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Post by vegalyra on May 15, 2019 18:54:56 GMT
When I was a kid in the late '70s and '80s I remember quite a few brands of what seems to be almost universally known as ketchup were called "catsup". I think Hunt's and Del Monte as well as quite a few store brands used "catsup" while Heinz used the term "ketchup" for their brand of that ubiquitous condiment. I'm trying to remember when catsup fell out of favor. Are there any regions around the country or elsewhere where it's still referred to as catsup?
Just a random thought I had. I was bored at work yesterday and was looking at old issues of Life magazine on Google Books. There were quite a few ads for catsup and ketchup back in the 1960's especially.
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Post by gameboy on May 15, 2019 19:02:20 GMT
Ketchup was invented in Malaya and was called "kecap". That's where the British picked it up and started manufacturing it in England. I assume "catsup" was some bastardized American colloquial word for it. Obviously the major manufacturers wanted to sound more professional and preferred "ketchup" over the slangy "catsup".
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Post by koskiewicz on May 16, 2019 21:02:56 GMT
when ketchup caught up with catsup it was downhill from there for catsup...
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Post by marianne48 on May 18, 2019 11:51:55 GMT
But it was probably a sloooow downhill.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 18, 2019 16:17:42 GMT
After its association with the failed spin-off "Catssuuuuuuup?" Budweiser ad campaign.
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