Thank you to my friend who showed me this link about how
ketchup is a variation on fish sauce!
Ketchup actually started out as a fish sauce
and somehow evolved into the much more widely-consumed condiment we
know today. Early recipes of ketchup contained sodium benzoate -- which
was banned in the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. That ban led to other
formulations which contained vinegar as a preservative and used ripe
tomatoes.
Between this and
the true history of Worcestershire sauce, I am feeling very culturally superior today, culinarily speaking!
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| Ketchup Fish! |
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