10 News First Queensland - Did You Know Ketchup Was Once A Medicine? It's hard to imagine having hot chips or a meat pie without the side of tomato sauce, but did
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TIL that ketchup was considered a medicine in the early 19th century. The creator put them into pills and claimed that they could cure diarrhea and indigestion. Copycats then made laxatives under
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris on X: "#DYK ketchup was once considered medicinal? In 1834, Dr John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to ketchup - which traditionally was made from mushrooms (pictured here). Cooke claimed
Notorious Narratives - In the 1830s, when it came to popular medicine, ketchup was all the rage. It was sold as a cure for indigestion by an Ohio physician named John Cook.
![How Ketchup Evolved From A Popular American Medicine To A Condiment Icon | by Andrew Martin | Medium How Ketchup Evolved From A Popular American Medicine To A Condiment Icon | by Andrew Martin | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1200/1*jzycqzY_gHzwzquzXQYCTA.png)
How Ketchup Evolved From A Popular American Medicine To A Condiment Icon | by Andrew Martin | Medium
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