OMG

[aridice]

I've always thought of Ketchup as a quintessential American food, the representative of Western Cuisine, and a symbol of Pittsburgh around the world... and yet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup#Etymology

Huh?

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[sildra]

Well, according to the rest of the article, what we call ketchup is, in fact, an American food, even if it evolved from other foods of the same name.

[aridice]

yah, but it's still bewildering that the name is inspired from something of chinese/malaysian/asian descent... especially to me, who has always considered it somewhat... foreign.