Tomato Sauce和Tomato Ketchup並不一樣!
When it comes to 『tomato sauce』 and 『tomato ketchup』, we often consider them the same, but actually, they are not.
說到tomato sauce和tomato ketchup，我們通常認為它們是一樣的，但實際上它們不是。
If we go by the food historians, ketchup is a sauce. Ketchup word originated from Chinese 'koechiap' meaning 『brine of fish』, or generally mentioned as 『spicy sauce』. The word 'sauce' is derived from Latin word salsas that means 『salted』.
如果我們從食物歷史學的角度來看，ketchup(番茄醬)是一種醬料。番茄醬這個詞來源於中國的「腌魚汁」，意思是魚的滷水，通常也被稱為辣醬。「sauce」這個詞則來源於拉丁語salsas，意思是鹹的。
According to historians, the sauce was actually invented for many reasons. It served the purpose of a cooking medium and was looked as a meat tenderizer and had the capability of enhancing the flavours too.
根據歷史學家的說法，sauce醬汁的發明有很多原因。它是一種烹飪半成品，被認為是一種肉類嫩化劑，也有增強味道的租用。
And interestingly, there was no fixed recipe for this multi-functional dish, so its type and taste differs from culture to culture.
有趣的是，這道有很多功能的菜並沒有固定的食譜，所以它的種類和口味因文化而異。
With the commercialization and experimentation, the sauce is now a very household thing and many people make various types of sauces at home.
隨著商品化和實驗的進行，sauce(醬)現在已經成為一種非常常見的東西，許多人在家裡製作各種醬汁。
The sauces can be of various viscosities which depends on the usage of the sauce. For instance, the sauce used for cooking will have less viscosity while the one used for dressing will have high viscosity.
sauce可以有各種粘度，這取決於醬汁的使用。例如用於烹飪的醬汁粘度較小，而用於調味的醬汁粘度較高。
Ketchup is made with tomatoes, sugar, vinegar/acetic acid and spices. Whereas, tomato sauce is made from tomatoes, oil, meat or vegetable stock and spices. It never uses vinegar. Also, ketchup is cold in nature and is never served hot, while all varieties of sauces are served hot.
Ketchup(番茄醬)是由番茄、糖、醋(醋酸)和香料製成的。然而，tomato sauce(番茄醬汁)是由西紅柿、油、肉或蔬菜高湯和香料製成的。它從不用醋。此外，番茄醬是冷的，從來不是熱的，而各種醬汁都是熱的。
To make it simpler, ketchup is made with a variety of spices while the sauce is generally made without spices. Another major point of difference between the tomato sauce and ketchup is, sauce generally does not contain sugar while ketchup has a specific amount of sugar and other sweet spices.
為了簡單起見，ketchup是用多種香料製成的，而sauce通常不加香料。tomato sauce和ketchup的另一個主要區別是，sauce一般不含糖，而ketchup含有一定量的糖和其他甜香料。
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