Ketchup, or catsup, which is the same word latinized differently, was a fish sauce from China.
The western Europeans and American colonists used the recipe, and expanded it to things like mushrooms and many other ingredients. (for proof, look at the ketchup entry on wikipedia).
Tomato ketchup (which is specified on your bottle still today) wasn’t invented until we realized that tomatoes weren’t poisonous despite their color, and their sweetness and tang totally rocked with the ketchup recipe.
Now we use it to eat frenched fries, which aren’t French! In fact, they are Belgian, and are named because they used a cooking technique invented by the French called “frenching” which has evolved into deep frying.
So, you are dipping your belgian potatoes into a chinese sauce that use a North American fruit as a base.
And with this information, you shall father nations!
It also took a long time for tomato ketchup sales to take off because it was very difficult to make shelf stable for transporting and selling in stores. Heinz was the first company to make one that sold well. Before that, tomato ketchup was typically made at home if you wanted something vaguely decent.
Ketchup, or catsup, which is the same word latinized differently, was a fish sauce from China.
The western Europeans and American colonists used the recipe, and expanded it to things like mushrooms and many other ingredients. (for proof, look at the ketchup entry on wikipedia).
Tomato ketchup (which is specified on your bottle still today) wasn’t invented until we realized that tomatoes weren’t poisonous despite their color, and their sweetness and tang totally rocked with the ketchup recipe.
Now we use it to eat frenched fries, which aren’t French! In fact, they are Belgian, and are named because they used a cooking technique invented by the French called “frenching” which has evolved into deep frying.
So, you are dipping your belgian potatoes into a chinese sauce that use a North American fruit as a base.
And with this information, you shall father nations!
And in the Philipines, ketchup refers to a banana ketchup, not a tomato ketchup.
It also took a long time for tomato ketchup sales to take off because it was very difficult to make shelf stable for transporting and selling in stores. Heinz was the first company to make one that sold well. Before that, tomato ketchup was typically made at home if you wanted something vaguely decent.
Thank you. This sounds like the kind of useless knowledge I can use.
That picture of mushroom ketchup is vile.
I bet that would be bomb on roast beef tho