Yea, they're all basically extremely similar. What I've discovered is that it's all in the ratios and the addition of extra ingredients (thousand & russian sometimes add relish, fry is 2 parts mayo 1 part ketchup, salsa golf is 50/50, etc)
And Jerzee, sorry you don't approve of my title. I'll send all future blog posts your way for approval :)
mattbites at 8:20AM on 05/25/09
To me, the most interesting part of this story is the name ... where the heck did "salsa golf" come from?
jeninewsbite at 11:09AM on 05/25/09
In our family this is Russian Dressing. My dad has been making this for a million years...well not exactly a million but since he is a lad at least.
deefine at 2:00PM on 05/25/09
I'm from Russia and they've never heard of Russian dressing, but true to my heritage I adore the mix and independently discovered it shortly after the discovery of ketchup. I dip fries in it anytime I can get away with the calorie guilt. It's awesome stuff.
tatianak at 2:11PM on 05/25/09
matt darling I would gladly have burger sauce with you. I just cannot believe they are that far behind. This is why I was shaking my head. I just imagined they would be further along.
JerzeeTomato at 5:18PM on 05/25/09
we used to eat this as salad dressing when we were kids, and were to picky to eat "Russian" or "French" dressing. I think I was fifteen before I realized there wasn't somebody making this in the restaurant kitchen.
traceyB at 6:57PM on 05/25/09
This mixture is very popular in Sicily as well. There it is known as salsa rosa and is a staple on panini of all types.
fabiolib at 6:30AM on 05/26/09
@Jerzee: I'm not sure if I'm reading you correctly but this isn't a "new" sauce in Argentina and I don't think Matt was trying to imply that. It's a popular condiment throughout Argentina, widely used in conjunction with hearts of palm (salads, pizzas, tarts, etc.) not burgers. Is he not allowed to point that out? Like he said, it's all in ratios. A teaspoon of ketchup mixed with a cup of mayo is a lot different than an equal parts mixture. Plus, salsa golf isn't necessarily "ketchup" and mayo, it can be mayo mixed with tomato paste and other spices.
Asado at 9:22AM on 05/26/09
"Salsa golf"? Try "fry sauce"!
daveandcat at 10:22AM on 05/26/09