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(The earliest known version of ketchup originated in #China in the seventeenth century. The first ketchup was prepared from fermented anchovies, unlike the tomato ketchup that is made nowadays.)

#Ketchup comes from the #Hokkien #Chinese word, kê-tsiap (name of a sauce derived from fermented fish).

https://www.slurrp.com/article/mushroom-ketchup-the-secret-ingredient-you-never-knew-existed-1674567250527

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