Meet the American who cooked up ketchup, Dr. James Mease, patriot with passion for 'love apples'
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Meet the American who cooked up ketchup: Dr. James Mease, a Philadelphia intellectual born to a veteran of the American Revolution. In 1812, he published the first recipe for ketchup.
"He wrote prolifically about … medical cures, pattern farming in Philadelphia, vineyards, as well as navigation and ocean currents." He "was a prominent member of The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture." "China … was likely the original source of the condiment with something that sounded like ‘ke-chiap.'" It exploded as a national phenomenon after the Civil War. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Credit Philadelphia native Dr. James Mease, a scientist, author, horticulturalist, civic activist, Pennsylvania polymath — a really smart guy — and wartime military surgeon.
He also really loved "love apples." That was his term for tomatoes.
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