What is the difference between ketchup and cocktail sauce?

Answer 1

No, not in the actual condiment. The two versions are merely alternate Westernized spellings of the original fish-based Chinese sauce that ketchup hails from. This proto-ketchup became popular among Western traders in the late 17th century.

As it gained traction in Europe, the sauce went through many incarnations (including a walnut-based version) before settling on the tomato goop we know and love. That’s why it says “tomato ketchup” on some bottles—it seems redundant today, but that’s only because no one goes around asking for walnut ketchup anymore.

“Ketchup” is the more popular spelling, and it became so in the mid to late 20th century. Heinz was an early “ketchup” adopter, and other big brands switched over as it gained more market share. But either spelling is technically acceptable—for example, the USDA exclusively uses “catsup.”

Answer 2

Basically, there is no difference. Catsup and ketchup are alternative spellings of the same word for a tomato-based condiment. The American Heritage Dictionary provides the following fascinating word history: The word ketchupexemplifies the types of modifications that can take place in borrowing—both of words and substances. The source of our word ketchup may be the Malay word kechap, possibly taken into Malay from the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. Kechap,like ketchup, was a sauce, but one without tomatoes; rather, it contained fish brine, herbs, and spices. Sailors seem to have brought the sauce to Europe, where it was made with locally available ingredients such as the juice of mushrooms or walnuts. At some unknown point, when the juice of tomatoes was first used, ketchup as we know it was born. But it is important to realize that in the 18th and 19th centuries ketchup was a generic term for sauces whose only common ingredient was vinegar. The word is first recorded in English in 1690 in the form catchup, in 1711 in the form ketchup, and in 1730 in the form catsup. All three spelling variants of this foreign borrowing remain current.

Answer 3

For a while the word “catsup” was more commonly used in North America, and then “ketchup” took over due to large-scale manufacturers like Heinz and Hunt's calling their product “ketchup.” Short answer: ketchup and catsup are the same thing; a tomato-based condiment with vinegar and spices.

Answer 4

ketchup is red and made from tomatoes

cocktail sauce is white

cocktail sauce is generally made by mixing ketchup, lemon juice and horseradish. Tartar sauce is white not cocktails sauce!

Answer 5

there no difference its the same meaning. Tomato ketchup, also known as catsup, ketsup, catchup, red sauce, and tomato sauce, is a sauce used as a condiment. Originally, recipes used egg whites, mushrooms, oysters, grapes, mussels, or walnuts, among other ingredients, but now the unmodified term usually refers to tomato ketchup.

Answer 6

In the 50s, yes. Catsup was most often a slightly spicey-hot version of Ketchup, mostly unpopular with children. What good is a hot dog sauce that's not popular with children? Catsup faded from general use and from the market.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Catsup is made of a plant called catnip while ketchup is mate of tomatoes.

Answer 9

yes ketchup is made with tomatoes and catsup is made with cats..served at chinese restraunts lol

Answer 10

Ketchup is. Scorched and catsup is not. It actually was an accident