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Can somebody tell me where I can find the origin of "Ketcup",being curious why it is not called tomato sauce.

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Default Re: origin of "Ketcup"
It's a loan word from Malay.
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Old 15-May-2005, 20:45
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Default Re: origin of "Ketcup"
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Can somebody tell me where I can find the origin of "Ketcup",being curious why it is not called tomato sauce.

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more about ketchup word here:

http://homecooking.about.com/library.../aa021400a.htm
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