Do You Buy or Make The Condiments On Your Food Truck?

Condiments. A mobile food vendor can’t live without ’em, but they sure add up when purchasing them at the grocery store. Making your own condiments can be very easy, and gives you the knowledge and flavor profile of every ingredient your provide your customers.

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So why do so many vendors I’ve spoken with revert to the grocery store brands? For the most part…Convenience. Plain and simple.

We are opening a poll to correspond with this article to find out if you make your own condiments or if you buy them.

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For those interested…here is a recipe to create one of the most common condiments used by Americans. Ketchup Recipe

About the Author: Richard Myrick

Richard Myrick is an architect by degree (Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan) who began his career in real estate development and architectural planning. In September of 2010 he created Mobile Cuisine Magazine to fill an information void he found when he began researching how to start a mobile hotdog cart in Chicago. Richard found that there was no central repository of mobile street food information anywhere on the internet, and with that, the idea for MCM was born. Richard also wrote the "Running a Food Truck for Dummies" available in bookstores everywhere and Amazon. You can reach out to Richard by email at: [email protected].