logoalt Hacker News

marginalia_nulast Thursday at 2:29 PM1 replyview on HN

There's even a case that Ketchup is a distant relative, as it started out as South East Asian oyster sauce, was imported to Europe, turned into fermented mushroom sauce, was exported to the colonies, and finally turned into tomato sauce (though originally sometimes with fish in it).


Replies

pcllast Thursday at 2:55 PM

Fermented mushroom sauce sounds so much better than ketchup! Tell me more. Does it still exist commercially?

show 3 replies