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ketchup Look up ketchup at Dictionary.com
1711, from Malay kichap, from Chinese (Amoy dial.) koechiap "brine of fish." Catsup (earlier catchup) is a failed attempt at Anglicization, still in use in U.S. Originally a fish sauce, early English recipes included among their ingredients mushrooms, walnuts, cucumbers, and oysters. Modern form of the sauce began to emerge when U.S. seamen added tomatoes.
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1711, from Malay kichap, from Chinese (Amoy dial.) koechiap "brine of fish." Catsup (earlier catchup) is a failed attempt at Anglicization, still in use in U.S. Originally a fish sauce, early English recipes included among their ingredients mushrooms, walnuts, cucumbers, and oysters. Modern form of the sauce began to emerge when U.S. seamen added tomatoes.
Etymological dictionaries are your friend...
erghh
can't stand the stuff, full of MSG
anyways - just ask the wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
can't stand the stuff, full of MSG
anyways - just ask the wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
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