Condiment
Tomato Ketchup
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Tomato ketchup is the sweet-sour, spiced tomato sauce of fries and burgers: vinegar, sugar, onion, the American bottle. It is a condiment, not a pasta sauce and not a fresh salsa. A pool on the plate. Low-sugar and spiced ketchups are variants. Brown sauce is the British other church.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BurgerFriesPool
Traits
AmericanDefaultFry BottleKidsNot PastaNot SalsaSweet Sour TomatoVinegar Sugar
History
US
Heinz-style tomato ketchup fixed the sweet-sour American bottle.
Tomato ketchup became the global fry condiment.
Tomato ketchup remained the default while low-sugar and craft spices split off.