@narplox: The mechanical shopping list from the early to mid-20th century, often called a metal grocery reminder, offered a clever, analog solution for tracking household needs without paper. Made of brass, tin, or celluloid, the device featured a pre-printed layout of essential kitchen staples flanked by small built-in sliding metal pointers. When a household ran out of a particular staple—such as butter, coffee, or soap—the user simply slid the matching tab inward to mark the item for their next trip to the market. The mechanical shopping list also serves as a historical artifact, preserving regional spelling variations and past food trends. For instance, the inclusion of "CATSUP" reflects the dominant American spelling of tomato ketchup during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Derived from Asian fish sauces like the Cantonese kê-tsiap, the word entered the English language under several phonetic spellings, including catchup, catsup, and ketchup. Heinz originally sold its product as "Catsup" before shifting to "Ketchup" to differentiate itself, a branding decision that eventually popularized the modern spelling across North America. #fyp #memes #viral #funny #narplox

Gabriel M :

Catsup and ketchup are two different things yall

molealan04 :

catsup was originally made with mushrooms

George cooper :

Everyone who didn’t find the ketchup word cuz it was spelt so wrong —>

Navian :

wheres the joe dirt dvd

Kenzie :

im not the only one who questions how vinegar was placed right

conejo_2wickeddd🍃 :

in mexico its called catsup

👀 :

he would be proud🥹

PaysonJ✞BC :

Could you pass the catsup

🪩• :

Cats up

🌱🐊Vyne🐊🌱 :

Serenatrix :

jokes aside, they should have kept this thing around.

Gunnar :

Found some while exploring abandoned mines

iroh :

I’m unsure that you are able to buy the last one anymore

Archer :

catsup is a correct historic special, never knew that

wannabeauthor :

this entire list cost like 3 pennies and a handshake back then, nowadays you gotta take out 3 loans and donate plasma to get eggs that theyre gonna end up recalling anyway

dt2la :

Where's the activated charcoal and protein powder

Nok🍉 :

actually its spelled correct. catsup was the like only ketchup brand not a different spelling.

Ryan Pleen :

It’s a different thing, ketchup was a play off of it and people ended up liking it better so it took over

✨👑 It’s Lilly, BITCH!!!!! 👑✨ :

Catsup is a blanket name for nearly every sauce back in the day that covered the smell of rotting or gross food (ketchups original purpose btw). They were made out of veggies, fish, fruit, anything pungent to mask the tase

MR.232323 :

Thats what its called in spanish..

AF :

I thought catsup was somthing else

PMK Awhman ⚛️ :

And it was like only 70-100$, even lower prolly