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[This message was edited by Baloo on May 03, 1999.]
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Pouring Ketchup on eggs may have been a culture habit that faded in the mid-twentieth century. I know my grandfather used ketchup for his eggs. Personnally, I don't like ketchup and never used it.
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The only reason I love peas, green beans, and spinach today is that my mother poured ketchup on them when I was young to get me to eat them. Thanks, Mom!
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Hey! We American's don't make (much) fun of Marmite and Vegemite (those living where that stuff's a delicacy please explain for the uninitiated) so why pick on ketchup?
Almost every culinary advance made in America resulted from a need to make food that was about to go bad palatable.
Chili: Overwhelm the tastebuds.
Chicken-fried steak: Pound it flat, bread it, deep-fry it and smother with gravy.
Ketchup: Disguise the flavor.
In the pioneer days, you killed what you ate and continued to eat it until it started to move again (altogether now: EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!) Modern improvements in food production, safe storage, etc., haven't removed these foods from our culinary pallette. Rather, these foods are now safe enough that we can worry about taste. If you've ever eaten grass-fed beef, you'd understand the attraction of ketchup.
--Baloo
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