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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/ketchup.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Ketchup: An American Condiment with an Asian Connection' data-article-id='2543'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9542'>At any given time, about 97 percent of American kitchens have a bottle of ketchup.</span> <span data-start-time='9542' data-end-time='20333'>American ketchup is made from red tomatoes, vinegar, salt, sugar and other ingredients.</span> <span data-start-time='20333' data-end-time='25083'>It has both a sweet and salty taste.</span> <span data-start-time='25083' data-end-time='30833'>It is, without question, America&rsquo;s condiment.</span> <span data-start-time='30833' data-end-time='34854'>But it was not always that way.</span> <span data-start-time='34854' data-end-time='44542'>In fact, the story of ketchup begins over 500 years ago -- in Southeast Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='44542' data-end-time='53271'>Andy F. Smith is a professor of food history in New York City.</span> <span data-start-time='53271' data-end-time='66500'>He has published many books about American food, including Pure Ketchup: A History of America&rsquo;s National Condiment.</span> <span data-start-time='66500' data-end-time='76625'>The word ketchup, Smith says, most likely comes from a Chinese dialect called Amoy.</span> <span data-start-time='76625' data-end-time='82958'>Ke-tsiap meant the brine of pickled fish.</span> <span data-start-time='82958' data-end-time='92646'>It probably originated in a Chinese community in northern Vietnam, Smith adds.</span> <span data-start-time='92646' data-end-time='99458'>Yes, America&rsquo;s condiment developed from fish sauce.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/ketchup.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9133 data-hint-location='20333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/what_does_brine_mean.m4a'>What does brine mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='salty water'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/pickled_fish.m4a'><span>pickled fish</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/sugar_and_spice.m4a'><span>sugar and spice</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/salty_water.m4a'><span>salty water</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/stewed_tomatos.m4a'><span>stewed tomatos</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9134 data-hint-location='92646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/what_did_ketchup_develop_from.m4a'>What did ketchup develop from?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='fish sauce'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/eggs.m4a'><span>eggs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/brine.m4a'><span>brine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/fish_sauce.m4a'><span>fish sauce</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/cucumbers.m4a'><span>cucumbers</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9135 data-hint-location='20333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/it_has_both_a_sweet_and__blank__taste.m4a'>It has both a sweet and <span class='blank'>salty</span> taste.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='salty'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/bland.m4a'><span>bland</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/spicy.m4a'><span>spicy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/salty.m4a'><span>salty</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2025/bitter.m4a'><span>bitter</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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