Condiments: Jars or Squeeze Bottles

[KaimukiMan]

Making a sandwich this morning and I was squeezing the last of the mayonnaise out of the bottle, a little dribble, shake the bottle down, bang it on the counter, squeeze again. I started to wonder why I bought it in a squeeze bottle at all. On the other hand, it does seem to keep longer. Single guy, don't use a whole lot of mayo, ketchup, mustard at one time and the limited exposure to air, not sticking kinves or spoons into the condiment, etc seem to keep it fresh longer - or is it my imagination?

Any chowhounds feel like chiming in?

[John Francis]

Jars for me, but probably just from habit - I don't think about it. If I did, I'd probably stay with jars - seems like that would be less wasteful.

[pedalfaster]

Glass jars.
Easier to clean, sanitize and reuse, or recycle ( I live in a small town which has limited plastics recycling). On the "reuse" front I find may condiments come in pretty little glass containers that can be put to other uses.

[HillJ]

I prefer jars and if I'm using a condiment infrequently then small jars are the way I roll. A small mayo jar has a wide lid and the smaller jar is much easier to navigate each and every drop.

[ipsedixit]

I think I like all my condiments (mustard, hot sauce or paste, mayo, relish, etc.) in jars.

The ONE exception is ketchup. Much prefer it in a squeeze bottle.

(If you count salad dressing as a "condiment" then I also prefer those in a squeeze bottle. But I don't consider dressing as a condiment. It's dressing.)

[twyst]

Im a squeeze bottle guy! Although there is probably more "waste" when I throw the bottle away because it doesn't get emptied and scraped, the convenience outweighs the cons for me.

[MonMauler]

One thing I'll often do with squeeze bottles is cut the top off with kitchen shears so I can scrape the inside before tossing it.

As to the original query, I'm pretty indifferent between jars and squeeze bottles. I have a mixture of both. I guess I prefer jars a little bit more because I can apply the condiment more precisely or simply dunk my food into the jar.

[kcshigekawa]

I really dislike squeeze bottles; much prefer jars. When I was a kid we were able to buy ketchup in jars, and I've been looking for that ever since!

And that soupy dollop that Motorsport mentions is gross!

edited for typo...

[Motosport]

I prefer jars. So easy to get to the last "drop".
If I forget to shake the mustard or ketchup squeezers I get a dollop of soupy stuff on my burger or hot dog. Yuck!