I don't think I'd seen Heinz Malt Vinegar until I came here. Sarsons all the way.

bonus of Arby's Horsey Sauce: clears my sinuses right up.

bleach would do that too, though....

Ever get heartburn? Out of heartburn medicine? Dr. Gravdigr prescribes plain ol' yellow mustard, by the tablespoon, as needed.

Relief almost on contact.

The Merkin condiments do pretty well.

Heinz is an established name.
Therefore Heinz sauces sell well. As well as Ketchup, a Brit staple is their Salad Cream (bleurgh! bane of my childhood!) I understand it's pretty much non-existent in America, but the iconic bottle graces many an afternoon tea over here.
I like the Heinz BBQ sauce, but Lea & Perrins (Worcester Sauce people) do a great range of shake-on sauces - for cooking - and squeeze-on sauces as well.

Hellman's Mayonnaise is also a standard.
Like many brands I actually assumed it was British (see below *) for a long time.

Tabasco.
There are now a lot of hot pepper sauces - Reggae Reggae Sauce is climbing the charts - but this is considered original and best. Especially as there are four different flavours. Yeah - I bet you have 20...

Mustard, I'm afraid you don't figure.
There may be some people who buy "American Style Mustard" and that's probably what's dispensed in cinemas when you buy a hot dog. But in general in this country we eat Colman's. It comes from Norfolk and the distinctive colour and shape of the packaging means MUSTARD with a capital OW. What's the good of it if it doesn't sing in your sinuses?

We also eat French mustard, especially Dijon.

Colman's also sell quintissential accompaniments for all Sunday roasts; apple sauce for pork, bread sauce for turkey (that's a packet mix - we never have that) mint for lamb. When possible we buy local jars from the local butcher. We do buy Ocean Spray cranberry for turkey though, cranberry not really being a viable crop here. Or at least not a cheap one.

Oh and horseradish for beef. My favourite.
I add it to mackerel as well, and like the strong stuff.
No particular maker - I buy supermarket own. But in its absence I have a tube of wasabi.

You would recognise many condiments if you came here (please do! I'm always asking y'all!) but perhaps used in different ways.

We're not as foreign as Continental Europe, with their beers in vending machines, and mayo on fries. But we might appear exotic with our brown sauce on bacon and our mint on peas.

* Our first morning in New York. We went into a diner for breakfast. It was a little off the beaten track, but of course I can't claim it was completely authentic (although the waitress did exclaim that we were English). I was amazed for a second that there was Heinz Ketchup and Tabasco on the table. I then laughed at myself to the Evil Ex. He didn't get it, and still didn't when I explained it. Then again, he also thought Kelloggs Cornflakes were British. Blame the English cafes on the Spanish Costas, which reassure people everying they serve is the same as at home - you've guessed it, Heinz, Kelloggs etc.

I went to a restaurant in Bar Harbor, Maine and ordered the fish and chips. There was ketchup on the table, so I turned to the waiter and as I was saying "I need ..." he whipped a bottle of malt vinegar out of his apron.

Cool that I didn't even have to finish asking.

It was Heinz, which was okay, but I prefer the maltier flavor of some of the British malt vinegars.

In Rehoboth Beach, De, there's a place called Thrasher's that sells awsome fries. The only thing they have for dipping is vinegar - there's a sign that says "don't even ask for ketchup".

There are Thrashers in OCMD also - Been there for like 100 years. The Rehoboth one is much newer. I agree their fries are AWESOME.

My wife made her first visit to the Boardwalk in OC the other summer. She had her first Boardwalk fries. She pigged out madly and even now demands that I make my homemade version (complete with malt vinegar) every once in a while.

Rich, I would like to add Quiznos Batch 81 sauce to your list. Nice and spicy but still sweet enough to NOT burn my mouth. I wish it still came in bottles!

Brian

Yummy!

oh look, it's a youtube link....

I think you're missing the artistic quality: the extra space is a metaphor for the emptiness in the minds of so many mindless posters. I don't know what the youtubes are a metaphor for, I don't watch them.

I'm all for condiments though. I believe we should pass them out at schools, to our young people. You can't keep kidding yourself that kids will abstain from eating, and condiments are the best known protection against mastically transmitted diseases. [/soapbox]

Yeah, I made up a word. So what? ;)