The Ancient -- and Surprisingly Divisive! -- Story of Ketchup

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ketchup is in almost 97% of US homes today -- and, while this statistic may sound surprising, it turns out there's a long story behind this humble condiment. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max trace the origin of ketchup from its ancient predecessors in Southern China and the Mediterranean to the introduction of the tomato all the way to the modern day. Tune in for the first episode in our continuing series on the history of condiments (and tell us which condiments you'd like us to explore next).

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0:39.2	night and then waking up early with a small child in the morning. I have a new podcast called Parenting
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1:58.0	Welcome back to the show. Radiculous historians, thank you so much for tuning in this episode.
2:04.0	Might make you hungry. It might make you hungry. If you hate ketchup, it might indeed make you
2:10.0	angry. Shout out to our super producer, Mr. Max Williams. They call me Ben. They call me Ben and we've
2:18.3	got a, no, we've got what may well be the first episode of a continuing series here today.
2:24.6	Asaga, even perhaps my question to you, though, Ben, is will this episode make me hungry?
2:30.6	It may indeed. It may indeed. What's the difference between hungry and hangry?
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