"Hold the Ketchup" Part 1 Traditional Cache
"Hold the Ketchup" Part 1
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Well folks heres the next installment celebrating condiments and the cool containers they come in! Ketchup!
I can't imagine eggs or hashbrowns without it! (No Sam I am!) Stay tuned for more condiment caches and fun condiment facts and history coming soon!
Ketchup (sometimes catsup in American English and Canadian English or incorrectly tomato sauce in Commonwealth English) is a sweet-and-sour condiment typically made from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, and an assortment of vegetable seasonings and spices such as onions, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, garlic, and celery. Ketchup is often used with french fries (chips in the UK), hamburgers, sandwiches and grilled or fried meat. Ketchup is also used as a base for various sauces. It is a typical accompaniment for the meat pies of Australia and New Zealand. History--In the 1690s the Chinese mixed together a concoction of pickled fish and spices and called it kôe-chiap or kê-chiap, meaning the brine of pickled fish or shellfish.
By the early 18th century, the table sauce had made it to the Malay states (present day Malaysia and Singapore), where it was discovered by British explorers, and by 1740, it had become an English staple. The Malay word for the sauce was kechap. That word evolved into the English word "ketchup".
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