Title: Ketchup vs. Catsup | Foodiggity
Headings: Ketchup vs. Catsup
Ketchup vs. Catsup
Ketchup
A quick history
Why ketchup is the preferred term
Catsup
A quick history
Why catsup is the inferior term
Conclusion
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Content: The term has since been used by major manufacturers, but most would eventually change over to ‘ketchup.’ Why the conformity? Well, not unlike day-glo and terrible music, it was an unfortunate result of the 1980’s. Why catsup is the inferior term
It was a glorious time of hairbands and Reaganomics; and a mix of tomatoes, vinegar and spices was about to be declared a vegetable by the US Government. That is correct. A condiment—whose main ingredient is actually a fruit—would be equivalent to a serving of vegetables, and could therefore stand in for an actual vegetable in school lunches. Regardless of the insanity, the movement was gaining steam. But what did this mean for catsup? Well, it specified that ‘ketchup’ would become a vegetable, not ‘catsup.’