Talk:Spread (food)

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This article is a little too wide in scope at present, I feel. While sauces and the like can, of course, be spread on all kinds of dishes, to me the term "a spread" principally evokes something spread on bread, and an article along the lines of nl:Broodbeleg, de:Brotaufstrich, and fr:Pâte à tartiner would perhaps be preferable. Also, the definition "a spread is a [...] condiment" doesn't ring quite true, since "condiment" suggests savoury to me, though there as many, if not more, sweet spreads as savoury. Any other comments? -- Picapica 16:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree: A spread is certainly NOT a condiment. The whole idea behind a condiment is that it complements whatever the dish is. A hamburger can be topped with a condiment such as mustard. Two pieces of bread with mustard is a mustard sandwich- in this context mustard is a spread.

So mustard can be a spread and a condiment, depending on the situation. It can also be an ingredient. This whole question comes back to what a condiment is- a "condiment" is a functional definition, and in the same way a "spread" is also a functional definition.

Condiments complement the food and are optional choices... spreads are put directly on bread (or rolls, etc.) and are the main show. On a PBJ sandwich both PB and J are required. On a hamburger, ketchup and mustard are optional.--Pblessman 01:12, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] jail spread

im pretty sure this section of this wiki should be removed, it really just dosent fit into the main part of this article - Smezzy (talk) 20:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)