National Ketchup / Catsup Day and National Gingerbread Day in USA
National Ketchup / Catsup Day and National Gingerbread Day in USA is held on June 5. This event in the first decade of the month June is annual.
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The American staple was actually inspired by a Chinese condiment. The first recorded recipe for ketchup hails from 544 A.D. China (where the fish-based sauce was referred to by sailors as ke-tchup), which calls for "the intestine, stomach, and bladder of the yellow fish, shark and mullet," and 20 days of incubation under summer sunlight before it’s ready for consumption. The first known written recipe for tomato ketchup came from Philadelphia horticulturist James Mease in 1812. Mease’s recipe included spices, brandy, and, of course, tomatoes, which the scientist referred to as "love apples."
Gingerbread came to the Americas with settlers from Europe.
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