Condiment

A condiment is a substance applied to food, usually in the form of a sauce, powder, or spread, to enhance or improve the flavour. Condiments are typically smeared with knives, squirted, or sprinkled onto other foods.

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Commercially prepared condiments are usually packaged in glass or plastic containers. Plastic has displaced glass in a number of applications where plastic's squeezability is an advantage, such as for ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and other condiments with a paste-like consistency.

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Some commercial venues (especially packaged meals dispensed by airlines and in some cafeterias), condiments are packaged in single-serving packets.

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Examples of condiments include:

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• Belacan
• Chili oil
• Chutneys
• Fish sauce
• Fry sauce
• Hot sauces based on chili, including Tabasco sauce
• HP Sauce
• Ketchup
• Mayonnaise
• Mixed pickle
• Mustard
• Pepper
• raita
• Red pepper flakes
• Relish
• Remoulade
• salsa
• Salt
• Sauerkraut (sometimes seen as a condiment on sausages or hot dogs, occasionally seen as a side dish)
• Soy sauce
• Spaghetti sauce
• Steak sauces such as A1 and Heinz 57
• Tabasco sauce
• Tartar sauce
• Trassi
• Wasabi
• Worcestershire sauce

There is also a list of condiments.

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Food: Food is any substance consumed by living organisms, including liquid drinks. Food is the main source of energy and of nutrition for animals, and is usually of animal or plant origin....

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Glass: :For eyeglasses, see glasses. For the drinking vessel, see glass (drinkware)....