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Letter: Letters : Sensitive ketchup

Published 21 March 1998

From Anthony Kirk-Burgess, University of Bath

I have often been surprised by the ways in which we affect the things around
us emotionally.

Yesterday I noticed this inscription on the top of a bottle of Heinz tomato
ketchup: “Safety Button: Can be depressed once original seal is broken.”

This reminded me of the classic line from Mrs Beaton’s cookbook: “Gently
break the heart of a young lettuce.”

Issue no. 2126 published 21 March 1998

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