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RE: pfunk reviews Sriracha Ketchup
So everything meet in California (didn't know that Huy Fong Foods was a California company). The origins of Ketchup is actually also from the Indochina and Malayan region and did originally not have anything to do with tomatoes. I think the word is Chinese, but the varied types I have tried are from Malaysia and Indonesia. Dark sweet sauce based on soya, fish and mushroom... n'stuff.
That doesn't sound like ketchup at all! I prefer the sugary tomato stuff :)
No, the tomato sort has conquered the hearts of the Anglo-Saxons to an extent where the word ketchup is used for exactly that, but I guess that this is the reason that it always clearly states TOMATO-Ketchup on the bottles.
Personally I find both types to sweet. I prefer mustard, Tabasco, or Worcestershire-sauce, but we always have Heinz tomato-ketchup in the fridge as it is very popular among the younger inhabitants of my apartment.
(and we actually always have the Malayan variety too, as my wife really likes it.)