I have a problem......

I have a confession to make....

I'm a condiment junkie.

It's true.

D's regular mantra in the kitchen these days is "you are going to have to get rid of some of these sauces/marinades/jelly/marmalades/mustards clogging up the door shelves."

Ack!

Blasphemy!

I can't help it. I can avoid most junk foods....but novelty condiments? I can't control myself! That being said, when he's not complaining, he is enjoying the fruits of my compulsion.

For starters, HP sauce (regular and curry flavour) are not optional. You must have these in your fridge for sarnies, or chips, or just for whatever.

Plum Chiptole Cooking Sauce was a real hit, albeit a bit on the sweet side. It is ridiculously yummy poured over a block of cream cheese and served with some whole wheat crackers. D calls it "seventies porn party appetizer" but he still eats it all up.

Any mustards are not extraneous. You never know if you'll need a sharp biting mustard, or more of a vinegary mustard. I recommend having at least two or three varieties at all times.

Jars of olives, tapenade, pickled onions, green tomato relish, capers and other pickley treats are not optional. You never know when you'll need an emergency snack (I reccommend green tomato relish on saltines), or something to perk up a pasta dish. Or you never know, you may find yourself compulsively eating an entire jar (ahem, pickled beets do not last long around me).

Tomato sauce or ketchup/catsup. Do we even need to discuss the necessity of this item?

Horseradish. If you don't have it handy, then you don't know that this is exactly what you need to perk up a blah gravy or sauce.

BBQ sauce/sauces in a plethora of flavours/textures are totally necessary, especially to perk up a seitan sandwich.

Soy Sauce/Ponzu/Oyster Sauce/Katsu Sauce .... all essential when many of your "quick I need dinner this instant" dinners involve some sort of stir fried veggie and rice. They are also essential for marinading tofu.

So what jars of compulsive condiment buying madness do you have lurking in your fridge?