Word: ketchup
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Recently, I opened up my aunt’s refrigerator and pantry to investigate. I discovered the ingredient in some obviously sweet places, like Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and Schweppes ginger ale. But it also appeared in Heinz Ketchup, KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce, and Wishbone Italian dressing. It’s safe to say that most Americans don’t account for ketchup and salad dressing when keeping track of their sugar intake. Sweetsurprise.com lists multiple places where high fructose corn syrup serves a purpose: in breads, canned and frozen fruits, yogurt, spaghetti sauces, and beverages...
...government to buy surplus food from farmers and set minimum nutritional values for each meal. Its budget grew under Eisenhower and Nixon, but the Reagan Administration slashed it by nearly $1.5 billion - making up for the cuts by revising nutritional guidelines, reducing portion sizes and (infamously) attempting to categorize ketchup as a vegetable. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...students of the incoming class. It's a kind of time travel, to remind us how far we've come. This year's freshmen were typically born in 1991. That means, the authors explain, they have never used a card catalog to find a book; salsa has always outsold ketchup; women have always outnumbered men in college. There has always been blue Jell...
USAGE: "This year's Mindset List indicates that salsa has been more popular than ketchup for at least 18 years." --Morning News...
...Though Kurlansky has tried some of the recipes in his book - the still regionally popular Indiana persimmon pudding is a favorite - he admits that some of these old dishes aren't great. "For my taste, there's too much ketchup and canned food in these recipes," he says. "But I would have rather eaten in 1930. I like to eat food that tells me where I am. I do book tours, and every night I'm in a different place, and I wish I were eating a different kind of food, since I'm going to all this trouble getting...