Is tomato juice tomato or eggplant?

I always thought the "eggplant" in "eggplant juice" referred to eggplant, which is very difficult for me.

At certain times in my life, there were times when my IQ was slightly insufficient.

For example, this so-called "tomato juice". I have always believed that it is cooked with the juice boiled from eggplants, and I have great respect for the chef in my heart. To me, the cooking of eggplant is already at the level of a master. I can actually cook the eggplant to produce juice. How technical is this kind of cooking?

When I was studying in Shanxi, one day I went to look for food outside the school. I went to the restaurant I was used to eating and had rice with fungus and pork liver that had not changed for thousands of years. Because every time the boss gives me a lot of pork liver and fungus. As a result, I saw the recommendation of Xincai on the wall of the store, and Chicken Rice Bowl with Tomato Sauce was ranked first among the recommended new dishes.

My heart suddenly felt fluffy, and I immediately worshiped the owner of this restaurant with overwhelming admiration. His status was suddenly changed from the original one where the cooking was not delicious and could only be made up of portions. A lousy chef rises to become a low-key chef who is able to master the extremely difficult task of eggplant and even make tomato juice. So with some trepidation, I carefully ordered a technically difficult chicken rice bowl with tomato sauce.

The boss poked his head out from behind the greasy door curtain, holding a frying spoon in his hand, "Aren't you going to eat fungus and pork liver today?"

"No, let's try something else today." Yes." I smiled sarcastically.

When the steaming rice bowl was served, my jaw probably dropped to the floor.

I took a spoon and searched the rice carefully. Except for an inexplicable red juice with a strange smell, green peppers and diced chicken, I couldn't find even a trace of the legendary eggplant. Less than. I stared blankly at this plate of so-called technically difficult chicken rice bowl with tomato sauce. I couldn't help but think that the eggplant must have been dyed because it has no color. It is processed in the same way as the marinade. .

Take a shaky breath. Well, it’s still unpalatable -

That bright red color is actually the legendary tomato sauce -

It turns out that tomato juice is not the juice made from eggplant.

It turns out to be ketchup!

Learning the truth is like a thunderbolt from the blue!

This plot is almost as if a man and a woman met, got to know each other, fell in love, and finally got ready to get married only to find out that they were brothers and sisters who had been separated for many years.

Okay, the juice made from the tall eggplant in my mind instantly turned into ketchup squeezed from a red and stupid tomato. The boss has gone back to being a worse chef who can only rely on portion portions to make delicious food.

I really don’t hate tomatoes, I can eat them raw any way. But I don't really like ketchup unless it's with chips.