*Answer* Trivia Tuesday 2-27

[Flasher]

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS . . . KETCHUP!  IN THE 1830'S, DR. JOHN COOK BENNETT, AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN PROPOSED THAT IT COULD HELP WITH DIARRHEA, JAUNDICE, AND INDIGESTION.  HE LATER SOLD THE RECIPE AS "TOMATO PILLS".

(Of course, that's not to say that mustard does not have any medicinal purposes.  I'm just sharing what's in my little book of nonsense!)


Hello, Cherries!

Which popular condiment was once sold as a medicinal cure for diarrhea?

[stinkerbelle]

eww!  um...mayonnaise??

[emmapaige]

Mustard? 

[VickiR]

Mustard?  All I can think of is my grandma talking about mustard plasters so maybe it had more than one use?

[Sandi0805]

Well we have mayo and mustard.  What about the other one.  Ketchup.  Gotta be one of those 3.

[Jolly Holly Scraps]

I'm gonna say mustard.

[pawprints]

I have no clue but I was thinking maybe mustard?

[Charleneanne]

I will say mustard. In the Bible there is reference to using the seed of the mustard to put out a great fire in the belly which makes it sound reasonable to help stop diarrhea.
Lol. Now to go look it up and see if I’m right or just goofy .

[VALERIE 03/22]

I'M GOING WITH KETCHUP..................... VALERIE

[Dianne0601 (Dianne Labadie)]

Mustard!

[GinniG]

I'm going to say mustard as well but mayonnaise was my second thought....

[suewho372]

Thinking of weird things let’s say relish… lol

[Breauxlabs]

I give the dogs pumpkin if they have a belly problem… I wouldn’t consider that a condiment but its all I have! 

[lisn2cats]

I’m gonna say ketchup because 1) the others are too obvious; 2) ketchup is yummy on almost anything (I love ketchup); 3) tomatoes are a fruit? and, therefore, must be healthy? I dunno. My other answer is horseradish because grandpa ate that with everything and the constitution of a rhino.

[CraftyDoer]

I first thought ketchup because that's what one thinks of when you hear "condiment". Then I referred to my History Channel, Food That Built America series (NERD lol) and remembered that ketchup was actually used for something else prior than a condiment BUT not diarrhea. I say mustard because I can't think of another condiment besides mayo and hot sauce and well, both of those seem to give people the runs sometimes lol

[Nana01]

Mustard

[lilkoala3]

is cheez whiz a condiment? heh heh

[Flasher]

is cheez whiz a condiment? heh heh

Ha!  I use it like one!

[stinkerbelle]

is cheez whiz a condiment? heh heh

that seems like it would provide an opposite effect lol

[Flasher]

Bumped with ANSWER in OP!