Making Mushroom Ketchup - 18th Century Cooking
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters who have cooked it recommend it as a reliable, delicious recipe and a good historical explanation of pre-tomato ketchup.
What it is
The Townsends channel shows how to make mushroom ketchup, a popular 18th-century sauce, in period style. It includes the history and a recipe and links to a blog post on whether George Washington used ketchup.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2018 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec DanAndersen · 2018-04 · on “To Make Sassages”
Obligatory mention of the "18th Century Cooking" YouTube channel: [LINK] The Mushroom Ketchup recipe is one I repeatedly go back to -- it's just that good: [this video] I also encourage anyone who still has their elderly relatives with them to ask them for recipes they had from their era. My family keeps a common cookbook, and it's nice to be able to pull out Grandma's shrimp-dip recipe for special occasions.
Recommends scommab · 2022-09 · on “When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct”
If you want to learn more here is a great video with both the history and recipe for mushroom ketchup: [this video]
Cites smacktoward · 2020-05 · on “Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012)”
Scroll down to the bottom of the article, there’s an 18th-century recipe for “mushroom ketchup.” (Along with a video on how to make it: [this video] ) Be interesting to see how close it is to your wife’s modern version!