[pcl]

Fermented mushroom sauce sounds so much better than ketchup! Tell me more. Does it still exist commercially?

[eszed]

Yes! Search for "mushroom ketchup", and you'll find various examples for sale. Whatever kinds I've had are nice on bread, and really nice with eggs, but I wouldn't want to eat with chips / fries.

[camtarn]

You can still sometimes find mushroom ketchup in UK supermarkets. It tastes a bit like Worcester sauce (spicy and 'brown' tasting), but milder as it has no anchovies in it.

[bsder]

> so much better than ketchup

Careful. What we refer to as "tomato ketchup" has been bowdlerized and degraded by being made shelf stable.

"When Every Ketchup But One Went Extinct" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-heinz-ketch...