English Housewifery: Exemplified in Above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts, Giving Directions in Most Parts of Cookery; ... With Cuts, for the Orderly Placing the Dishes and Courses; ... By Elizabeth Moxon. With an Appendix, ... | 
Here‘s a ketchup recipe from a 1789 cookbook that I have. It seems that “catchup” implies the usage of mushrooms and not tomatoes. Interesting, don‘t you think? 😆
A House in the Country - Ruth Adam
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rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Jess_Read_This, Kimzey, erzascarletbookgasm, catebutler, CarolynM, elkeOriginal, BookNAround, batsy, Tamra, Cathythoughts, jlhammar, Ruthiella, Sparklemn, MrsKRuthiella Thanks for sharing! 😃 There are a few YouTube channels that show how it was to cook in the 18th century, with only a open fire, no running water, etc. with time appropriate foodstuffs and according to 18th century recipes which I find fascinating. I also looked at the Wikipedia page for ketchup… I‘m not a cook at all but I find the history of it all interesting! 2y
LeahBergen @Ruthiella I love the history of cooking, too (and domestic history, in general). I just recently read the cookbook of Martha Lloyd (Jane Austen‘s friend and housemate) and found it fascinating. How our “taste” has changed! 2y
Bluebird How interesting! I love these old cookbooks! I need to pull out my Gervase Markham book ‘The English Housewife‘. From the 1600‘s. He gives advice/recipes on cooking and brewing. Also interesting stuff about medicine and clothing, etc. Time for a bit of fun with it. 😀 2y
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CarolynM Sounds OK to me, I like mushrooms ? I thought it was strange she said it tasted "vinegary" - sounded more like pickles than ketchup. 2y
CarolynM I've just seen @jlhammar 's post and I see I'm wrong, it tasted of brine, not vinegar. I could have sworn I had the pickle thought while reading🤔🙄 2y
batsy This is so fascinating! Thanks for sharing. I love mushrooms but not ketchup in the version I know it, tomato ketchup ? I'm not sure how I'd feel about this "catchup"... 2y
Chrissyreadit I found this fascinating also. I love learning about how people lived in other times and how tastes have changed. I wonder if there is still something similar with mushrooms somewhere but called a different name. 2y
mabell Quite a different catchup! Were the English eating tomatoes at this time? 2y
Tamra How fun to explore! I wonder now about the etymology of catchup. (edited) 2y
jlhammar I was hoping you'd post this! Very cool. I love the use of “'em“ in the recipe, as in “put 'em in a stew pot.“ And yes, really interesting that in England at the time “catchup“ was mushroom (or so it seems). That is news to me. 2y
BarbaraBB Beautiful picture 💓 2y
erzascarletbookgasm ‘Catchup‘ huh..interesting! And THE HAND! 2y
Graywacke How fascinating (and somehow using “falt”, and waiting “wilft you get more” just makes more entertaining reading). 2y
LeahBergen @Bluebird That cookbook sounds wonderful! 2y
LeahBergen @CarolynM And I liked that it was never eaten after all their effort to make it. 😆 2y
LeahBergen @batsy I‘m a fan of “our” ketchup. Tomato, that is. 😆 2y
LeahBergen @Chrissyreadit I Googled it and it seems like there are still a few commercial brands in production. I‘d be tempted to buy a bottle, just to try it, after this discussion! 😆 2y
LeahBergen @mabell I think tomatoes were around in the UK since the 1500s or so. 🤔 2y
LeahBergen @Tamra I was thinking that, too! Catchup, catsup, ketchup… 2y
LeahBergen @jlhammar That “em” makes me laugh. 😆 2y
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB Thanks! 😘 2y
LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm The hand is back! 🤣 2y
LeahBergen @Graywacke No dashing out to the grocers in those days! 😆 2y
Kimzey Interesting food lore! 2y
Chrissyreadit @LeahBergen hmmm me too I‘m curious. 2y
LeahBergen @Kimzey It is, isn‘t it? 2y
Centique Food history is so interesting! I love this old font too 😍 2y
LeahBergen @Centique I‘m always tickled by the “f as s” type. I don‘t know why. 😆 2y
Jess_Read_This Oh heavens. As someone who uses tomato based catsup with the robustness of a five year old at times, a mushroom based one seems horrifying. And I like mushrooms! 2y
LeahBergen @Jess_Read_This I hear you. I can‘t live without ketchup. 😆 2y
Jess_Read_This @LeahBergen Same! I‘ve developed a reputation at the local breakfast spot… the waitresses just bring me a bottle for my omelette and shake their heads. 🤣 2y
TheKidUpstairs This actually sounds delicious to me! Not necessarily in place of tomato ketchup, but it would be is own nice condiment! A steak sauce maybe? Any idea what "Jamaica" refers to here? 2y
LeahBergen @TheKidUpstairs I was wondering if it would be a bit like an HP Sauce or something myself? I believe the recipe is referring to what we know as allspice when it references “Jamaica pepper”. 2y
Cathythoughts That‘s a great picture, the hand looks perfectly at home there 👌🏻 2y
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts The hand loves old paper. 😆 2y
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