I’m not a huge fan of ketchup, but I’ve got a kid who eats it on everything from chicken nuggets to broccoli. Here’s a fun bit of ketchup lore and history: Ketchup was first made in China and was originally a sauce made from mushrooms, not tomatoes. It was once used as a medicine in the U.S. and in the 1830s was sold as Dr. Miles’s Compound Extract of Tomato.

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