Re: [lace-chat] Aussie lifestyle

2009-12-04 Thread David C COLLYER
Ketchup is a tomato based condiment with vinegar in it, often kept on the table to be put on hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries along with mustard. Hm - I wonder then if it might be the same as what we call Tomato Relish - much nicer than Tomato Sauce - perhaps a cross between that and

[lace-chat] checking up

2009-12-04 Thread Jean Nathan
Janice wrote: Sounds like bureaucracy has gone mad in the UK. Maybe it is an effort to raise more revenue for a strapped government. Hope it does not come to this over here. What does CRB stand for? Are they checking you all for crabs? CRB checks were launched in 2002 because of public

Re: [lace-chat] Aussie lifestyle

2009-12-04 Thread Martha Krieg
Tomato relish and chutney to me are chopped up bits of tomato/mango/whatever with spices and (in the case of chutney) ginger, etc. That's not ketchup - at least not American ketchup (known to some as catsup). That is a smooth, thickish tomato sauce the consistency of thick yoghurt. I make