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.
The concept of fried dough can be found in many different cultures. One theory related to the origin of the donut comes from Dutch records. The Dutch made olykoeks. or oilcakes, which were balls of cake dough fried in pork fat, then filled with nuts or fruit. When they immigrated to the American colonies, the Dutch brought their olykoek tradition with them.