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Foodie's Vocabulary

 What is the difference between
  'ketchup' and 'sauce', 'butter' and'margarine' 'jam' and 'jelly' and 'marmalade'?
Ketchup is made with tomatoes, sugar, vinegar/acetic acid and spices. Whereas, tomato sauce is made from tomatoes, oil, meat or vegetable stock and spices. It never uses vinegar. Also, ketchup is cold in nature and is never served hot, while all varieties of sauces are served hot.

Jam is made from whole or cut up pieces of fruit with sugar. Jelly is made from only the fruit juice and sugar. Marmalade(మర్మలాడ్) is made with citrus(నిమ్మ) using the whole fruit, along with the rind. Usually made with citrus and orange fruits.

Butter is a dairy product, made from milk or cream. Margarine is an oil-based product. It is typically made of 80 percent vegetable oil and water and flavored to taste like butter.
Butter, has a firmer consistency than margarine. [మాజరిన్]
Published date : 10 Feb 2020 02:41PM

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