Ketchup: A History

To many food enthusiasts, tomato ketchup is the quintessential American condiment. But ketchup was not invented in the United States, and did not always include tomatoes. The History Guy remembers the surprising history of ketchup.
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[@luciennerizk4549]

Years ago, my husband took some packets of ketchup back to Egypt for his family to try. His youngest sister, still a teen and a very good cook, couldn't get enough! She spent so much time trying to reproduce the taste, but never quite managed it. Eventually she came to live with us in the US, and she finally got all the ketchup she could eat, and I got to enjoy all the Egyptian foods she would make.

[@dfledermaus]

That earliest Chinese recipe for ketchup sounds almost exactly like how the ancient Roman fish sauce, garum, was made.

[@stevenvalle7319]

Exactly Pompeii 79Ad revealed lots of jars of the stuff

[@goodun2974]

Garum was an in-demand cash product; most Roman-era settlements manufactured and exported it. In the basement of the Barcelona history museum ( MUHBA), there are Roman ruins which include large vats for fermenting the fish guts. If I remember correctly, the underground Roman era ruins in front of the church of Notre Dame in Paris also had a garum-fermentation works.

[@truthseeker9163]

good 'un I’ve been there!

[@goodun2974]

@@truthseeker9163 , yup, Paris and Barcelona, two of my fsvorite places!

[@SpectatorAlius]

I noticed that too, though I could not remember how close a match it was. The appeal of fermented fish across so many different cultures (garum, ketchup, ludefisk) leaves me wondering if garum or some form of it might be up for revival.

[@rsattahip]

Here in Asia (Thailand) they have two kinds of Ketchup, the standard kind is a darker red, spicier and less sweet. Then there's "American Ketchup" which is the bright red sweet stuff.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Tomato Ketchup. The Best...

[@IcelanderUSer]

@BB49 I hate sweet Ketchup. Or any non Heinz really. Although hunts now matches the Heinz taste.

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Remember when there were only 'glass bottles,' and does anyone remember "The Butter-Knife Technique?"

[@martyshannon7542]

Yep. I'm 58 years old.

[@macnutz4206]

I remember being surprised the first time I saw a large bottle of ketchup that was made of plastic. Restaurants had small glass bottles of ketchup on the table. We used a funnel to refill them every night.

[@macnutz4206]

@Kvyn Gmbyr Me too but in truth, I prefer the plastic bottles that you can squeeze it out of without messing with for so long.

[@updownstate]

Before the squeeze bottles I held the bottle horizontally and used the butter knife.

[@renees766]

Yes, I do!

[@andon_RT]

Time to ketchup on my History Guy watching.

[@MrDmitriRavenoff]

Bravo sir.

[@tdgreenbay]

Da dun da

[@donc9751]

🤣

[@garylefevers]

😂

[@alitlweird]

Jason LeClare #BaDumTSS 👍

[@frankpinmtl]

"The English started by adding 2 gallons of beer..." Why am I not surprised?

[@SpectreOZ]

How else to recycle old stale beer? 😋

[@frankpinmtl]

@@SpectreOZ Is there such a thing? It never seems to last long enough to get old & stale. Hmmmmmm

[@SpectreOZ]

Probably not now with our modern preservative processes 🤣

[@Mikdeelow]

I was suprised they had STALE beer!!

[@johnferguson3026]

The Americans started by drinking a gallon of Bourbon!

[@tomjustis7237]

As much as I love history, I would have never believed ANYONE could make the history of ketchup (catsup) so damned interesting! You are amazing! Give History Cat a scratch behind the ear for me.

[@YoYo-gt5iq]

Pffff!!!!! I've been talking about ketchup for years!

[@juliestevens6931]

This made me think of the KZbin channel "Townsends" who does history of food, tools, building, arts and skills from the 1700s. They have done a mushroom ketchup episode where they make it (and many subscribers have mentioned how good it was) and they use several of the cook books you mentioned. :o)

[@barrybertin1268]

Julie Stevens I watched that episode. It is worth making the mushroom ketchup, full of unique flavor.

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

Townsend is a good channel

[@arthas640]

I thought this was a Townsends video when I read the title

[@K2mtp]

I also watch the Townsend's. Both great channels

[@Deacetis1991]

They do some wild old world recipes 😂

[@josephstout1461]

At first I thought there couldn't possibly be enough to say about catsup to fill a fifteen minute video. But by the time it was over I found myself surprised that fifteen minutes had passed and wanting more. Once again you've taken a mundane topic and had me engrossed until the end. You're the best!

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

The History Guy can make ANYTHING interesting.

[@MUSTDOS]

And deserves to be remembered

[@macevans1246]

I want to hear a Tesla video from his perspective!

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

Australia was the first in 1800 with Rosella and it was called tomatoe source not ketchup.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@@ianfarr-wharton1000 A very quick cursory look online shows that Rosella was founded in 1895, do you're a bit out.

[@focusfrenzy9759]

the history of belly button lint! (click) thumbs up!

[@russellshaw8479]

I always enjoy the "snippets" of history you bring sir. It's so refreshing to view your presentations. No drama, no politics. Very personable delivery. Professionalism at it's finest. Thank you.

[@JamesHawkins54]

My father always called it "Tomato Ketchup." Not knowing the history of it, I was thought it strange that he added the "Tomato". I guess father really knows best.

[@ejdotw1]

Your grandfather was correct. I am a historian, also, and a restaurateur.. And I love this channel! However, he misunderstood this history. The term is not actually ketchup, but "A" ketchup, which is a sauce that can combine any of a number of spices from a particular region. The Chinese sauce he discusses was a Fish Ketchup. As your grandfather was closer to the origins of the history, he no-doubt grew up hearing it called Tomato ketchup, as other types of ketchup were available. Think of it much like A Stew, which like ketchup, generally combined whatever vegetables or meats were available in that region.

[@ejdotw1]

Also, on most brands it's still labeled Tomato Ketchup

[@mountainmamma1643]

I'll show you my Chinese fushbsauce yeahhhhhh budddyyy

[@ivanmedrano7882]

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[@ivanmedrano7882]

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[@GeraldDarden]

When I was a kid my grandpa would always point out the giant ketchup bottle when driving by and convinced me that grandma had to climb the ladder to the top to refill their ketchup bottles at their house.

[@JGooden762]

I'm pretty sure we had the same grandpa...

[@richardeast3328]

Brooks?

[@noworriesmate8287]

He was correct.

HAHAHA! Awesome!

[@alex0589]

Ahah perfect grandpa joke

[@lifebleeds86]

I am a Canadian, and as a kid my dad used to give me a hard time for putting ketchup on things he thought it shouldn't go on, then he would always ask me, what are you an American or something? You know they put Catsup on Apple Pie? I can't wait to tell him Canada is the number one consumer of Ketchup now hahaha.

[@lifebleeds86]

@Craig G I haven't seen it either and it sounds disgusting but I have seen a lot of recipes for it online when I wondered if he was making it up. Also I never saw a ketchup cake recipe on the back of a ketchup bottle but I have seen recipes on the back of a lot of different products here.

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

I friend of mine puts Ketchup on his salad sandwiches. Or he puts it on fruit. Yuck.

[@lifebleeds86]

@@MJTAUTOMOTIVE I had a friend put it on his scrambled eggs and I thought that was pretty gross, but Salad and fruit? That is really odd.

[@caryboy2006]

Craig G It’s a joke by his dad.

[@kylesonsalla7620]

@@lifebleeds86 Ketchup on eggs is delicious

[@kathybeuthin9082]

It has been said that one of Dwight Eisenhower's favorite dishes was cottage cheese with ketchup, which just goes to show that there is no accounting for taste.

[@Yeardmeh-oo8pj]

Now was the ketchup that Dwight Eisenhower was eating made of tomatoes?? if it was made out of walnuts or something who knows that maybe could have been good with cottage cheese. But I myself f****** hate cottage cheese so no matter what kind of ketchup it was it would have been repulsive

[@Tmanaz480]

Sounds very midwestern.

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

President Taft preferred possum meat over all others. 🤢🤮

[@dougwilson6828]

Dwight must be related to my mom's family. Story goes she had a great aunt who refused to eat watermelon unless it was smothered in mayo.

[@billb3680]

Was Nixon who ate ketchup on cottage cheese.

[@samtaylor6385]

In Australia Ketchup is called 'tomato sauce'. In fact, if you ever find yourself at an Aussie barbie and you hear someone ask for the 'dead horse,' they are asking for the tomato sauce.

[@ALCRAN2010]

In the US we call barbies dolls, and a dead horse is something you beat. Lmao

[@paulstefanovich5217]

DUH!

[@NA1L3D]

This guy can even make ketchup an interesting topic to learn about.

[@Paladin1873]

I prefer my ketchup shaken, not stirred.

[@fernandoi3389]

Mr Bond , we meet again.

[@Paladin1873]

@@fernandoi3389 Dr. No Mayo, I presume.

[@christineparis5607]

Anticipation. Does anyone remember Carly Simon's fabulous song being used by Heinz for their ketchup?

[@sillyone52062]

@@christineparis5607 "It's sloooowww good!"

[@treborironwolfe978]

I prefer my ketchup the same way, but with vodka.

[@bamaguy5000]

I love this man and his documentaries. Really good at it!

[@kevinhorne7881]

Where else can you learn this stuff?! I almost always watch THG on TV, where one can't comment. So today I'm making the rounds to like everything I've seen. I love everything about The History Guy. The episodes are reliable, thorough, educational, and entertaining.

[@robertrabinoff6181]

"Shake and shake the ketchup bottle None'll come, and then a lot'll."

[@richarddavidthomas]

You beat me to this one LOL

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Ogden Nash?

[@rabbi120348]

@@heronimousbrapson863 Absolutely right!

[@robertfletcher3421]

You beet me to this. At least we now know it is non-Newtonian viscosity.

[@robertrabinoff6181]

@@robertfletcher3421 Yes, a variable Reynolds number. Makes for interesting wind tunnel experiments!

[@tondriasanders6306]

I must admit, that while I love The History Guy, I usually find it as a sweet simple accent to my daily KZbin fodder. However, today, this catsup episode has completely made my day. Such a “simple” condiment, it’s beautiful yet storied history has brought me such joy today it barely seems possible. Thank you History Guy.

[@Yeardmeh-oo8pj]

That was one of the most ridiculous pretentious sounding KZbin comments I think that I have ever heard. You must think that you are some intellectual person who does not still his or her time with mundane and intellectually short pursuits period because you are a quaint but fully bold individual who is unfortunately so sensitive to the pressures of this modern world and it's stupidity because you yourself are from a Time past where people were smart and pursued the arts and intellectual studies with a cup of tea period sorry to sound like an a****** but God your comment just made me cringe and it sounded so fake and pretentious I had to say something. Sorry

[@ALCRAN2010]

He skipped the part about early Egyptian methods that called for fermented felines, giving it the name "cat-sup". JK!! Lol

[@solarnaut]

"I DID NOT KNOW THAT !" flowed freely through my mind, 57 times.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

sol rayz, I see what you did there. 😉

[@harrietfishlow685]

Anyone remember Heinz’s Pier in Atlantic City? They gave out samples of tomato juice and little pins that looked like a pickle. I still have one.

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It would be neat to see a video describing, roughly, how the research is conducted for these videos. How some of the source material is found, how to know where to start, etc. This is an amazing channel!

[@jellytulip]

Erik Hasler agreed!

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

Count me in on that one!

[@oaf-77]

The history of the history guy is history that deserves to be remembered

[@billrentz]

I am sure he pirated some of the information. Because, don't all good stories involve pirates?

[@tradertim4386]

Indeed!!!

[@michaelhofer9149]

You did it again Mr. History Guy! You packed your lesson with facts and fun and I now know more about ketchup than I ever thought I would! Brilliance!

[@ravensbrood3544]

You now know more about catsup then You ever wanted to know.

[@flicksinfive9261]

Great video as always. Any chance you can do a video about Tomatoes? A lot of people still think they are a European vegetable, not a Latin American Fruit.

[@familyvlogs9105]

I am a history buff and enjoy all things about history. Love your videos

[@helensmith333]

This video brings back old memories of sliding a butter knife into a Heinz glass ketchup bottle to get the sauce out. Haven't done that in decades, with everything in plastic or little packets now.

[@traviscochran6280]

You sometimes see the classic glass bottles in restaurants. I miss the glass bottles.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Golly, I grew up with them glass bottles but had actually forgotten all a out the poking...

[@blackcountryme]

They do sqeezy bottles, I swear it's thinner now to be more runny in those bottles

[@BenMarvin]

You're supposed to give a mini karate chop to the logo on the bottle neck, that should get the sauce flowing.

[@michaelandcolinspop]

Just tap the “57” logo a few times where the bottle begins to neck down. I never believed it until I tried it, but it works.

[@richardklug822]

My words to live by: Ketchup on french fries, Hot sauce on eggs, Mustard on hot dogs, Peanut butter on toast. 71 and still going strong!

[@karbengo]

What about Mayo?

[@natewatl9423]

@@WiliiamNoTell when I was a teenager and early in college, my favorite low calorie sandwich was simply lettuce and mayonnaise. Okay there's a lot of calories in mayonnaise but cutting out the bacon made the biggest difference.

[@Matthew_Eitzman]

Richard Klug, KY gel on your pecker?

[@richardklug822]

@@karbengo We only use mayo on BLT's (small amount) and in salads (potato, macaroni, chicken). Too runny for my taste and potentially dangerous in hot weather.

[@celtisafricana4984]

Nothing better than Tabasco sauce on your morning eggs... adds a lovely zing to your mug of coffee...

[@MrTauren1996]

Keep up the great work! It's so awesome this day and age to be struck with a whim of curiosity and with only a few clicks see someone earnestly, enthusiastically exposing you to exactly the information you wanted. Much love! and history DOES deserve to be remembered

[@pakde8002]

In Indonesia the thing we call ketchup in the USA is called saos tomat. Hot sauce is call saos sambal. Oyster sauce is called saos tiram and Worcestershire sauce is called kecap Inggris but sometimes saos Inggris. Regular soy sauce is always called kecap asin and sweet soy sauce (similar to molasses) is kecap manis. It's is pronounced qay chap not key chap.

[@pmchamlee]

Again, a delightful presentation of history which "Deserves to be remembered." What a Jewel you are!

[@stanfordholman5301]

I got my good friends kids watching your channel on a trip to Fort Collins Colorado recently!! Watching them binge watch THG in the back of a Prius on I 25 put a smile on my face and a tear in my eye!!! This is truly one of the greatest channels on KZbin!!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

I have been down that length of I-25 many times.

[@EmpressNatiLocs]

I didn’t really believe one could talk about ketchup for 15 minutes but was pleasantly surprised. Thanks so much for this! On my way to the store now to buy Whataburger Spicy Ketchup! (I’m from Texas lol)

[@calrec1]

I enjoy your well researched histories!

[@rpbajb]

My Mom worked at the original Heinz plant in Pittsburgh as a young woman. She was responsible for the hot glue trays that the bottles would roll across to pick up their labels. Sometimes the bottles would break, and she had to clean the ketchup out of the hot glue. Yuk! After work, the women would change clothes and put on makeup for the evening, then have to walk through the mustard room, where it would promptly tear off. Heinz unloaded tomatoes on one side of State Route 28, and transported them to the factory on the other side of the highway in wicker baskets on overhead wires. It was a great place to work, Heinz provided his employees with a swimming pool, a rooftop garden, a library, and a theatre with free entertainment by some of the best professional entertainers. The old Heinz factory is now upscale apartments.

[@conniecrawford5231]

rpbajb I was born and raised in the ‘Burgh and Heinz gave their women employees a free vacation out in the “ countryside” ( now Richland Township) away from the bustling city. I lived in Richland and it is a well-to-do suburb about 15 minutes north of the city. Heinz was a great employer to their workers. Most people spell it “ ketchup” because of the world- wide popularity of Heinz products !

[@dlbstl]

As a little kid I loved riding up with my grandparents to Collinsville and seeing the ketchup bottle Water Tower. My children and grandchild always loved it too.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It is still there.

[@nancyk3615]

I asked my Aun tFay, " What kind of dog is that? And she replied,"He's a Heinz 57 ."

[@Tmanaz480]

Lol...my aunt had one like that. She actually named him Heinz

[@timdowney02]

We have a recipe for Hienz’s 57 that my grandmother got during ww2 when Hienz’s co. Paid house wife’s to make it at home for the war effort the recipe is for making like 40 something gallons at a time

[@suzannaflores1164]

Amazing

[@HeyPatch]

Is there anyway you could post that recipe somewhere. I really need it 😅

[@sarahbrighton6168]

Thank you for explaining this! I have a recipe for Ketjap Manis from my late ex-mother-in-law whose husband was with the state department in Indonesia in the 1960s. Used as a marinade for chicken to make chicken sate with peanut sauce. I always wondered if there was a connection between “ketjap” and ketchup/catsup.

[@jankoevoet4042]

I used to do the same, but with ketjap asin, the salty version.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

Ketjap Manis, a useful sauce, always in stock in my pantry. I use Conimex brand. It's largely soy sauce with sweeteners.

[@sarahbrighton6168]

Fraser Henderson I used to think of it as making teriyaki sauce, so I just started using that instead.

[@paulryan2128]

Just a comment on your editing: this story has some of the best photos of tomatos I have ever seen, and that would include those from seed catalogues!! I Always appreciate your high photo-journalist standards!

[@jenjibur]

I'm eating potatoes with ketchup while watching this. 😋 Also, so glad ketchup doesn't have fish in it anymore. 😵

[@john-allenduskglass3193]

heinz 57 saucse does. maybe it is the original ketchup

[@AsukaLangleyS02]

The only ketchup that goes with potatoes are fries.

[@iamthebroker]

@@AsukaLangleyS02 you mean the only POTATO that goes with ketchup is fries?

[@jonnyares1]

I’m convinced The History Guy can make anything interesting

[@BHuang92]

"In Parisian cafe" Me: Do you have ketchup? French: *Intense staring*

[@lakrids-pibe]

For your café au lait? I would be staring too. Tomato ketchup doesn't go well with french food. Except perhaps for french fries.

[@clazy8]

@@Aoderic nah, that's pommes frites. French fries are American. ;-)

[@Aoderic]

@@clazy8 French fries is the name the mostly British soldiers, but also American gave the fried potatoes they got in Belgium in WWI, the Belgians call them Friteries or Frieten, it's the French who came up with "Pommes frites".

[@Raycheetah]

@@clazy8 French fries as such have their own, interesting history. Reputedly, they were named after a restaurateur in the US who popularized fried potatoes at his very successful establishment. His name was French, and they were called "French's fries." =^[.]^=

[@jimtaylor294]

I'd likely instinctively ask for "Brown Sauce" with my potato fritters XD.

[@kshwe5798]

Love the History Guy. No better way to start your day.

[@TheBioZombie]

IKR

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

Australia was the first in 1800 with Rosella and it was called tomatoe source not ketchup.

[@glennso47]

How about cottage cheese with ketchup on the top.?

[@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189]

Interesting history and - the things that go with catchup. Now I look forward to your next episode with...great relish.

[@gui18bif]

Nice

[@GirladyLocks]

To the punitentiary with you! Maybe you will learn from heinzight.

[@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189]

@@GirladyLocks Oooo...I've been skewered for my culinary quip. My condiments to you !

[@arnepianocanada]

Hahaha ... my condiments exactly!

[@stevebrown1132]

Thanks for what you do and for sharing it with us!

[@JackClayton123]

Heinz did not lay anyone off, or reduce wages during the Great Depression.

[@JO-tg2cg]

yes, but they shut down the plant in Leamington, Ontario and moved it to some 3rd world location in the rural American mid-west. Thank God French's bought the plant and have keep hundreds of workers and farmers working. I never buy Heinz products of any kind if I can avoid them.

[@jeil5676]

@@JO-tg2cg I like to buy frenches catsup and heinz mustard.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

@@JO-tg2cg "Third world location in the American Midwest" You mean the Midwest that looks a hell of a lot like most of Canada, particularly back then?

[@Mr.OCanada]

Exactly. However the French's claim of being truely Canadian is not true either. They got a lot of marketing from that, but could have followed through for the people better. Source: I lived there through this. (Leamington, south western Ontario) Lesser of two weevels (pun including a good ship based movie) Yes I buy French's before Heinz any day.

[@lapurta22]

@@Mr.OCanada For those that might not know, Leamington is also SOUTH of the United States.

[@g.k.1669]

This site is a great place to ketchup on interesting history.

[@mjonausk]

Lolz

[@bahrfood8568]

Another great one! I’m always surprised by the variety of different topics you can teach us the history of. Thank you for sharing your passion for history and the richness of your knowledge with us. As a side note, for some reason I find your voice soothing, it just relaxes me. I could listen to you read the phone book. 😎

[@jamesslick4790]

Shout out from Pittsburgh, PA home of H. J. Heinz. My sister's house is literally feet away from where he started in Sharpsburg.

[@timhancock6626]

A funny thing happened to my friend Jim Somebody threw a tomato at him Now tomatoes are soft and don't hurt the skin But this one was specially wrapped...in a tin.

[@tonyk1584]

I was not going to compose a limerick today But reading yours, I couldn't resist Of the things I'v consumed in seventy three years Heinz ketchup is one on the list

[@timhancock6626]

@@tonyk1584 I can't lay claim to it. It's an old one I've know since childhood.

[@kingkong5483]

😄

[@insanejughead]

F-ing hilarious! You've made me realize tomatoes were indeed poisonous, but only to ones dignity.

[@W7DSY]

Remember the "Ketchup Races" commercials from years ago, where Heinz touted their thicker ketchup? "Heinz loses again..."

[@MrWildbill]

I remember the one done as a western bar shootout, Heinz was the slowest ketchup in the west :)

[@lancer525]

@@MrWildbill Anticipation...

[@samanthab1923]

Lancer525 That's the ad I remember most. Babysat a neighbor who called it SLOW. Because she was two little to say ketchup but knew the commercial. Carly Simon. 😊

[@markgbrown6767]

Congrats to Heinz, finally a big business that treated it’s employees well, made a great product, and cared about food quality!!😊

[@RANDALLOLOGY]

My grandmother told me that during the depression, folks would go into restaurants and order a hot cup of water, then they would put ketchup in from the bottle sitting on the table to make them tomato soup.

[@samanthab1923]

RANDALLOLOGY Heard of people eating catsup sandwiches back then.

[@JakeTheBear1]

There's a weird recipee that I think was unique here in the Philippines. Banana Ketchup! It was invented by a Filipina Pharmacist, she used Banana since there is an outage of Tomatoes during World War 2. There's now a street in Manila named after her. Maria Orosa. Give it a try when you see one :)

[@vcuheel1464]

You can buy this on Amazon. Look up Jufran. It’s pretty good.

[@joshgeiger9090]

I heard it tastes pretty close to tomato ketchup - is that true?

[@vcuheel1464]

Josh Geiger Yes. It’s very similar.

[@yengsabio5315]

@@joshgeiger9090 It could be if compared to, say, Del Monte Sweet-blend tomato ketchup due to the level of sweetness that meets the Filipino kid's taste! But then, they can be easily distinguishable as tomato ketchup are more acidic than banana ketchup. Aroma is also different.

[@yengsabio5315]

Here in the Philippines, we also use banana ketchup as a substitute to tomato sauce/paste when cooking some dishes & the familiar Filipino-style (sweet) pasta sauce!

[@stumccabe]

Mushroom ketchup is still available and is delicious - you use it like soy sauce. There's a video on KZbin showing how to make it - I think it was done by Townsend.

[@HemlockRidge]

George Watkins Mushroom Ketchup is a wonderful condiment. Try it on pizza.

[@LadyCatFelineTheSeventh]

Yeah, I remember that episode, it was one of the first of his I watched.

[@adambier2415]

Love them and that recipe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4O6o2uilpiMla8

[@DevlinFoster]

Love Townsend's videos as much as the History Guy!

[@charlesbaldo]

Devlin Foster same here, I bet there are a lot of fans of both. Both appeal to the same type of person. Love of cool history.

[@348Tobico]

I think you are perhaps a true heir of Charles Kuralt. You find the humor, pathos and humility in the subjects you expound upon. Even subjects that sound brain deadening become novel and enjoyable in your presentation. I tell everyone I can about your razzle dazzle of subjects. And really---it's only a few minutes, so why not listen and smile. Thanks so much.

[@WasatchGarandMan]

These videos are so wonderfully put together.

[@dbmail545]

Worcester sauce supposedly came to England with an Indian civil servant who retired back to the home country. He brought Lea&Perrins a "fish sauce" recipe he was fond of for them to recreate. The company ran up several barrels of the stuff, and after 6 months tasted the fermented result and decided to market it.

[@DWilliam1]

dbmail545 There is a KZbin video on this.

[@nagasvoice8895]

I've seen videos on this Anglo-Indian linkage, linking Worcester Sauce back to the Roman tradition of garum, a fermented fish sauce carried on in a tradition that became famous in a certain district in Constantinople. So there's branching trees of cookery history going on here!

[@kruppstahl1686]

See you in 5 years again, when the YT-algorithm randomly recommends this

[@BluDrgn426]

I looked up history of ketchup as I sat here eating ketchup and I am glad I found this video. Very well done!

[@PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

Thank you. I recall my Grandmother having old Heinz bottles that said ketchup instead of catsup but no one believes me.

[@tfjohnson55]

Great episode!

[@Ashfielder]

Ketchup’s influence on post war German culture, in the form of the curry wurst sauce, means it is, in my mind, one of histories most influential sauces. That’s a legacy to be proud of.

[@Rentta]

Germans also seem to love Curry flavored Ketchup

[@Hiznogood]

Rentta I’m not German, but I too love curry ketchup!

[@chipmunkhunt]

I love curry Ketchup. Bring on currywürst and pomme frits

[@Simonsvids]

The currywurst sauce apparently came about with the Germans buying curry powder from British troops, and ketchup from the American ones, and then combining the two, and hey presto, the perfect late night street food in Berlin!

[@chipmunkhunt]

@@Simonsvids That is pretty much the story in Berlin.

[@fred6059]

My great grandmother worked for Mr. Heinz as a housekeeper.

[@oldautos251]

A road going to my cottage is called regional road 57, so my Dad coined it the Ketchup Trail, now I call it the same!

[@JohnyG29]

Not being from North America, I had no idea that United States residents consider ketchup to be quintessentially "American". I prefer HP Sauce anyway.

[@Peasmouldia]

@DR Dan Houses of Parliament sauce, Brown and tangy, Quintessentially British.

[@donc9751]

@@Peasmouldia anything out of our political houses in the US would most definately be brown too and likely be called Bull "Sauce".

[@jaydentownsend5402]

Hahah yess!

[@caryboy2006]

JohnyG29 A1 steak sauce. Less peppery than HP.

[@rrbee]

I guess I never really thought of it as "quintessentially American" though I suppose I assumed it wasn't used as much elsewhere. Probably the idea that it's an "American" thing comes from the fact that it's so often used with Hamburger and Hotdogs... which are thought of as very American foods. (And yes, I know I'm probably start a war about whether ketchup should be on a hotdog or not...)

[@jasonwomack4064]

This video should be a cornerstone to a series on common condiments, and the like. Call it "fridge door history" or something.

[@helensmith333]

He could spend most of 2020 doing all the history of the condiments aisle.

[@tncorgi92]

Your viewers would relish that.

[@baubojan4862]

Olive us would like that, you mustard read our minds.

[@zz449944]

Eric Forman: "I'm going to Africa" Kitty Forman: "You can't go to Africa. You'll starve. You put ketchup on EVERYTHING!!"

[@RLucas3000]

LoL, my dad would take me to get comic books at the drug store when I was a kid in the 70s and at the lunch counter each week I’d get a small hamburger (with steamed bun!), a small paper tray of crinkle cut fries, and a large rood beer (small to medium size today). They’d bring me an extra tray for my ketchup instead of the little paper cups they brought everyone else, and my dad would say to her “you’d make more money if you charged him for the ketchup and gave him the food for free”.

[@blackfriarsffc5232]

Always a great presentation. Thank you

[@gibson9516]

Thanks for mentioning the 57 on the glass bottle. Many seem to not know that.

[@samanthab1923]

Gib Son Supposedly if you hit the bottle on the 57 it would come out.

[@Rosatodi2006]

Water tower off of Highway 159, if I recall. Used to pass it once or twice a month on the way to visit relatives.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It is still there. I took that picture.

[@keaco73]

Thanks for the videos! Love your content

[@PanzerMan332]

I don't even like ketchup and I'm still getting hungry listening to this.

[@helensmith333]

My family members from Missouri have always called it "catsup", which drove me nuts as everybody else calls it "ketchup".

[@dbmail545]

As a child I thought they were different things. Who the heck wants "cat soup"?

[@jimtaylor294]

@@dbmail545 The Chinese probably XD. (grilled or fried cat is a dish over there)

[@Jameson1776]

Helen Smith I’m from Missouri lived here my whole life and I call it ketchup.

[@benwinter2420]

It's real name is Road Smash

[@kevinbyrne4538]

9:48 -- Mmmm ... ketchup with coal tar and elm bark. Yum.

[@jolenethiessen357]

I'm Canadian and I've never seen a recipe for ketchup cake. But over at Glen & Friends Cooking (also Canadian), he did a tomato soup cake. I imagine it would be similar. Also, he has an awesome video where he makes a historic Coca-Cola recipe.

[@marki7661]

Yeah same here. I actually had to go and look at a bottle of Heinz’s just to make sure lol no ketchup cake recipe…but there is a link to a recipe for meatloaf at the top of the rear label.

[@johnpick8336]

Thank you History Guy !

[@yengsabio5315]

Here in the Philippines, we have banana sweet ketchup which most kids do adore with their fried anything! But in my case, I adore Del Monte thick tomato ketchup! Hah, love it with potato fries. Cheers & mabuhay from tropical Philippines!

[@kevinstraus1478]

Have you ever researched into banana sweet ketchup? Very good story

[@yengsabio5315]

@@kevinstraus1478 No Sir, I have not! You say it's a good story. So I will surely search for it! Thank you for taking the time to comment!

[@JakeTheBear1]

It was invented by a Filipina Pharmacist, she used Banana since there is an outage of Tomatoes during World War 2. There's now a street in Manila named after her. Maria Orosa.

[@yengsabio5315]

@@JakeTheBear1 Hmm... that's really interesting! I happen to always walk on Maria Orosa everytime I'm Manila City! At least re banana ketchup, now I know! And thank you for dropping the info by kind Sir!

[@crimson90]

Del Monte ketchup is the best ketchup.

[@josephwilson6651]

Never did enjoy Ketchup on Fries or hot dogs but you can't make sloppy Joe with out it as well as cocktail sauce,or apparently ketchup cake. One of the various facts I have learned From your channel,all in all a class act the same as yourself Thank You for the continuing education

[@z.stone9016]

I really enjoy your videos! Thank you!

[@eliasvargas7162]

found this channel looking for the english vowel shift and I just loved it, keep up the good work!

[@christiannygren8948]

This was great, I'd love to see more videos on the history of foods. Hopefully I'll have the time to try some of the old recipes, Mushroom Ketchup sounds great!

[@chrisj197438]

I’d like to understand is why I love ketchup but don’t like tomatoes.

[@chrisj197438]

Lochness Monsta Glad I’m not the only one!!!

[@BiscuitFever]

Vinegar and sugar, they change the flavor quite a bit.

[@user_____M]

Because of the sugar in it and most packaged food. Stop eating so much junkfood and add more salad to your meals, your body will thank you by not collapsing in your mid 30s-40s.

[@dbmail545]

That's interesting. Tomatoes are one of my favorite vegetables (fruits?) but I don't care for ketchup as much. Too much salt and sugar.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

Tomato changes taste and form MSG when cooked long enough. That's imperative when making ketchup, or even good marinara sauce.

[@Bambisgf77]

History guy, you are a gift! Absolutely love your content.

[@tosheshdaulta8899]

I enjoy your work very much. Thank you.

[@jamesdriscoll9405]

"These are the good years, in the golden sun A new day is dawning, a new life has begun Love is flowing, like ketchup on a bun. - Ketchup. For the good times." by Garrison Keillor

[@w.p8960]

I still have my “pickle pin” from our school field trip to Heinz in Pittsburgh in the 1950’s

[@samanthab1923]

William Calhoun There was a pickle plant in Salem NJ too.

[@w.p8960]

Sheila Blische I don’t remember what we saw being made, but I don’t remember actually seeing any pickles.

[@samanthab1923]

William Calhoun Saw the old news paper clipping & looked it up. Jersey so I'm thinking tomatos 🍅 too.

[@harrietfishlow685]

William Calhoun me, too. I got mine at Heinz’s Pier in Atlantic City

[@harrietfishlow685]

William Calhoun I have one from Heinz’s Pier on the board walk in Atlantic City.

[@SamCyanide]

Fantastic video as always

[@jeremycox2983]

I learn so much from your videos keep them coming

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Can you do a history of Preparation H? I always wondered what horrors Preparations A through G unleashed on the world.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

That walnut ketchup sounds amusing!

[@dylanmiller1012]

Amazing work!

[@my68mgb]

Thank you for spicing up our history lessons!

[@eleveneleven572]

I remember a funny episode of King of Queens where the father insisted on saying Catsup rather than Ketchup.

[@baiwatch1]

That's the first time I heard the term. I thought "what an idiot".

[@rbnhd1976]

Good morning HG!

[@davewitter6565]

I have seen many of your THG KZbins. I love your entertaining presentations and topics.

[@Anonymous-it5jw]

Great video. You are a natural at this.