best value tomato sauce (ketchup)

tooting_jane

Smashing wrote: »

I have done the round of alternative ketchups, and sainsbury's basics is the only one I would recommend as an alternative to Heinz.

I agree, Sainsbury's basic ketchup is great and it's only around 29p (or maybe even cheaper now).

milkydrink

I like the finer things in life in most things, but I LOVE CHEAP KETCHUP.
My husband & daughter insist on Heinz.
I like that stuff they have in the big bottles in kebab shops mmmmmmm.
Who makes this.
Its kinda runny & sweet & not as red as the supermarket ones.
When I lived in London a few years ago my local kebab shop used to sell me it for £4. I think they must get it from the cash & carry.
Any ideas?
I'm talking about the one that comes in a bottle the same size as the have the burger sauce in, in kebab shops.

Debt_Free_Chick

Nope - can't stand any commercial ketchup. All of them are too sweet. I make my own, from cheap tinned toms (e.g. Lidl at about 13p per tin).

You can vary the flavours e.g. more chilli, less chilli etc, more or less sugar (ugh - not too much, please)

It sounds long-winded, but I find it keeps in jars in the fridge for months.

Hugh Furry Animal has a recipe in the RC Cookbook (or maybe the Meat book? ) or Google will find plenty more

rayomontgomery

Hi there

We are all sauceaholics. Have tried most of them, but keep going back to Tesco own brand. Tastes every bit as good as Heinz, and at only a fraction of the price goes on everything - especially my 23month old. Nothing as funny as an orange toddler when they have just been given a couple of spots of suace on their food. How do they manage it?????

thriftmonster

I use Tesco value and just decant it into a squeezy bottle - plus it's one of the few that's lactose free.

milkydrink

kimevans wrote: »

I like the finer things in life in most things, but I LOVE CHEAP KETCHUP.
My husband & daughter insist on Heinz.
I like that stuff they have in the big bottles in kebab shops mmmmmmm.
Who makes this.
Its kinda runny & sweet & not as red as the supermarket ones.
When I lived in London a few years ago my local kebab shop used to sell me it for £4. I think they must get it from the cash & carry.
Any ideas?
I'm talking about the one that comes in a bottle the same size as the have the burger sauce in, in kebab shops.

Can anyone help as to where I can buy KEBAB SHOP style ketchup??

Smashing

tooting_jane wrote: »

I agree, Sainsbury's basic ketchup is great and it's only around 29p (or maybe even cheaper now).

Yep, 25p - I need to stop recommending it - last few times I went to get some it has been sold out. :rolleyes:

thriftmonster

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

Nope - can't stand any commercial ketchup. All of them are too sweet. I make my own, from cheap tinned toms (e.g. Lidl at about 13p per tin).

You can vary the flavours e.g. more chilli, less chilli etc, more or less sugar (ugh - not too much, please)

It sounds long-winded, but I find it keeps in jars in the fridge for months.

Hugh Furry Animal has a recipe in the RC Cookbook (or maybe the Meat book? ) or Google will find plenty more

Never thought of using tinned tomatoes - doh! - great idea as I already make plum ketchup, when I see plums reduced to virtually nothing - and I save all the value ketchup bottles. Do you sterilise it after you've made it in a hot water bath?

tooting_jane

kimevans wrote: »

Can anyone help as to where I can buy KEBAB SHOP style ketchup??

Can you go into a kebab shop and ask them where they get it?

milkydrink

tooting_jane wrote: »

Can you go into a kebab shop and ask them where they get it?

They (the one in London) just said cash & carry, but I don't have a cash & carry card. All them Kebab & Burger shops seem to have it, I just wondered if anyone on here knew where they get it.

I don't have one I can go & ask as I am not a regular customer at any now,k trying to stay out of them:rotfl:

Debt_Free_Chick

thriftmonster wrote: »

Never thought of using tinned tomatoes - doh! - great idea as I already make plum ketchup, when I see plums reduced to virtually nothing - and I save all the value ketchup bottles. Do you sterilise it after you've made it in a hot water bath?

I keep thinking "I should" but have never bothered. Wouldn't necessarily claim it doesn't need sterilising - I guess it depends on how long you're planning to keep it?