ketchup

[ kech-uh p, kach- ]

/ ˈkɛtʃ əp, ˈkætʃ- /

a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc.

any of various other condiments or sauces for meat, fish, etc.: mushroom ketchup; walnut ketchup.

Also catchup, catsup.

Origin of ketchup

1705–15; < Malay kəchap fish sauce, perhaps < dialectal Chinese kéjāp (Guangdong) or ke-tsiap (Xiamen), akin to Chinese qié eggplant + chī juice

keta, ketamine, ketch, ketch-rigged, ketchikan, ketchup, kete, ketene, keto, keto acid, keto form

Sally ate it with maple syrup; at home we ate the store-bought kind with ketchup.

‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ |Eileen Cronin |April 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The $6 item comes with a bun and burger along with cheese, ketchup, pickles, and requires about 10 minutes of cooking time.

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A tablespoon of ketchup, for example, contains about a teaspoon of sugar, or about 16 calories of added sugar.

How to Watch Out for Hidden Sugar and Replace With Leaner Substitutes |Diana Le Dean |February 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Things like ketchup have about 16 calories of added sugar per tablespoon, and it can add up.

How to Watch Out for Hidden Sugar and Replace With Leaner Substitutes |Diana Le Dean |February 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Children play with forks, using the sharp tines to reduce green beans to a mush, or to turn potatoes pink with ketchup.

The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’ |Bee Wilson |October 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
You think I did something to the ketchup to get 112 even with Migwan, but I didnt, so there.

The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House |Hildegard G. Frey
Seasonable from the beginning of September to the middle of October, when this ketchup should be made.

Mushrooms: how to grow them |William Falconer
Prepare an additional half pint of good gravy, put into it two spoonfuls of ketchup, and rub down a tea-spoonful of flour with it.

The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, |Mary Eaton
Add a small quantity of salt and cayenne, a few truffles and morels, and two spoonfuls of ketchup.

The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, |Mary Eaton
A tablespoonful of ketchup may be added; also a piece of glaze, if handy.

Soyer's Culinary Campaign |Alexis Soyer

ketchup

/ (ˈkɛtʃəp) /

any of various piquant sauces containing vinegar tomato ketchup

C18: from Chinese (Amoy) kōetsiap brine of pickled fish, from kōe seafood + tsiap sauce