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HN commenters who have cooked it recommend it as a reliable, delicious recipe and a good historical explanation of pre-tomato ketchup.
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.
“The Mushroom Ketchup recipe is one I repeatedly go back to -- it's just that good” (HN, 2018)
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.
Mushroom ketchup recipe from an 18th century cooking channel.
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!
Video showing how to make 18th-century mushroom ketchup.
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