The Best Way To Pour Ketchup

Ketchup Dis­as­ter, Jerusalem by nick­fraser

Every­one has waited for the ketchup to make its way out of the bot­tle before. Per­son­ally, I get hun­grier and hun­grier as I stare down at my food, know­ing that with one wrong move, my meal end up cov­ered in a thick layer of the red sauce. Thank­fully I now have detailed instruc­tions for this del­i­cate maneu­ver. The inter­net saves the day once again.

Ketchup can be regarded as a highly vis­cous liq­uid, or a thixotropic (flows under pres­sure) solid. Nei­ther term is exactly cor­rect, but the prob­lem is not what to call it. The prob­lem is how to get the ketchup out of the bot­tle, in mea­sured quan­ti­ties, with­out mak­ing a mess.

How to pour Ketchup (Cat­sup): Full tech­ni­cal expla­na­tion via lifehack.org