Ketchup or Catsup?

[wuv tigger]

Our dd's call it that.

They also call ranch dressing white dippin' sauce.

 

[Patio]

Only Heinz ketchup for me and lots of it, too!!!

 

[FatCow]

Actually, it's supposed to be "ketjiap", which means "condiment" in Chinese.

The British in Singapore "brought" Ketjiap and introduced it to the Western world and since then it turned into Ketchup, which during a short period of time in the US was changed to Catsup.

Now we're back with Ketchup.

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Originally posted by wuv tigger
Our dd's call it that.

They also call ranch dressing white dippin' sauce.

LOL - that's cute!

 

[Micca]

They can label it catsup but it's always gonna be ketchup to me

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

I see some of you call it catsup.

Is it a regional thing?

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

Ketchup... and I agree, it has to be HEINZ!

MIL buys Hunts and pronounces it "Cat - sup".

That is just not right!

 

[Jeanny]

Definitely Ketchup.....

Catsup is something the cat threw .... oh yuck, never mind

 

[Lovely2CU]

I voted for "Something Else" because I've always called it "Tomato Sauce".

 

[Gramto6inPa]

Ketchup.Preferably Heinz.

 

[zen1]

Ketchup and it has to be HEINZ Ketchup!

 

[Celluloidgal]

Ketchup, Heinz

But don't mess with the color. No purple or green.

"So, what's in a name? Variations such as catsup, catchup, katsup, and others abounded alongside 'ketchup'. However, when the Reagan administration briefly decided to count ketchup as a vegetable in 1981, Del Monte Catsup found itself out of the loop due to their spelling-they permanently changed to 'ketchup', but by then public outcry had forced a reversal of administration policy. Ever since, though, you'll be hard-pressed to find a bottle from any manufacturer labeled anything other than 'ketchup'." - Kim Skopitz, A Brief History of Ketchup, copyright 2002