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Why is Tomato sauce called Tomato Ketchup and Brown sauce not called Brown Ketchup?
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late 17th century: perhaps from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) k'? chap 'tomato juice'.
Also, why are aeroplanes not called sky trains?
Also, why are aeroplanes not called sky trains?
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Ketchup = vinegar based, does it not?
In related news, what the heck is "catsup", is that the same thing?
In related news, what the heck is "catsup", is that the same thing?
In our house tomato sauce is called "dip dip"- hope thats helpful?
Ketchup = vinegar based, does it not?
Brown sauce is also vinegar based so why not Brown Ketchup?
Further investigation reveals both Heinz Tomato Ketchup and HP Brown Sauce have tomatoes and vinegar as the 2 biggest ingredients.
In related news, what the heck is "catsup", is that the same thing?
Its the same thing spelled differently as they're both a phonetic translation from a different language and character set. In the same way that John, Sean, Ian, Ewan, Ivan and Giovanni are different ways of writing/pronouncing ????????