Ketchup, Parmesan Cheese, Olio?, Vanilla? (1698); No "Congo Bar" in Nestle (1962)

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KETCHUP

   OED has 1711 for "ketchup."  A quick check of LITERATURE ONLINE has:

Pope, Water, d. 1714 (From MORAL AND POLITICAL FABLES (1698)):
Pg. 95:
   Here's all variety your heart can wish,
   Olios, Ambigues, Bisques, Grilliades,
   Cocoes, Vinelli, Pigniates, Pistaccios,
   _Parmisan_ Cheese, Botargo, Caveare,
   And Ketchup, which will make you please your Wife,
   And several other Dishes, whose strange Names
   The untravelld Mouse had never heard before;...

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NO "CONGO BAR" IN NESTLE (1962)

PERFECT ENDINGS:
CHOCOLATE DESSERT AND BEVERAGE COOK BOOK
>From the Test Kitchens of The Nestle Company, Inc.
1962

   No "Congo Bar" here.  No "Blondies" either.

Sand Tarts, 63
(...)
Stackmores (dessert), 109

Pg. 109:
STACKMORES
SPREAD 6 graham crackers with 1 tbs. marshmallow cream, each
SPRINKLE each with 1 tsp. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Repeat layer on each and top with graham cracker
YIELD: 6
(S'MORES are STACKMORES?..."Congo Bar" is mentioned in a Joan Nathan article about a bakery in Little Compton, RI in the NEW YORK TIMES, 6 September 1989, pg. C3--ed.)



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