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lol. Regarding the tenuous connection between tomatoes & ketchup, a friend of mine once posed me the question: "have you ever tasted a tomato that tasted anythi

by bcook 11y ago

lol. Regarding the tenuous connection between tomatoes & ketchup, a friend of mine once posed me the question: "have you ever tasted a tomato that tasted anything like ketchup?". Nope.

dragontamer 11y ago
Ketchup is a combination of tomato paste, vinegar, and sugar however. Tomato paste is where you go if you need a pure tomato taste.
- zeveb 11y ago
  > Ketchup is a combination of tomato paste, vinegar, and sugar however. And clove! Can't forget that.
- DrScump 11y ago
  Ketchup is a combination of tomato paste... generally made from the worst, otherwise-unusable tomatoes.
HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago
Along those lines, "properly made" (aka homemade) ketchup tastes only vaguely like the commercial brands. So much so that I can't get my own kids to eat my home made ketchup :-(
- batbomb 11y ago
  That's because Heinz is perfection.
dragonwriter 11y ago
> Regarding the tenuous connection between tomatoes & ketchup, a friend of mine once posed me the question: "have you ever tasted a tomato that tasted anything like ketchup?". Ketchup evolved as an English approximation of a Southeast Asian pickled-fish-based condiment which ended up using mushrooms and later tomatoes because of availability. Its not really intended to taste like tomatoes, its supposed to use tomatoes and other ingredients to taste like something almost completely unlike tomatoes.
- eli_gottlieb 11y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
tomkinstinch 11y ago
While part of the flavor of ketchup can be attributed to other ingredients and their preparation, it's possible some of the flavor may be attributable to the tomatoes they use, at least for Heinz ketchup: Heinz has their own cultivar of tomato. (It's open source[1].) The flavor may be wonderful in tomato form. Who knows? Related Nature article: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7400/full/485547a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7400/full/485547a... 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCA_000188115.2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCA_000188115.2

by bcook 11y ago

lol. Regarding the tenuous connection between tomatoes & ketchup, a friend of mine once posed me the question: "have you ever tasted a tomato that tasted anything like ketchup?". Nope.

dragontamer 11y ago

Ketchup is a combination of tomato paste, vinegar, and sugar however. Tomato paste is where you go if you need a pure tomato taste.

zeveb 11y ago
> Ketchup is a combination of tomato paste, vinegar, and sugar however. And clove! Can't forget that.
DrScump 11y ago
Ketchup is a combination of tomato paste... generally made from the worst, otherwise-unusable tomatoes.

HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago

Along those lines, "properly made" (aka homemade) ketchup tastes only vaguely like the commercial brands. So much so that I can't get my own kids to eat my home made ketchup :-(

batbomb 11y ago
That's because Heinz is perfection.

dragonwriter 11y ago

> Regarding the tenuous connection between tomatoes & ketchup, a friend of mine once posed me the question: "have you ever tasted a tomato that tasted anything like ketchup?". Ketchup evolved as an English approximation of a Southeast Asian pickled-fish-based condiment which ended up using mushrooms and later tomatoes because of availability. Its not really intended to taste like tomatoes, its supposed to use tomatoes and other ingredients to taste like something almost completely unlike tomatoes.

eli_gottlieb 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup

tomkinstinch 11y ago

While part of the flavor of ketchup can be attributed to other ingredients and their preparation, it's possible some of the flavor may be attributable to the tomatoes they use, at least for Heinz ketchup: Heinz has their own cultivar of tomato. (It's open source[1].) The flavor may be wonderful in tomato form. Who knows? Related Nature article: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7400/full/485547a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7400/full/485547a... 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCA_000188115.2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCA_000188115.2