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Thu Jan 23, 2020, 09:07 AM Jan 2020

Ketchup: A History



Ketchup: A History

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

Published on Jan 22, 2020

To many, tomato ketchup is the quintessential American condiment. But ketchup was not invented in the United States, and did not always include tomatoes. The History Guy remembers the surprising history of ketchup.

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Ketchup: A History (Original Post) sl8 Jan 2020 OP
Interesting. I'd thought it derived from chutneys. C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #1
Shake and shake the ketchup bottle, OxQQme Jan 2020 #2
Tomato flavored sugar syrup tomhagen Jan 2020 #3
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