Ketchup - it's America's favourite condiment and close cousin of Australia's fave: tomato sauce, but its history goes back a long long way before either of these countries existed in their current forms! Join us as we discuss the eighth most voted for topic this BLOCK, the surprisingly interesting history of ketchup!
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
http://atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-ketchup by Anne Ewbank
https://www.history.com/articles/ketchup-surprising-ancient-history by Stephanie Butler
https://www.britannica.com/plant/tomato
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-wild-tiny-pimp-tomato-so-important-180955911/ by Barry Estabrook
https://www.popsci.com/science/ketchup-history-medicine/ by Vittoria Traverso
https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20131023-the-deep-rooted-history-of-chicagos-deep-dish-pizza
Tomato Pills Will Cure All Your Ills by Andrew F. Smith (1991)
https://historyfacts.com/us-history/fact/tomatoes-were-once-sold-as-medicine/
https://www.heinz.com/our-story
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/heinz-ketchup-australia-tomato-sauce by Ernie Smith
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-but-global-history-ketchup-180969725/ by Ken Albala
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