Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor.
A glass dish of tomato ketchup
Blue Label Tomato Ketchup advertisement, Curtice Brothers, 1898
Homemade mushroom ketchup in a plastic tub
Tomato ketchup and other condiments
A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the flavor, to complement the dish, or to impart a specific flavor. Such specific flavors generally add sweetnes
Ketchup
…Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor. Ketchup now typically refers to tomato ketchup, although early recipes for different varieties contained mushrooms…
Salt and pepper at a modern restaurant
Tray of condiments and spices
Various condiments at a market in Sangha, Mali in 1992
Salt, pepper, and sugar are commonly placed on Western restaurant tables.