what is the difference between ketchup and catsup? I have been thinking about this for a while now and I really can't come up with anything
2006-07-19 18:32:37 · 5 answers · asked by lexirie82 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Same except for the spelling.
2006-07-19 19:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by cosmosclara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference between catsup and ketchup, a puree of tomatoes seasoned with other ingredients like mushrooms, walnuts, etc. The word ketchup may have come from Chinese (Amoy or Cantonese dialect) koechiap, k'e chap, or ke-tsiap 'spiced fish sauce; brine of pickled fish', which was likely borrowed from Malay kechap or kecap. Ketchup was recorded around 1711, after catchup (1690) but before catsup (1730). It was not until the early twentieth century that tomato ketchup came into being, replacing the vinegar-based sauce as the main usage. In the UK, this concoction is known as ketchup, but in the United States, all three words are in use. There are two more variant spellings: catchup and katsup.
2006-07-20 02:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only difference is the spelling
2006-07-20 01:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by spaceytracey3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it depends what part of the state it came from...or how they say it...anyways i agree with the two above me!
2006-07-20 01:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by tropical breeze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing they r the same
2006-07-20 01:36:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jammer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋