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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 17:25:37 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.

File this under "cool cool hey what the actual ??? nope!!!":
"[E]arly recipes for various different varieties of ketchup contained mushrooms, oysters, mussels, egg whites, grapes or walnuts...."
"In the United Kingdom, ketchup was historically prepared with mushrooms as a primary ingredient, rather than tomatoes." #TIL
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  Ketchup
  
  Ketchup or catsup () is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor. The unmodified term ("ketchup") now typically refers to tomato ketchup, although early recipes for various different varieties of ketchup contained mushrooms, oysters, mussels, egg whites, grapes or walnuts, among other ingredients. Tomato ketchup is made from tomatoes, sugar, and vinegar, with seasonings and spices. The spices and flavors vary, but commonly include onions, allspice, coriander, cloves, cumin, garlic, and mustard, and sometimes include celery, cinnamon, or ginger. The market leader in the United States (60% market share) and the United Kingdom (82%) is Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Tomato ketchup is often used as a condiment to dishes that are usually served hot and are fried or greasy: french fries and other potato dishes, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, hot sandwiches, meat pies, cooked eggs, and grilled or fried meat. Ketchup is sometimes used as the basis for, or as one ingredient in, other sauces and dressings, and the flavor may be replicated...
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  M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 17:25:37 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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  Oh, man, I wanna make this! Read to the end:
  "[T]he tomato-based version [of ketchup] did not appear until around a century after other types. An early recipe for "Tomato Catsup" from 1817 includes anchovies:
  "Gather a gallon of fine, red, and full ripe tomatas; mash them with one pound of salt.
  Let them rest for three days, press off the juice, and to each quart add a quarter of a pound of anchovies, two ounces of shallots, and an ounce of ground black pepper.
  Boil up together for half an hour, strain through a sieve, and put to it the following spices; a quarter of an ounce of mace, the same of allspice and ginger, half an ounce of nutmeg, a drachm of coriander seed, and half a drachm of cochineal.
  Pound all together; let them simmer gently for twenty minutes, and strain through a bag: when cold, bottle it, adding to each bottle a wineglass of brandy. It will keep for seven years."
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    Ketchup or catsup () is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor. The unmodified term ("ketchup") now typically refers to tomato ketchup, although early recipes for various different varieties of ketchup contained mushrooms, oysters, mussels, egg whites, grapes or walnuts, among other ingredients. Tomato ketchup is made from tomatoes, sugar, and vinegar, with seasonings and spices. The spices and flavors vary, but commonly include onions, allspice, coriander, cloves, cumin, garlic, and mustard, and sometimes include celery, cinnamon, or ginger. The market leader in the United States (60% market share) and the United Kingdom (82%) is Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Tomato ketchup is often used as a condiment to dishes that are usually served hot and are fried or greasy: french fries and other potato dishes, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, hot sandwiches, meat pies, cooked eggs, and grilled or fried meat. Ketchup is sometimes used as the basis for, or as one ingredient in, other sauces and dressings, and the flavor may be replicated...

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