| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 29, 2002, 18:06 |
At 11:38 2002-03-23 -0500, John Cowan wrote:>J Y S Czhang scripsit: > > > _ketchup_ - from Chinese dialect * _koe-chiap_ for vinegary fish sauc= > > e, > > some varieties of this sauce had tomato paste as well. > >I think it was the big noses who put the tomatoes in -- they are a >New World vegetable, after all.I thought ketjap/kecap was an Indonesian word. Roger? Benct Philip Jonsson Doktor Belfrages gata 6 SE-413 22 GÖTEBORG 031-82 45 00 mailto:bpj@melroch.net
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