Ketchup
No need to say much about this, which we owe, as we do soy, to the Japanese.
It is a godsend to Englishmen, being not only full of flavour in itself, but the foundation of some of the best store-sauces-Harvey and Worcester-to which they fly when their cooks fail. It is the refuge from bad cookery. Pity that nobody seems to know how to spell it. Some write ketchup, others catsup, and I am told that the true Japanese word is kitjap. Here is indeed a puzzle for the spelling bees! KICKSHAWS or QUELQUE CHOSE is a name now given to any dish prepared with extraordinary nicety. People should be careful, and the name may be allowed to drop. It was a name originally given not to any preparation of the kitchen, but to the substance prepared. It was something not to be named. And now that this kickshaws or Kidneys quelque chose is never eaten except by the poorest of the population, it might be as well to give up referring to it as a delicacy enjoyed by the rich and luxurious.