GreyBear [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 years agoLauren Southern dates a guy who think ketchup is too spicyhexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageLauren Southern dates a guy who think ketchup is too spicyhexbear.netGreyBear [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 years agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarepost_trains [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 years agoTomato ketchup is entirely British. They couldn’t figure out how to reproduce a spiced Hokkien pickled fish brine sauce, so they somehow made mushroom and eventually tomato ketchup.
minus-squarethefunkycomitatus [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 years agoEven in the US colonies, it was mushroom ketchup. I don’t think tomato ketchup became a thing until the 1800s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29u_FejNuks
Tomato ketchup is entirely British. They couldn’t figure out how to reproduce a spiced Hokkien pickled fish brine sauce, so they somehow made mushroom and eventually tomato ketchup.
Even in the US colonies, it was mushroom ketchup. I don’t think tomato ketchup became a thing until the 1800s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29u_FejNuks