Posted on 04/07/2021 10:01:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Run on ketchup in stores in 3,2,1.
Ketchup HOARDERS should be SHOT!
“What’s the Difference Between Ketchup and Catsup?”
“Ketchup and catsup: You’ve heard both words, and probably even dipped a plate of French fries in a pile of each one. You didn’t notice a difference in taste, so what gives?
Ketchup and catsup are simply two different spellings for the same thing: a modern, Westernized version of a condiment that European traders were introduced to while visiting the Far East in the late 17th century. What exactly that condiment was, and where they found it, is a matter of a much wider debate.
It could have been ke-chiap, from China’s southern coastal Fujian region. Or it could have been kicap, a Malay word borrowed from the Cantonese dialect of Chinese from Indonesia, also spelled kecap and ketjap, both of which are sauces based on brined or pickled fish or shellfish, herbs, and spices. Whatever it was, the Europeans liked it, and as early 1690, they brought it back home with them, calling it catchup.
The early Western versions of the sauce—which, beginning in 1711, was sometimes called ketchup, another Anglicization of the Malay name popularized in the book An Account of Trade in India—were pretty faithful to the original Eastern ones, with one of the earliest recipes published in England (1727) calling for anchovies, shallots, vinegar, white wine, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg, pepper, and lemon peel. It wasn’t until almost a century later that tomatoes found their way into the sauce, in a recipe in an American cook book published in 1801. In the meantime, another alternative spelling popped up, mentioned in a 1730 Jonathan Swift poem: “And, for our home-bred British cheer, Botargo [a fish roe-based relish], catsup, and caveer [caviar].”
The tomato-based version of ketchup quickly caught on in the U.S. during the first few decades of the 19th century. At first, it was made and locally sold by farmers, but by 1837 at least one company was producing and distributing it on a national scale. The H. J. Heinz Company, a name that’s synonymous with ketchup for most people today, was a relative latecomer to the game and didn’t produce a tomato-based ketchup until 1876. They originally referred to their product as catsup, but switched to ketchup in the 1880s to stand out. Eventually, ketchup became the standard spelling in the industry and among consumers, though you can still find catsup strongholds sprinkled across the U.S.”
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29649/whats-difference-between-ketchup-and-catsup
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Isn’t that Hunter’s buddy?
Well crap. I guess I’ll be forced to use my tasty 5 alarm chili instead. Life is tough in the first world.
It’s not really a ketchup shortage then. More a packaging bottleneck.
You can make your own ketchup. It’s not that difficult nor expensive if you get tomatoes in season or grow your own.
As long as the cheese curds are fresh, gravy on fries IS acceptable. ;)
And why can I no longer find cane cola in any of the stores that used to carry it? I can order a 12-pack direct from the Boylan bottling company, but it’s $31.50 plus $9.99 shipping.
There are a lot of products that have simply disappeared. I finally found a bottle of my favorite dish soap a week ago, after a year of searching. I seriously considered stockpiling it, but the toilet paper is taking up all the space in my pantry.
I grow and put up a lot of our food - mainly tomatoes and peppers, sweet and hot.
Ketchup is ONE thing I will NOT waste good tomatoes on. It takes a TON of tomatoes to make ketchup and lots of sugar. Never understood how it caught on, due to that fact alone - but I guess it’s a good use for ‘scratch and dent’ tomatoes. ;)
Salsa, Bloody Mary Mix, V-8 Juice, Pasta Sauce and dehydrated - those are my standard uses for tomatoes.
Beau likes ketchup on his scrambled eggs - I prefer Salsa. ;)
Its ridiculous LOL but they were even yapping about it in the rush Limbaugh show!
get some canned tomato’s vinegar sugar and onions viola!
Oh noes! the world is ending!
what happened here is the gubmint shut down businesses so the manufactures stopped making packets
Poutine!!
Billy Bobs a retard, I like salt and malt vinegar
Mmmmm Hmmm....
I save the condiment packs all year an add them to the mix of candy I give out at Halloween.
Then I sit back and watch the local online group go wild....
“I finally found a bottle of my favorite dish soap a week ago...”
Two girlfriends, one in WI and the other in IL, said that they were having problems finding their faves, too.
May I ask what it is that you like? I just want to see if it’s a brand that I know. I like just about anything Mrs. Meyers makes, and I also like Palmolive’s Oxy brand. I like LOTS of bubbles...in my shampoo, my toothpaste and my dish soap. ;)
Agreed!
LOL! Brilliant! :)
Welcome to Venezuela lite.
Zout stain remover and prewash is difficult to find as well.
You cannot go grocery shopping and get everything on your list, like you used to.
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