Okay, so when I was growing up, I did not like spicy food. I thought Italian food was too spicy, so I did not like it. But, I did like ketchup: I liked ketchup on hamburgers and hot dogs, French fries, fried clams (I also liked tartar sauce on fried clams), home-fried potatoes, scrambled eggs, meatloaf, and golumpkis. I suspect there were other foods that I also liked to cover with ketchup.
So, then I moved to West Texas, and I was introduced to hot sauce, picante or salsa, depending upon who you talk to. I am not sure what the difference is. But I think there is a difference. Hot sauce seems to refer to concentrated sauce such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_sauce, as in Habeñero Sauce, Tabasco Sauce www.tabasco.com or Louisiana Hot Sauce http://www.louisianapepper.com/.
Picante sauce seems to refer to commercially prepared hot sauces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_(sauce) . These sauces are also called salsa.
I also make my own hot sauce, salsa, or picante, depending upon your definition, using tomatoes, onion, garlic, cilantro, jalapeño, lemon or lime juice and salt.
When I moved to Texas, I discovered that there were foods that I preferred to eat covered with hot sauce, salsa or picante vs. ketchup. Specifically, but not limited to omelets and other egg foods, cheese foods, and meat foods.
I still prefer ketchup for French fries, hamburgers, hot dogs, and onion rings.
So, the distinction between ketchup and hot sauce or salsa or picante for me is made.
Most of the time. Every once in a while, I will find myself preferring ketchup over hot sauce, because I crave the sweetness of ketchup.
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