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September 2, 2024 9 mins

Even mundane things in your kitchen can inspire wonder — or at least be interesting — if you pay attention. If you've never wondered about the history of ketchup, or why it's called ketchup, or what ketchup was like in the olden days, now's your chance to wonder. Edit: I made a mistake when I talked about the "mystery" EZ Squirt ketchup. It apparently didn't have all those colors together. Rather, the mystery was which color you would get. That does make more sense!

A few resources:

11 ketchup facts that go well with everything (Mental Floss)

The fascinating medicinal origins of ketchup (Tasting Table)

A bottle to beckon with (Heinz ad)

Woman is shocked when she compares ingredients in American ketchup vs. Canadian ketchup (Yahoo! Life)

 

Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast Licence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0

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