What's your favorite ketchup? - Beyond Tiki

JD Johnny Dollar Tiki Socialite Flyover, Missourah Joined: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 3159	JD Johnny Dollar Posted posted on Fri, Nov 21, 2003 7:27 AM On 2003-11-20 16:45, Tiki_Bong wrote: Is it catsup or ketchup (and why not)? i think catsup was a condiment of british (at least euro) origin... it actually originally did not require tomatoes, as tomatoes were considered poisonous (we're talking like 18th century here) in the u.s. i think we followed the british spelling "catsup" until the 1980's (?) when heinz decided to make it the phonetic spelling "ketchup." this is all purely from the personal memory banks, it may be wildly innacurate.

On 2003-11-20 16:45, Tiki_Bong wrote:
Is it catsup or ketchup (and why not)?

i think catsup was a condiment of british (at least euro) origin... it actually originally did not require tomatoes, as tomatoes were considered poisonous (we're talking like 18th century here)

in the u.s. i think we followed the british spelling "catsup" until the 1980's (?) when heinz decided to make it the phonetic spelling "ketchup."

this is all purely from the personal memory banks, it may be wildly innacurate.

Post #61306 by Johnny Dollar on Fri, Nov 21, 2003 7:27 AM