[SEL] Ketchup

Steve W. falcon at telenet.net
Wed Oct 24 15:10:46 PDT 2007


The strange thing is that tomato based ketchup is not the original 
recipe. The original was simply a fish based sauce similar to Worcester
sauce. Looking back to the eighteenth century, ketchup started out as a 
sauce made of anchovies, walnuts, mushrooms and kidney beans. One 
popular theory is that the word ketchup is derived from the koechiap or 
ke-tsiap which is from the Amoy dialect of China. Roughly translated 
means the brine of pickled fish or shellfish.

I think the reason for the different names is likely trademarks and such.
My niece loves the stuff. She will put it on everything she eats if 
given the chance. She went ape when she discovered the new Herr's 
ketchup flavored chips.
http://www.herrsstore.com/ke55ozba.html

Jerry Evans wrote:
>> From: John Culp <johnculp at chartertn.net>
>> Subject: [SEL] Ketchup
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Bruce Younger wrote:
>>
>>
>> Catsup looks like a contraction of cat soup,
>> John Culp
>> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
> 
> 
> Hi John,
>          Believe me, some of the cheaper varieties actually look like 
> "cat's up" (cat's vomit).
> 

-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York



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