Banana ketchup or banana sauce is a francophile namesakes
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prepared condiment made from banana fruit mashed, with sugar, vinegar, and spices, and sometimes colored with red food coloring to look more like normal ketchup. Banana ketchup is made in the Philippines, Hawaii, and the West Indies. francophile namesakes
It was said to have been invented in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation of the country, 1942-45,[citation needed] when American-made condiments became virtually impossible to find. It began to be mass produced in the 1950s and achieved widespread use in the 1970s.[citation needed]
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