Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
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Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
Supposedly the tomato variants of ketchup didn’t appear until about a century after the other types.
The first known published tomato ketchup recipe was in 1812, but the term ‘ketchup’ first appeared in 1682.
Those are my ketchup facts for the day!
Oh wow, I was expecting it to all happen a lot earlier than that! It seems tomatoes were in the UK in the 1500s but didn’t become popular until the 1800s!
I’m guessing the varieties back then didn’t grow too well in the UK climate and would have been hard to get fresh imported tomatoes on slow ships
I’m sure there’s a climate change joke in there somewhere.
I know climate change is definitely bad… but if I could grow tropical fruit in my backyard year round it would be pretty sweet
I think the obvious answer here is move to the tropics!
If only I could, probably have to wait until the kids are grown. But by then the tropics might have moved here!
My Auntie and Uncle spent 2 years living and working in Malaysia when their kids were about 5ish and 8ish. Awesome experience for adults and kids alike, and also for their young adult nephew (me) who went to visit them as well! Kids attended an Australian school in Malaysia following the Australian curriculum.
We lived in Bangkok for a couple of years before we had kids, we sort of came back here because we didn’t want to raise kids over there. Honestly, thinking about it the hot season there was pretty unbearable, and this was about 10 years ago. It was a big city though, hardly any trees in built up areas made it stifling.
I do fantasize about living on a tropical island near beaches, waves and coconut trees. Don’t think we’ll ever be able to afford that though.
Yeah, the OG things that eventually birthed Tomato Ketchup were basically umami rich fish sauces and came from China.