ketchup
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Tomatoes and Other Crops Wither in California Drought
The Western drought has come for pasta sauce and ketchup. Processing tomatoes, used in innumerable grocery store staples, are suffering from years of subpar rainfall and snowpack in California. The state, which has historically produced about one third of the processing tomato crop’s global supply, is slated to fall short of (already low) harvest projections…
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Ordering Your Steak Well-Done, Like Trump, Is Bad For Your Health
On Sunday, we learned Donald Trump eats his steak well-done with ketchup. If you’ve ever eaten steak — in Trump’s case, an expensive, tender piece of New York strip — you probably know that well-done with ketchup is simply not the way to go. The president should give medium-rare a try, not only for the…
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Ford Wants To Make Car Parts Out Of Leftover Tomato Sauce
Forget making cars more green — Ford and Heinz have a plan that adds a little red to the mix. In fact, they’re entering into a collaboration to use remnants from tomato sauce to make parts for new cars.
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Ketchup Used To Be Made Of Fish: The Crazy History Of The World’s Greatest Condiment
Here’s something that might just blow your mind: ketchup — the national condiment of 1896, according to the New York Tribune — wasn’t always tomato based. In fact, if it had remained in its early form, we might be spreading fish paste on our burgers (gulp) instead of the tangy tomato-y goodness we presently rely…