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Researchers have identified Portuguese and Dutch culinary words brought to Japan in the 16th-18th centuries. Although the Japanese were initially horrified by European eating habits, they eventually took to certain dishes, including tempura and "kasutera", inspired by a Portuguese sponge cake.
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Researchers have identified Portuguese and Dutch culinary words brought to Japan in the 16th-18th centuries. Although the Japanese were initially horrified by European eating habits, they eventually took to certain dishes, including tempura and “kasutera”, inspired by a Portuguese sponge cake.


Researchers have identified Portuguese and Dutch culinary words brought to Japan in the 16th-18th centuries. Although the Japanese were initially horrified by European eating habits, they eventually took to certain dishes, including tempura and “kasutera”, inspired by a Portuguese sponge cake.

by FullyFocusedOnNought

2 Comments

  1. Mattimvs

    Everyone’s a snob until the fryer comes out….

  2. TheOneMary

    Also, thank you for sharing this article, OP. I really want to know more about the food history in Japan, it is so amazing, especially due to the country basically being a bunch of islands so the influence could be tracked quite well (alongside the times where there was more segregation).

    If any of you have good sources for more of such reliable info, I’ll be super grateful! Even in Japanese, I’ll try to manage 😉