Real Tomato ketchup
Eddie?
shareNuthin' but the best! Cousin Eddie...original hipster?!?
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MovieChat Forums > National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Discussion > Real Tomato ketchup
I never got this. Like, is there "fake" tomato ketchup out there somewhere? I always assumed Clark thought it was a generic brand of ketchup, but I never really knew for sure.
shareI think Clark is intimating that the ketchup is just smashed up tomatoes without any thing else like sugar or whatever other ingredients it takes to make bottled ketchup.
shareI never got the Hamburger Helper reference. The kits don't make burgers, they're pasta dishes.
shareIm only guessing that Eddie was seasoning the buns with the Hamburger Helper powder? He asked Clark how he wanted his bun cooked.
shareIm only guessing that Eddie was seasoning the buns with the Hamburger Helper powder?
No, he actually made a "burger" but did so without any beef - just 'helper...
Hamburger helper "extends" a pound of meat by adding pasta (or maybe rice too?) which also makes a thick sauce when water or canned broth is added. You the beef, 'helper, and liquid in a pan until it reduces to a thick casserole consistency. What Eddie did was mix up the Hamburger Helper and left out the beef. He then took the pasta/sauce 'helper mixture, formed a patty, and grilled that. Mmmmm...
Notice when Clark took a bite it just oozed out of the bun?
Now, even if Eddie used beef with the Hamburger Helper to extend his limited meat budget, it still would have been a diluted burger (half beef, half 'helper) and that would have been disgusting enough, but he didn't even use the beef!
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I totally missed this in that scene and wondered why it splattered everywhere. Thank you!
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