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Making Mushroom Ketchup - 18th Century Cooking

Townsends · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Cooking & foodWorld history

What it is

The Townsends channel shows how to make mushroom ketchup, a popular 18th-century sauce, in period style. It includes the history and a recipe and links to a blog post on whether George Washington used ketchup.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters who have cooked it recommend it as a reliable, delicious recipe and a good historical explanation of pre-tomato ketchup.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “The Mushroom Ketchup recipe is one I repeatedly go back to -- it's just that good”

    Mushroom ketchup recipe from an 18th century cooking channel.

    DanAndersen, 2018-04 · Strong recommendation · in “To Make Sassages​”

  2. “here is a great video with both the history and recipe for mushroom ketchup”

    History and recipe for making mushroom ketchup.

    scommab, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct”

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Topics: mushroom ketchup, historical recipes, food history, sauces, cooking

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