In praise of mushroom ketchup

[Firky]

man, i gotta get me hands on some of this shit!

It's really good, if you're good, I may send you some. In exchange for moon cakes.

 

[story]

Worcester Sauce has anchovies in it.

 

[Firky]

crustychick told me that midst my proper veggie phase, was gutted

 

[ajk]

Ketchup originates from 2 cantonese words "ke" and "tchup" meaning tomato and sauce.

That's one theory, somewhat disputed nowadays. Merriam Webster has it being derived from kechap, or "fish sauce" in Malay.

 

[Badgers]

MKFTW

 

[sheothebudworths]

Not only do I love mushroom ketchup, I also love the mushroom ketchup label!

Fridge - you can get it in pretty much any decent large supermarket...although they may have tucked it away in the posh aisle* if you have one of those (they do in my local Sainsburys anyway).






*Where they have 'posh', mostly international ingredients.......wasabi, oyster sauce oh and Jamie Oliver's Italian range, for instance....

 

[scumbalina]

I love the stuff, and it comes in a wicked bottle...

Not a patch on Henderson's Relish though *drools*

 

[_angel_]

I've never heard of it before. I wonder if I can get it locally.

 

[Y_I_Otter]

That's one theory, somewhat disputed nowadays. Merriam Webster has it being derived from kechap, or "fish sauce" in Malay.

That's the theory I'd go with. What's called ketcap in Malay and Indonesian is basically the same brine-fermented fish sauce that's sold in Vietnamese groceries as Nuac Mam. There are several other kinds of Ketcap in Indonesian/Malay cuisine; Ketcap Manis, for instance, is a sweet, soy-based sauce that's a thicker version of the sauce that's used to baste Chinese barbequed duck.

Ketchup has gone through a great many changes as it travelled the world. Mushroom ketchup basically substitutes picked mushrooms for the fermented fish of the Southeast Asian sauce. Technically Worcestershire sauce is a ketchup as well, as is the aforementioned mushroom soy sauce.

 

[Vintage Paw]

In one of the links I posted earlier, from the 1800s, the old dude calls it catsup.

 

[Firky]

You sure he isn't saying catsick?