Bryan wrote:

>> Traditional American style chili sauce doesn't contain a single (hot)
>> chili! GIYF. It is tomatoes, onions, (bell) peppers, vinegar, sugar
>> and various seasonings simmered together and reduced until thick.
>>
> It's like someone attempted to make ketchup and failed miserably.

That's like saying that an omelet is someone's miserable failure at
attempting to make scrambled eggs. Chili sauce and ketchup are two
different products and have different uses. An easily-observed
difference is that chili sauce is almost always used as an ingredient
rather than a condiment.

Bob