[Sca-cooks] Fw: [Summits] Fw: Officially Period...the tomato

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There are all kinds of ketchup recipes in old (1800 through mid 1900's) cook 
books, only a few are for tomatos.  It seems all kinds of things were called 
ketchup, I think it was more the process than the ingredient.  I havn't pursured 
this into period recipes yet but it was interesting reading all the other 
ketchups.  


Mirianna



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From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
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Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 11:20:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fw: [Summits] Fw: Officially Period...the tomato

<<< Marinara sauce is a stretch. 
Ketchup on the other hand . . .  :) 
Eduardo >>>

Er, yes and no.

I *think* marinara sauce is always made from tomatoes.

But from pervious discussions here, ketchup originally came from the far east 
and was brought back by the British. And while it came in a variety of flavors 
from a variety of fruits and vegetables, tomatoes weren't one of them. I think 
it originally came from the Far East. So while the concept may be period, I 
believe it was in America that tomato catsup was first created. Well past 
period.

These have already been mentioned, but here are the Florilegium files on 
tomatoes in period.