William Kitchiner
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William Kitchiner was an English optician, amateur musician and cook. A celebrity chef, he was a household name during the 19th century, and his 1817 cookbook, The Cook's Oracle, was a bestseller in t
Portrait of Kitchiner
Caricature of Richard Martin, William Kitchiner, Samuel Phillips Eady: Martin's Bill in Operation (published 1824).
Ketchup
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Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor.
William Kitchiner
…as The Cook's Oracle: Containing receipts for plain cookery on the most economical plan for private families, etc. The Cook's Oracle includes eleven ketchup recipes, including two each for mushroom, walnut and tomato ketchups, one each for cucumber, oyster, cockle and mussel ketchups, and also a recipe for…
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