Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100617/0714119863/dailydirt-you-say-ketchup-i-say-catsup.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100617/0714119863/dailydirt-you-say-ketchup-i-say-catsup.shtml fish sauce and somehow evolved into the much more widely-consumed condiment we know today. Early recipes of ketchup contained sodium benzoate -- which was banned in the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. That ban led to other formulations which contained vinegar as a preservative and used ripe tomatoes. Here are just a few more fascinating factoids about this tangy, thixotropic, tomato-based foodstuff.

• MIT researchers have developed LiquiGlide -- a non-stick coating that could let people get every last drop of ketchup out of a bottle easily. Anticipation is no longer making me wait.... [url]
• Malcom Gladwell is famous for (among other things) his talk on spaghetti sauces and the discovery that customers want a spectrum of choices when it comes to spaghetti sauces. But ketchup seems to be the exception to the rule because there's just a single dominant brand -- and there are far fewer than 57 varieties of it. [url]
• Should ketchup count as a vegetable in school lunches? The tomato sauce on pizza may not count as a vegetable serving according to mothers and the USDA, but it might for some politicians. [url]

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SPAM Lip Glaze probably doesn't have the same shelf life as regular SPAM. But it's way more portable and would probably get by TSA security checkpoints. [url]

Sun-dried squid bodies make nice little sake bottles that are traditionally called Ika Tokkuri. Who needs to worry about BPA-free or Phthalate-free plastics when you can just eat your drinking vessels? [url]

Condiment wallpaper is a cheap (but perhaps not very long-lasting) way to decorate a room. And it looks better than filling nail holes in drywall with toothpaste... [url]

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