At the turn of the 20th century, 12 young men sat in the basement of the Department of Agriculture, eating meals with a side of borax, salicylic acid, or formaldehyde. They were called the Poison Squa...Show More
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epekilis recommended:Sep 5th, 2020
One doesn’t think of ketchup as a natural product but my respect for Heinz as a human being has grown. Also, in terms of ketchup’s historical path from Asian fish sauce to sweetened tomato syrup, it sounds to me like what they were describing as the midpoint on the journey (British, brown and ancho...Show More
mmSep 5th, 2020
@epekilis The “ke” means tomato in Chinese and “tchup” means juice/sauce! It blew my mind when I learned that too! Growing up I just thought it happened to sound the same.