Making Mushroom Ketchup - 18th Century Cooking on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2018–2022.
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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.
HN commenters who have cooked it recommend it as a reliable, delicious recipe and a good historical explanation of pre-tomato ketchup.
“The Mushroom Ketchup recipe is one I repeatedly go back to -- it's just that good”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Obligatory mention of the "18th Century Cooking" YouTube channel: [link] The Mushroom Ketchup recipe is one I repeatedly go back to -- it's just that good: ▶ this video I also encourage anyone who still has their elderly relatives with them to ask them for recipes they had from their era. My family keeps a common cookbook, and it's nice to be able to pull out Grandma's shrimp-dip recipe for special occasions.
in “To Make Sassages” · View on HN
If you want to learn more here is a great video with both the history and recipe for mushroom ketchup: ▶ this video
in “When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct” · View on HN
Scroll down to the bottom of the article, there’s an 18th-century recipe for “mushroom ketchup.” (Along with a video on how to make it: ▶ this video ) Be interesting to see how close it is to your wife’s modern version!
in “Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012)” · View on HN