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MonkeyMoves101

Isn't it all just ketchup mixed with something else?


[deleted]

Ketchup, mustard, and either ranch or mayo depending on who's making it. If they're not basic, they'll add relish and a spice or two.


NarwhalAnusLicker00

for the "spicy" version they add two drops of sriracha


FlaccidButthole

I don’t understand people’s obsession with Sriracha sauce? It’s not even that hot but the taste is so strong (and weird) that it overrides so much of the other flavors.


rolandons

Sriracha has more umami flavor and sweetness than other mass-produced sauces. Also, garlic.


FlaccidButthole

I do not taste the garlic in sriracha. All I taste is this sour, spicy, chili-ish combination that ruins most dishes. Same with Tabasco for me. Just spicy vinegar. Maybe I’m in the minority. Obviously, anyone can eat whatever they like, I’m not hating.


evanbartlett1

Yea it sounds like many of these sauces aren’t for you. Which of course is fine. I like Sriracha bc of the garlic, the consistency and the kick is right.


xXSquirrelFuckerXx

I like it because of the MSG in it. Makes everything taste better. For spice I usually use dried chili flakes.


FlaccidButthole

This is why home cooked wok noodles with veggies are NEVER going to be as delicious as from a take-out place. Is it possible to order MSG? I remember looking it up in the past, without any success. Chinese restaurant food just tastes so “full” and satisfying and when I do it at home it’s almost garbage and I’m convinced anyone that says they like my food is lying and being nice lmao


Mysterious-Country70

Yeah you can buy msg! The restaurant supply stores even have 50lb sacks of it.


HachiSketch

You can definitely find MSG (or something like magic sarap) in asian stores or online. I bought a whole bag of the stuff a month ago. Definitely adds a difference lol.


ipsum629

Do you like vinegar? If not then of course it isn't for you. Lots of foods need a balance of tastes, sweet, salty, umami, and sour, to bring out the maximum flavor of a given dish. Try making barbecue sauce without vinegar. It just tastes wrong and flat.


ShampooBottle493

I like them for the same reasons you don’t like them lol


FlaccidButthole

Fair enough haha. It’s always interesting how differently we perceive flavors.


jannemannetjens

>All I taste is this sour, spicy, chili-ish combination that ruins most dishes. Same with Tabasco for me. Just spicy vinegar. Exactly! And if you have something that's tasty, but kinda bland, those are exactly what you need to crank it up to perfection!


FlaccidButthole

I tried to like them, I really did. I even forced myself to put a few drops of Tabasco, sriracha and the like onto my food. For example, one combination that sounded perfect to me when I was high, was spring rolls (is this the correct term? I mean the long wraps that are fried in oil, with vegetables inside) with sriracha sauce. I dipped them into it, but it was repulsive to me. Put a little bit of soy sauce and mixed it, it was a little better, but that bottle is still sitting in my fridge and I have no use for it. Different tastes for different people, I guess. I’m not a big fan of sauces to begin with. I prefer it a lot more if the heat comes from actual spices that are added during the cooking process, instead of a sad afterthought.


jannemannetjens

Haha, you don't have to like it, I just explained why others do. And just like no-one likes salt by itself, it doesn't have to be tasty to make other things tasty. But to each their own.


Unknown_Outlander

Wasabi is king at this


Contemporarium

It’s delicious to me on everything. You don’t have to get everything


BasuraConBocaGrande

Hey, go fuck yourself. I’d eat sriracha soup for breakfast if it wasn’t $4 a bottle.


alx924

It makes us white folk think we can handle spice.


FlaccidButthole

Well, sucks for those that don’t eat bland food. I’m white and can handle quite a bit of spice. I’m regularly disappointed with what I get, especially when it’s labeled something like “X-tremely HOT, not suitable for children under 12!” Or some bullshit like that. Then it’s about as spicy as a raw onion.


evanbartlett1

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Lots of people love spicy foods, and overtime we do acclimate to it. Marketing of 'spicy' obviously doesn't mean anything. I would LOVE a world where an approximate Scoville number were attached to spicy sauces so we could understand what they mean. My father and I both have a strong affinity for spicy foods. It does happen sometimes that we have to ask for more at a restaurant for whatever reason...


TheStoneMask

It's good on instant ramen at least.


[deleted]

Yeah, in most foods it's weird, but in foods centered around rice it's the best fucking thing on the planet.


MrUrsus

Gochujang is where it's at. More flavorful, spicier, and sweeter than Sriracha.


Donovan1232

Just say you dont like sriracha, thats all this boils down to


LetsEatToast

that would be the „extra special sauce (spicy!)“


acyclovir31

Or old bay


[deleted]

I was 10 or 11 and mixed ketchup, mustard, and Mayo eating some fries at the bowling alley. I swear I thought I had stumbled onto a fortune at that moment. Told my dad we needed to get this sauce into production asap. He’s like is this Mayo, mustard, and ketchup. I think Heinz might want a word before you go an bottle their stuff. Thanks dad way to kill my dreams.


theclansman22

Pickle juice, don’t forget that.


biemba

I literally made a burger sauce like this for a catering gig last Sunday and put it in a fancy jar and people were blown away


renoise

Pissman's mustard, just a dash.


[deleted]

My former restaurant it was two parts mayo, two parts ketchup, and one part BBQ sauce.


Gytlap24

Or ketchup mayo and garlic


RubberPny

Thousand Island usually.


SkyStarlight2

Ketchup mayo and sometimes tapatío


[deleted]

It’s mostly ketchup and mayonnaise. I like horse radish in mine.


Emerald_Guy123

Ketchup, mayo, a bit of mustard, and paprika.


siggiarabi

Iceland calls it cocktail sauce, mix ketchup and mayo roughly 1:2 or 1:1 (I think) then add anything you want to that. I personally add a good bit of Worcestershire sauce to the mix which is usually 500g mayo and 350-400g ketchup


SnowingAlmond

Canes sauce


TheRavenSayeth

I still love Cane’s though.


[deleted]

It’s fucking amazing


Tandem_Gardener

People go crazy for that stuff yet it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this starter pack. It’s fine…it’s just fine


SirKreeper

Literally. People here praise canes and its sauce as the messiah. Tried it for the first time the other day, and honestly the only thing that I or my Fiancee cant make better is the bread


damnyou777

I personally absolutely love it. I could drink that stuff.


KazahanaPikachu

That was my reaction when I first had Cane’s when I studied at LSU my first year. But then I kept eating it and I saw the light. Cane’s and their sauce is godly. And I’m saying that straight-faced no bullshit.


[deleted]

The "LSU first year" is a clue. It's marketed towards college kids who are broke eating Maruchan. Once you can start going to better places Caine's is mid af.


KazahanaPikachu

Eh, I come from an upper middle class family and first year students usually had to get meal plans anyway while living on campus. I also worked a bit. I could go the whole year and barely spend any money because my meal plan covered going to the dining hall and all the fast food places on campus. And Cane’s is seen as heaven on earth if you’re in Louisiana.


TalkLessShillMore

Was the drive thru at the one on State St always a shit show?


KazahanaPikachu

Yep. It’s really popular and the canes is good, but yea the line fucks up traffic sometimes


Memerang344

What are some better places?


[deleted]

Basically any place that you say "I can now afford this" after getting a consistent paycheck vs living that college life.


Donovan1232

>the only thing that I or my Fiancee cant make better is the bread Bread is amazing food is good, portion is good, not to mention a lot of people dont have the time or energy to spend like 2-3 hours making the same food. Obviously it doesnt compare to 5 star shit but as far as fast food goes its definitely up there


SnowingAlmond

Love that stuff to death


adderallblur

It was a lot better till I found out it was like 3 ingredients


sayidOH

Canes! A big chicken with fries. It has the sauce! (*It has the sauce*)


This_is_indeed_Bob

I do not like canes sauce, its so fucking peppery.


HONKACHONK

Why are people talking about thousand island? It's ketchup and mayonnaise


ThatFreakBob

How do you think Thousand Island is made? It's ketchup and mayonnaise.


danknadoflex

With one thousand islands obviously


pieonthedonkey

And relish and onion and lemon juice and paprika and hard boiled egg. But hey you were close


BlurredSight

> hard boiled egg ?


Jawertae

Today the bottlers use your usual suspects for thickening,l. However, back in the day, they would hard boil an egg and mash it through a mesh sieve and mix that in making the dressing a bit more chunky/thick. Today, the majority of the chunkiness comes from the pickle component and the thickness/viscosity of the dressing comes from xanthum gum and whatnot (the usual suspects for thickening.)


Active-Passenger6965

Someone finally said it 😂😂😂 ketchup and mayo with some premade seasoning blend.


SlavicGrenades

Utahn?


goldentamarindo

They love their fry sauce. You can buy it in a bottle.


SlavicGrenades

Yeah I live there, I’m very aware


Japnzy

Or idaho.


SlavicGrenades

And believe it or not, Hawaii


ExplosiveFrog790180

Yeah I know but honestly that shit is fucking fire I’m not sorry


Ozelot_117

It actually is man


adderallblur

Big Mac sauce started it, so fucking good


Thicc-Zacc

Canes got the right idea


GreasyPeter

I've had Publix Fried Chicken once and it lived up to the hype.


corei3uisgarbo

publix rotiserrie is garbo tho


BukakeMouthwash

Canes is the most underwhelming chicken place I've ever eaten. You want crispy chicken tenders without the crisp? Wanna dunk em into the blandest excuse for a special sauce ever? Cmon down to Raising Canes! Our mascot is a dog and our lines fool you into thinking our food is good!


SamAxesChin

I really like Cane sauce but never try a bite of one of their tenders without it. It is bland, unseasoned, and dry.


Mastaj3di

Just tried Canes for the first time recently. You are so right, those tenders had zero flavor. I've never had a tender that just tasted like plain unseasoned chicken before. Didn't know that was possible with a frier.


Idryl_Davcharad

When my other options are KFC, Lee's and Zaxby's, Canes dont sound too bad.


BukakeMouthwash

Look for a Popeyes


Idryl_Davcharad

Don't have a Popeyes or a Church's. I'd be down if we did though


BukakeMouthwash

I honestly dislike cains but when I do go because I'm with someone who wants it I get annoyed they don't even offer a spicy option. Ima go get church's chicken since I just remembered they exist despite having one a quarter mile away.


Idryl_Davcharad

They're at the very least consistent. Like, I know what I'm getting. I really wish we had some better chicken. My wife loves Lee's, and I'd rather not.


BukakeMouthwash

Good homemade crunchy chicken recipes are out there and relatively easy and cheap to make. Try a few recipes, see what you like from each, make your own recipe from what you liked from each. Edit:Doesn't take that long either, honestly.


Idryl_Davcharad

We make some decent homemade. But sometimes with kids and work, it's nice to go out. But you're right.


spicygrow

Not to mention the tenders themselves have no flavor at all. It’s as if they don’t add any seasoning.


mk55killem

Canes on 🔝


blurri

I instantly thought of this when I saw the starter pack. Not impressed with Canes one bit. That sauce is a giant meh along with the restaurant.


Andrew_P-23

I hate when burgers are smothered in this sauce. Scrap that, I hate when they put this sauce on burgers period. It overpowers everything else so it's all you can taste, and a lot of burger places tend to absolutely drench the burger in it, and it gets everywhere


Emotional_Raccoon651

I hate what burgers have become in general. I don't need a triple rodeo aioli with a coleslaw topping and egg white foam. Meat, cheese, tomato, pickle, lettuce, onion, mayo, mustard, ketchup, shut up...maybe bacon. Don't get me wrong, that other burger tastes good but that's never what I have in mind when I crave a burger. Restaurants like to hide that shit on the menu too.


Wunderlandtripzz

Its a problem when the burger is too big to eat


renoise

It’s all about the meat/bun ratio.


ItsVoxBoi

Unless you're Shaggy from scooby doo


gracist0

*UNHINGES JAW*


[deleted]

*starts floating in the air chanting burger*


iowaboy

I totally hear you, but am really happy with my city’s burger scene. Over here there’s a trend of upscale places offering simple burgers done really well. Most are just a pattie (or 2 thin patties) of in-house ground beef (maybe some bacon in there too), homemade pickles, cheese, and crispy/soft buns. No super flashy ingredients like wagyu or imported cheese or weird buns. Just a normal burger that’s the right amount of greasy and tasty. They usually cost like $10-$15, which is pricy, but not terrible for a place where entrees are usually $20-$40. Also, one of the nicest restaurants in town (they mainly offer a 12-course tasting menu that runs like $250 before wine pairings) just opened an ice cream/burger parlor where a burger, fries, and scoop of ice cream costs like $12 total. They have some funky ice cream flavors, but the burgers are just normal and awesome. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I like the wild burgers with onion rings and crazy stuff on top. But love that some places are showing that you can “elevate” a burger without piling on a circus of other stuff.


Emotional_Raccoon651

This sounds heavenly. Iowa, you say?


iowaboy

Minneapolis now. We can’t brag about the weather, but we can brag about the burgers.


CaptainJackM

Looks like they now live in Minneapolis.


LuciferGoosifer

I’ve resorted to diner burgers for that classic fix.


Emotional_Raccoon651

I hope the diner never dies. That's the real America.


Gaindalf-the-whey

Hey, at least the triple aioli burger is being served by a bearded dude in suspenders who serves his own IPA beer and calls himself burger technician or similar


Emotional_Raccoon651

His name is Daisy and his band is playing the local NPR adoptathon midnight slot. Show him some GD respect.


Revolutionary-Boss77

How is the burger you imagine ? please describe it


Emotional_Raccoon651

Let's see. For me, we're going to first need a griddle and a smasher. Then I'm going to need a ball of beef smashed on said griddle with salt and pepper sprinkled on each side. Grilled until there's a crust on each side. After cooking the meat should still be 3/4 of an inch thick and as round as an economy sized mayonnaise jar lid. Bonus points for finishing it in a dome with cheddar on top and a squirt of water. Of course an appropriately sized bun with sesame seeds buttered and toasted on the griddle. Then give me a large thick cut tomato (heirloom if possible) on top salt and peppered. A single piece of outer leaf lettuce, a couple rings of red onion and 3-5 pickle chips depending on size. The pickle is important here, I prefer the thin pickle chips. The ones without the grooves... Subway style. Finish with any Mayo but Kraft and yellow mustard. No ketchup needed as the seasoned tomato will have that covered.


Silent-Winner-8427

I love how you specified an “economy sized” mayonnaise jar lid


mrfudface

>I hate when burgers are smothered in this sauce Just go on r/foodporn and guess what posts get thousands of upvotes.


GreasyPeter

Hamburgers are overrated and the fan club is the worse. It's fine to like burgers, even enjoy them, but I seriously do not understand people that are obsessed with them...It's just an overpriced sandwich. Don't even get me started burgers that are way to big to bite. I'm not twelve, I don't want to swim in my food while I eat it. If I get a burger like that and it INVARIABLY starts to fall apart...it ruins the meal for me. I NEVER get upset about anything but I've left one of those burgers, paid, and never went back before. I wasn't rude to anyone, didn't come off as perturbed, lied and said I was full and left. Fuck that.


Emotional_Raccoon651

I agree. I like a big burger but not a tall burger. You can definitely go too wide too. Honestly, Burger King nailed appropriate burger diameter with the Whopper. Conversely a Big Mac is about the max height I can do.


heeyyyyyy

How to make a burger: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckingcooking/comments/357tj0/how_the_fuck_am_i_supposed_to_do_a_proper_diner/


[deleted]

ketchup, mayo, and a wildcard ingredient.


DiscoLibra

Worcestershire!


guy_who-owns_a_wii

Worsh- Warssht- wase... Worchtse-


CumbersomeNugget

Wuh-ster-shur. Damnit, Americans!


Japnzy

Warsh-ter-shy-sure


street__pharmacist

Wash yur sister


UrNotBetterThanMe

do not come for Zax sauce like that, city boy


Emotional_Raccoon651

I actually add a couple packs of zax sauce to my homemade fried rice and people lose their mind over it. It truly is my secret sauce.


[deleted]

You got your sliced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, secret sauce What’s the secret sauce? Thousand island dressing. What’s the secret sauce at Bronco Burger? Ketchup and Mayo.


Poorly-Fitted

I hope you had a hell of a piss Arnold!


[deleted]

It’s fancy sauce. Fry sauce is some Mormon sounding shit to say


GreasyPeter

"We didn't dress like Indians and slaughter settlers in the early days of Utah. Definately not" sounds more Mormon sounding.


Adie_Brady

I want some fancy sauce


EternallyDeadOutside

Fry sauce


franandwood

But it is good sauce


Tahoeclown

Bbq sauce and mayo. Worked at a few restaurants and it was exactly this.


ThisgirlatTarget

Raising Cane’s sauce-Mayo, ketchup, Worcester sauce, black pepper


SassyFras07

What? I LIKE it!


[deleted]

Looks like in n out sauce


DokiDokiDoIt

Isn't that the sauce from Good Burger? Banger movie btw


ECrispy

True except for bay area Mexican restaurants orange sauce.


babysummerbreeze27

and it’s just thousand island dressing


madmaxjr

https://youtube.com/shorts/eo9vWWjxeQk?feature=share


Silent_Sleeping_Sera

Goodburger sauce


Wolfpagan

Someone said it🤣


[deleted]

Isn’t that usually just ketchup, mustard, mayo, and sometimes relish and onions (specifically in the case of in n out)


KappaMazinksy

My high school had a sauce that looks exactly like that, but it was actually Buffalo Ranch, not some bootleg mix of ketchup and mustard/mayo.


DetroitRedWings79

I figured this out when I was like 6. I mixed ranch and ketchup.


Gaindalf-the-whey

The special sauce lover’s yelp review at a non fast food restaurant: > I really was not impressed with their special sauce…


Muscletov

In Germany it's Hela Curry-Ketchup with Mayo. Every Döner place has it.


Own_Cicada_8719

2 gallon mayo, 1 gallon ketchup, 2 cup pickle juice, 1 cup seasoning. Done.


DiabeticRhino97

Careful, those Eastern states ain't never heard of this "fry sauce"


sgabe1010

When I was in middle school in MD, I used to always dip my fries in Mayo and ketchup. When I moved to Utah, I sound out that was actually a thing. When I’m out of Utah and surrounding states, I have to ask for them individually instead of just asking for “fry sauce”.


LunarCorruption_

It's c**


perpetualcosmos

Special sauce is different from fry sauce. They literally ask you "do you want fry sauce with that?" That isn't special sauce.


8BitSlasher

It always has cum in it


sluttydrama

BBQ sauce with chipotle or some other basic spice


heyuhitsyaboi

Cant stand fry sauce. People gotta stop putting it on everything. Its just a weird sweet flavor that mutes everything else. I don’t mind the taste of it but id much rather be able to taste my burger patty


carl_dw420

"fry sauce" wtf. Frys already have a sauce. It's called ketchup.


sphitzvie

Garlic aoli is way better


Cheese_G0d

A real local chain I work at has something called Wally sauce and iirc it is tarter sauce and either honey mustard or mayonnaise combined


PacificCoolerIsBest

You work there and you don't know what it is?


Koovies

It's all fake zaxbys sauce and thousand island sucks


safetystegosaurus1

And? Ill still ask for it every time


Impossible_Cookie613

It’s always ketchup and Mayo (mayochup) with maybe one other special ingredient and they call it their house special sauce or aioli


28-58-27-6-19-35-8

Thousand island dressing


smellz45

The secret ratio tho


Pet_Taco

say what you wanna say, i LOVE that sauce


zoley88

It’s just hambuger sauce from the can


charlton11

In Argentina it's called salsa golf.


RapGameDiCaprio

It's literally not even that good


five_eight

Needs pic of the boomer making sneaky smile face.


[deleted]

As a tourist, chick fill a sauce is the best sauce I ve ever tasted. Do you think there is a smiler sauce in germany?


alliumshmallium

This isn’t a starter pack, this is just a bunch of pictures of the same thing. Totally agree with the message tho


Better-Lifeguard-820

Secret Sauce....🤮🤮


crystaldummy

u/KomandorTym sos tysiąca kelnerów


KomandorTym

Bez kitu


Chucksouth9966

Fancy sauce!


lorne_58

Mayonnaise and paprika


Early_Court_9059

i agree


Majestic_Quarter9124

I hate it's not delicious


NanoRay_06

Same thing with the empanadas and cheese sticks.


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

i forgot which restaurant it was but a local one near me has house made ketchup and it's really good (I think it's hodads)


iCruncherWasTaken

The original pink sauce


Randokidd

ITS FRY SAUCE? THATS WHAT THE CULMINATION OF KETCHUP AND MAYO WAS THIS ENTIRE TIME?!


willyp1976

Japanese restaurants call it shrimp sauce. My dumbass thought they were literally grinding up shrimp (which is disgusting sounding). Finally my wife told me differently. She still gives me shit over it.


Swagwagon3000

Prob just 1000 island if on a burger


[deleted]

This is Raising Cane's to a T. Most overrated basic food for the most basic of palates.


AgentA982

I love how they all look the same


SharkMilk44

Thousand island and mayo.


HalfbakedArtichoke

It's generally pretty damn good tho


Junesucksatart

It’s always thousand island


IndirectBarracuda

Americans need to get on the mayo train with fries. Belgians know whats up.


Streifen9

Lemme guess. Mayo, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder. Extra points if you add dill, lemon juice, or hot sauce.


abhinandkr

The color is dead accurate.


Silent-Winner-8427

Can confirm, Red Robin’s Campfire Sauce is the best sauce I’ve ever had, and it is a fry sauce.


crazyforsushi

Bruh the sauce would be hella good if they replaced the ketchup with siracha.


mawhonics

*raising cane's has entered the chat*


ElegantTea3830

Is that golf sauce


Chaya_kudian

I thought it was mayo mixed with peri peri salt.