MDMD(6): . . . and perhaps she will behave

[Chaim Gingold]

Kecap differs from soy sauce in that it is much thicker -- it's thick
like ketchup.

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Michel Ryckx wrote:

> "Strike her upon the Bottom [. . .] and perhaps she will behave." (79.26-27)
> 
> "Ketjap" is soy sauce.  It is always very fluid, as most of you will know. 
> Two notes on this joke:
> 
> (1) It is very seldom used directly on the table. One uses it in the
> kitchen.  The use on Mutton in the Vroom dining room is not very
> appropriate.  But I guess our Author needed this pun in order to be able to
> say:
> (2)  "Strike her upon the Bottom", for he knows any American will associate
> it with the sweet tomato sauce in long-necked bottles.  They phrase is
> funny, but a bit disappointing (for me, that is).  The use of his research
> is not perfect in this case.  Can we allow this?
> 
> This is from: http://www.xs4all.nl/~margjos/nlketjap.htm
> "Soy sauce is made from fermented soy beans, with added spices. There are
> many types and within the same type there are big differences in between the
> different brands. Usage: In marinates [sic], sauces, stew and soup."
> 
> and from http://www.balivision.com/article/Food and Spices,.htm
> "The other principal spice for cooked food [in Bali] has the confusing (to a
> Westerner) name of "kecap", pronounced "ketchap."   But "kecap" is what we
> call "soy sauce," not our familiar tomato sauce. It comes either sweet,
> "kecap manis", or sour, "kecap asem." Although there are hundreds of spices
> used in Balinese cooking, everyday food is often quite simple. "
> 
> http://thestar.com.my/kuali/recipes/mutton.html has some recipes with
> lengkua in it.  It is ginger root.
> 
> Michel.
>