Eggs and Ketchup: The Hill I Will Die On 🍳
Eggs and ketchup. I need to talk about this. My feelings about eggs are strong — my favorite way is scrambled with butter, topped with salt and pepper. An occasional omelette? Sure, I can get behind that. But ketchup at breakfast? On your eggs? On your hashbrowns? No. Absolutely not. I cannot be budged on this one. Ketchup is a great condiment. It has its place. Breakfast is not that place — and especially not on eggs. Gravy? Yes. Salsa? Yes. Hot sauce? Yes. Ketchup? Hard no. This is my hill and I will die on it.
Look, I know there are people out there who put ketchup on their eggs. I have met them. I have fed them. I love them. I disagree with them on this one specific issue. Ketchup is tangy and sweet and it just does not belong anywhere near a plate of eggs. The flavor combination is genuinely offensive to me and I will not pretend otherwise. Scrambled eggs deserve butter and salt. That’s it. That’s the whole recipe. Ketchup is for burgers and fries and maybe a hot dog if you’re feeling casual. Not breakfast. Never breakfast.
Now, if you want to tell me I’m wrong, I genuinely encourage you — that’s the whole point of this series. What do YOU put on your eggs? Tell me in the comments. I want to know if I’m alone on this hill or if I have company. And if you’re a ketchup-on-eggs person, explain yourself. I’m listening. I won’t change my mind, but I’m listening. 😄
And if you’re looking for breakfast inspiration that does NOT involve ketchup, the Serious Eats guide to perfect scrambled eggs is absolutely worth a read.
More Hills Stephanie Will Absolutely Die On
If you love a good food opinion delivered with zero apology, here are a few more hills worth visiting:
- The Hill I Will Die On: Chick-fil-A Sauce Is the Best Waffle Fry Sauce — my condiment hill of the week: Chick-fil-A Sauce owns the waffle fry, and the official rankings back me up
- The Hill I Will Die On: Peeps Are a Crime Against Food — Stephanie’s feelings about Peeps are strong, specific, and completely non-negotiable
- The Hill I Will Die On: Chili — there are rules about chili and Stephanie has all of them memorized
- Poppy Seed Chicken Q&A — Your Questions Answered! — the casserole that broke the internet, and all your burning questions about it
Eggs and Ketchup — About The Hill I Will Die On
“The Hill I Will Die On” is Stephanie’s series where she shares her passionate — and sometimes hilariously opinionated — takes on all things food and cooking. These are the culinary hills she will absolutely die on. No apologies. No backing down. Just good food, strong opinions, and a lot of laughter from our kitchen in Florida. Fair warning — Stephanie takes her food opinions seriously, but not herself. These posts are meant to make you laugh, maybe make you argue, and hopefully make you hungry. Disagreement is not just welcome — it’s encouraged. What’s YOUR hill?
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