But the worldwide audience for the Oscars isnât even close to a billion, as a little common sense makes plain. In the United States, 43.5 million people watched the show last year. Thatâs a lot, but itâs 956.5 million short of a billion.
None of that weirdness can, however, hold a candle to the original catsup, which came to us from China via Malaysia, and was known as âke-tsiapâ or âkechap,â meaning roughly âfish sauce.â Indeed, this âkechapâ was from pickled fish and brine, and used as a dipping sauce.
A Brief History of Curry: The word 'curry' comes from the word 'Kari' in the Tamil language in India, so we believe curry originated there. Interestingly, there is also evidence that English cooks were making curry as early as the late 1300's during the time of Richard II.