Fun Online Polls: Condiments

From The Metro:

Over 1,000 people were asked to name their favourite table top condiment by shopping discount site NetVoucherCodes.co.uk...

A NetVoucherCodes spokesperson commented: "We all like a good sauce so it is interesting to see what the nation voted as its favourite. It was surprising to see that Heinz Ketchup didn’t win. A couple of respondents had put down Marmite as their favourite condiment however these we disqualified on the count of Marmite being a spread."

Top Ten
1. Hellmann’s Mayonnaise – 23%
2. Heinz Tomato Ketchup – 22%
3. HP Brown Sauce – 13%
4. Coleman’s Mustard – 11%
5. Branston Pickle – 9%
6. Daddies Brown Sauce – 8%
7. Tartare Sauce – 6%
8. Malt Vinegar – 4%
9. Heinz Salad Cream – 3%
10. Horseradish – 1%

That's my kind of poll! I can't track down the official poll results at the netvouchercodes.co.uk website, but a few things spring to mind...

* I think it's incorrect to say "We all like a good sauce", there must be a few people somewhere who don't like "a sauce" and from the point of view of such people, there is no such thing as "a good sauce", is there?

* Fair play to them for disqualifying Marmite (I like the stuff but it's not a table top condiment).

* I do wonder whether the responses were unprompted. Items 7, 8 and 10 are generic kinds of condiment and the others are specific brand names.

* Are there really people who can tell the difference between HP and Daddies? The Wiki entry says "The brown sauce is similar to HP Sauce, but without tamarind, without tomatoes and with less malt vinegar but more spirit vinegar... The brand is now owned by the H. J. Heinz Company, having been bought as part of the acquisition of HP Foods from previous owner Groupe Danone in 2005. Like HP Sauce, production of Daddies Favourite has been moved to the Netherlands."

* It's spelled Colman's Mustard without the "e".