[Sca-cooks] Roman Ketchup?

[Ian Kusz]

mmmmmmmmmm......highbush cranberry ketchup......

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Terry Decker <t.d.decker at att.net> wrote:

> The term ketchup probably derives from the Malay word "kechap" which refers
> to a fish sauce.  The word appears in English in 1690.  In the 18th and 19th
> Century, ketchup was used as a generic reference to a number sauces with the
> only common ingredient being vinegar.  Tomato ketchup is likely a 19th
> Century creation.  Garum is a fish sauce, so I would say that the site is
> using a Danish word that translates as "ketchup" but has a meaning closer to
> that of "kechap."
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> Bear
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>> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.sagnlandet.dk/&ei=PTeJTKLfLpL0swOFyaisCg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlejre%2Bfors%25C3%25B8gscenter%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26prmd%3Div
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>> While researching on a totally unrelated topic I found this "discussion."
>> I
>> thought tomatoes were "New World?"
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>> Aelina the Saami
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