Title: Ketchup or Catsup?
Headings: Ketchup or Catsup?
Ketchup or Catsup?
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Bonus Facts: Notably, while Heinz was selling both catsup and ketchup in glass bottles, the first to do so commercially was Jones Yerkes, who introduced the practice in 1837. Nonetheless, Heinz perfected it by first ensuring that it was in clear bottles so his customers could verify his product’s purity and, second, introducing the iconic shape so well-known today. If you hold a traditional Heinz bottle at about a 30 degree angle and patiently tap the 57 stamped on the neck, eventually the ketchup will flow beautifully. Physicists have another method, although it requires an explanation (of course). Because of its composition of tomato, vinegar, water, syrup and spices, ketchup is a “Non-Newtonian” fluid whose thickness and stickiness can be changed with force. Therefore, essentially all you have to do is “ shake the bottle beyond its breaking point, and ketchup becomes 1,000 times thinner ,” and, therefore, easier to pour. Expand for References
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