What was treated with ketchup in the past (4 photos)

Yes exactly. Tomatoes in general have been something for a long time incomprehensible to Europeans. They were generally considered poisonous 300 years ago. berry.





But when the myth that tomatoes cannot be eaten was dispelled, then with with the same force as they were hated, they also began to almost idolize and attribute to them a variety of miraculous properties. Well, where is the blind confidence, there are charlatans with their trade in anything.



Dr. Joe Bennet came up with a "drug" by mixing ketchup with dough. He made large red pills out of this mixture and stated that they help with diarrhea. He called his invention "Extract tomatoes."

The production of magic pills was established: in the newspapers published advertisements and testimonials from happy patients. And when things went like this fortunately, Bennett soon invented ketchup ointment for rheumatism.

So, from 1834 to 1850, the doctor was simply selling air. That is ketchup.





But in the 50s, works appeared in the media, where Bennett drug research. Surprisingly, none of the properties declared by him were not confirmed! It turned out that the tablets and liquid tomatoes do not cure anything.



The whole Joe Bennett scam has collapsed. No one else was on fire the desire to buy ketchup to treat various diseases with it. But here's the taste many people liked this "medicine" and continued to add it to the most different dishes. And so a new use of "ketchup ointment" was born. walked years, and his recipe has changed little, they just began to add more Sahara.