Ketchup Was Once Used For Medicine
In 1834, Dr. John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to ketchup. Previously, ketchup had been a concoction of fish or mushrooms. The addition of tomatoes meant it added a a plethora of vitamins and antioxidants to the sauce. He claimed his recipe could cure: Diarrhea Indigestion Jaundice Rheumatism He had pill salesman, Archibald Miles,[…]