A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the flavor, to complement the dish, or to impart a specific flavor. Such specific flavors generally add sweetnes
Salt and pepper at a modern restaurant
Tray of condiments and spices
Various condiments at a market in Sangha, Mali in 1992
Salt, pepper, and sugar are commonly placed on Western restaurant tables.
Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor.
Condiment
…flavor, such as barbecue sauce and soy sauce; those added before serving, such as mayonnaise in a sandwich; and those added tableside to taste, such as ketchup with fast food. Condiments can also provide other health benefits to diets that lack micronutrients. The exact definition of a condiment varies. Some…
A glass dish of tomato ketchup
Blue Label Tomato Ketchup advertisement, Curtice Brothers, 1898
Homemade mushroom ketchup in a plastic tub
Tomato ketchup and other condiments