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The word 'ketchup' comes from the Chinese Ké Tsiap. Dutch and English sailors brought this spicy, fishy and very tomato less concoction back home with them from Asia. Europeans then added nutty ingredients like... walnuts!
A ketchup recipe in 'The complete Housewife,' published in 1727, called for anchovies, shallots, vinegar, white wine, sweet spices (cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg), pepper, and lemon peel! A tomato was finally popped into the mix in about 1801. Mmmmm..pass the fries!
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23 cool cats commented:
I don't know why the font is so bizarrely huge today!
The ketchup print ad is from 1898:)
All the better to see it, LOL. I might even like ketchup if it weren't for the tomatoes . . . my 'french' fries(so NOT French, shudder) just get vinegar and salt.
Sounds good. I like spicy ketchup.
the anchovy looks yummy! and the ad at the top very classy ... reminds me of the old days ...
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I love this post! Who knew? I think I could eat ketchup on just about anything.
Never, NERVER, tell my children there could be anchovies in their loved ketchup !
Thanks for the information, Mary.
All of a sudden i know a lot about ketchup! I still wonder if ketchup and katsup are the same thing, though...
Okay, I think I'm glad that I rarely eat ketchup!
Mmmm Ketchup! I'd like to try that recipe - sounds a little fishy, but good.
There's a missing gem and a reward at my place - you got the gem? huh? huh?
mmmm...I am a salt and vinegar on my fries kinda girl, but I might try a little anchovy action!
Thanks for visiting me! I am so happy to find your blog. I think it's tres cute, and besides that, I love ketchup so this was a fun post for me!! Can't wait to see more!
I'm not fond of anchovies. At all.
I love old ads. Thanks for the cool story accompanying it!
I like your blog, Marie. Very stylish. Thanks for visiting my Journal. Hope you'll drop in soon.
I could drink ketchup...I'm so weird.
Anchoives!!? Ewww ... this is one time I'm grateful to be in modern times. Now I'm hungry though. :o) ♥ ∞
how interesting! suddenly I want to know even more about ketchup! :-)
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Anchovies...in ketchup??? Banish the thought!!! ~Lori
Hmmm. Interesting. Never knew!
Who knew?! Funny that it didn't start out with tomato!
i know anchovies just provide a salty background, but i can't help but be disgusted by them. :)
Wow I did not know that ketchup is a chinese word. Thanks for the info!
I added you to my bloglist by the way. Kudos!
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