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[MurderMostFowl]

Also one thing people tend to ignore in modern times… Heinz still calls their product “Tomato Ketchup” acknowledging that it is not just Ketchup, but a specific variety of ketchup.

[BSGSV]

My aunt who grew up in Malaysia in the 1940s used to always call soy sauce "ketchup". It used to drive me crazy. Forty years later, Max teaches me why she was right.

[PhantomSavage]

I hope this is the start to a series about condiments. I'd love to see you deep dive into the history of mustard, mayo, Tabasco, and more.

[dgbnntt]

My grandmother made mushroom ketchup. The recipe required a copious amount of mushrooms and I remember as a young boy scouring the countryside with her for wild mushrooms.

[ptaylor]

It's not just that you're one of the more entertaining YouTubers with a great screen presence and delightful, sometimes roll on the floor laughing delivery. You quite simply must be one of the hardest working people on YouTube. You read an incredible amount of history, which you spend a massive amount of time, condensing and writing into an entertaining script. You are precise in your pronunciation of impossible to pronounce words from different languages throughout histiry. You have to plan menus, shop for all the ingredients, cook all these recipes, probably with some catastrophic failures that come from weird, poorly defined recipes. Then you do these videos and edit them. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Thank you.

[anakha]

I was hoping for a mushroom ketchup cameo, and I was not disappointed.

[poorwotan]

This definitely sounds like something an enterprising upstart restaurant might want to use as a base for a 'signature house sauce' where guests would be wondering what the flavor is all about.

[montv]

So interesting! My great-grandmother used to make a family recipe that they called Ketchup, which is actually fermented cabbage, cauliflower, green tomatoes, and (possibly) onions. It was a family favorite that hadn't been made in a very long time until I tried my hand at it a few years ago. It is delicious!

[RadenWA]

We Indonesians do always find it funny how “Kecap” gets you a soy sauce in our language and tomato sauce in English. Didn’t knew we were actually the originator of the term! The funniest thing is that our kecap now doesn’t even include fermented fish anymore. We call that one petis.

[shashwatdhanuka]

Every time he starts the history, I forget it’s a cooking show till he starts again. I watch this blazed and it’s awesome.

[AlyssaTheGeek]

"THAT'S NOT SWEET." Thanks for my serotonin for the day, Max.

[cyrilpaliza]

In the Philippines, we have our own ketchup made from Banana. This type of ketchup was invented during WWII and still popular here up to these days. If you're interested in it or wanted to taste it, from what I know, Banana Ketchup is so easy to make.

[JGCR]

I always find it amazing how Max does a fairly good job of pronouncing stuff in any language whatsoever

[asah.]

Omg Max, I'm from Indonesia and I've been wondering for the LONGEST time why kecap (soy sauce in Indonesian) is so different from ketchup (tomato sauce) even though they sound almost the same. Now I can sleep soundly at night. Thank you :")

[SimFoxSim]

I love it how for Emperor's question "What's the stink?" answer is a full detailed recipe... 😂🤤

[Kelafupi]

Hello, Max! I’m a Filipina, and we have a banana ketchup here, a sweeter kind made of bananas from World War II’s shortage of tomatoes. The recipe is credited to Maria Orosa, a war heroine, and I think you’d really like her. She basically took her food chemist degree and helped so many Filipinos and POWs survive the war through food. 😌 I know it’s a long shot that you’ll see this message but it would really mean the world to me if you could make an episode about her 💜 She has over 700 recipes made in her lifetime but she’s most famous for the banana ketchup, Soyalac (nutritious drink made from soyabeans) and Darak (rice cookies that she helped smuggle into Japanese-run internment camps). ☺️

[kumonoameai]

I'd love to see you talk about other condiments as well (mustard, sauerkraut, ranch dressing, etc.). This was a really cool video! ^.^

[grammaurai]

When I was on a ship in the Navy, we ran out of ketchup - one of the only things that made the food edible - and we had to pick up banana katchup in port. It was okay, very vinegary!

[kitchentroll]

Max, I feel your pain. The most expensive condiment I ever prepared was "white truffle ketchup". Why did I turn more than $2, 000 of white truffles into a ketchup, you ask. Why, for a wedding feast for a couple who were altogether too involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism, that is why. Sourcing a deer that was USDA approved is another story. Air shipping a frozen reindeer from Finland probably cost as much as the white truffles.

[anitaj]

My 32yr old daughter was watching your show. While i was over at her home visiting her after the new baby. And she has always been quick to educate me. Which makes me giggle inside. But Not because I don't appreciate the education.
But just very much appreciating the teaching. She enjoys reading and learning who, what, where and why.
And now i have added you to my subscribed list sir.
Great Show and I plan on sharing this show to the rest of my family members and friends. Happy New Year 2023.