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Termyn8or -> Catsup/ketchup-condiments (4/28/2008 10:58:41 AM)
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OK the other thread piqued my curiousity so it's not my fault.
Not wanting to hijack, I figured I would just up and ask. Does anyone know the difference ? I was told there was, and perhaps there is no longer, but I was told there was a difference.
Been to wiki, and it did not clear it up. Apparently there are government standards for ketchup but not for catsup ?
They describe some sort of fish sauce with mushrooms, I guess a long time ago.
I believe this condiment in it's present form to be tomato paste, vinegar, brown sugar or molasses, and salt.
Funny these humans. I know two who are addicted to this condiment. I bet they have no clue as to what is in it. It seems they see it as an element or something, that perhaps there are ketchup trees somewhere with taps on them like maples during sap gathering season.
This is not the only question about condiments that can be raised. For example I don't think tartar sauce had anything to do with the Tartars. Of course the Tartars never actually took that name I heard. The trr-trr sound of the marauders' horses hoofs on the ground made the sound, and TAR TAR was yelled out in the streets telling the people to lock up their daughters etc. Actually that could be bullshit too, we'll never know.
One thing that is purported to be actually related to those people is steak tartar. IIRC correctly it was raw meat, heavily spiced. with peppercorns, onions, and a few other things.
Perhaps some of those ingredients found their way into some of the earlier modern forms of tartar sauce, the most modern of which is based on mayonaisse. Anybody know ?
Actually I use very little tartar sauce or ketchup these days, I find them too sweet for my liking. In fact I think damnear everything is too sweet these days.
Some may find this subject mundane, and I guess in some ways it is, but I think it important for one to know what they are eating.
T
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