Ketchup or Catsup?

[MorphineChild]

title speaks for itself!

 

[murphy55d]

ketchup of course.

 

[SaltBoy]

Ketchup -- all the way.

But I wonder who thought of the name in the first place...(?)

 

[LuNoTiCK]

I never in my life heard anyone say Catsup.

 

[pulse8]

When I see "catsup", I think cat soup. So, I prefer ketchup.

 

[pillage2001]

catsup = cat soup. Not for us to drink.

 

[Rallispec]

catchup

 

[minendo]

This tomato will be Heinz Ketchup. This tomato will be Hunt's Catsup.

 

[FoBoT]

i voted ketchup

but my favorite brand is Del Monte and they label it catsup, or they did when i was a kid, they seem to have changed, do you know why?

Ketchup or Catsup?
When Heinz introduced commercial ketchup to American kitchens it became so popular that other manufacturers rushed to catch-up to the ketchup craze. Soon there were Ketchup, Catsup, Catchup, Katsup, Catsip, Cotsup, Kotchup, Kitsip, Catsoup, Katshoup, Katsock, Cackchop, Cornchop, Cotpock, Kotpock, Kutpuck, Kutchpuck and Cutchpuck. All were tomato based and bottled and vied to become a household word. Only 3 major brands remained to steal the spotlight...Heinz Ketchup, Del Monte Catsup, and Hunts, who could not decide on a spelling and bottled under the names Hunts Catsup (east of the Mississippi), Hunts Ketchup (west of the Mississippi), and Hunts Tomato Cornchops (in Iowa only). In the 1980's ketchup was declared a vegetable by the government for school lunch menus. Suddenly Del Monte's Catsup, because of its spelling, was not on the approved list. Shortly afterward Del Monte changed the product's name to Del Monte Ketchup. So ketchup it is.

um, this is *unconfirmed* the link below leaves the door open to some of this info being in the "urban legend" realm, hmmm...
reference linky

 

[Supermercado]

Ketchup, duh.

 

[Ameesh]

hienz ownz del monte

 

[hoihtah]

anyone try the new heinz ketchup + tobasco?

i rike it... i rike it alot.

 

[yakko]

Ketchup. Everything named catsup usually tastes pretty bad.

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

Ketchup.

Has anyone tried that colored stuff they made for kids?? Does it taste any different??

 

[Random Variable]

ketchup

 

[dakata24]

ketchup

 

[Cyco]

Has anyone tried that colored stuff they made for kids?? Does it taste any different??

My wife got the green and purple stuff for my kids. Tastes the same to me, looks kind of funky though. Only difference is that it turns your mouth green or purple.
Oh yeah, it's ketchup.

 

[Jerboy]

ketchup.


re-post, repost, or re post?

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: SuperCommando
Ketchup, duh.

 

[DanFungus]

Ketchup

 

[Atrail]

catch-up

but you have to say it fast

 

[sheselectric]

Ketchup, by all means. I thought they only called it "catsup" in Britain or something.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Ketchup, definitely. Catsup is for third-world countries like Canada and the UK.

And while we're on the subject, is anybody as excited as I am about the new no-crust squeeze bottles of French's mustard?