FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Catsup/Catchup/Ketchup -- the spelling

blake murphy

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:04:30 +0800, wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:07:14 -0700, "Max Hauser"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>What I found in popular, mostly US, published cookbooks:
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>>
>>Mary Randolph,* 1824 (edition of 1860): "Catsup"
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>>Eliza Leslie, 1837 (edition 1851): "Catchup" (including "Tomata"
>>tchup.) -- A chapter with eight recipes. Three include wine, one beer.
>>
>>Mrs Beeton (British, edition 1861): "Ketchup"
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>>Fannie Farmer, 1927: "Catsup"
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>>Morrison Wood (_With A Jug of Wine_), 1949: "Catsup"
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>>Joy of Cooking, 1964: "Catsup"
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>>Fannie Farmer, 1965: "Catsup" (five recipes)
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>>
>>Respectfully submitted -- Max
>
>There is an Indonesian thick, sweet soy-based sauce called "Ketjap
>Manis", no doubt another variation on this theme :-)
>
>CJ

more commonly spelled 'kecap manis.' it's tasty, but it's not really
what you'd think of as a catsup, i.e., a boiled-own vegetable or nut.
think of a combination of soy sauce and molasses.

your pal,
blake