Subject: Re: JA Food: Korokke, others
I love love love love okonomiyaki and korokke and Japanese 'purin'.
BTW does anyone here like NATTO? Blech!!
Subject: Re: JA Food: Korokke
I love love love love okonomiyaki and korokke and Japanese 'purin'.
Is korroke a southern Japanese dish?
My mom knows of it but she's not too familiar, and she's from Hokkaido.
I once stayed with a family in Kagoshima (everyone on this list, if you
get to travel to Kyushu, you must visit Kagoshima!), and the mother of
the family used to run a restaurant that specialized in korroke. It's a
fried potato dumpling, is that right? She wanted me to help her sell the idea to sell
korokke stateside through Taco Bell (she loves Taco Bell, from a previous
visit to the U.S.).
Subject: Re: JA Food: Korokke
> Is Korroke a southern Japanese dish?
> It's a fried potato dumpling, is that right?
Korokke is an import from Europe (it is katakana for "croquette").
I suppose since the first contact point was Nagasaki it might have
entered there, but now it is a fairly widespread "standard" in Japan.
And you may be surprised to learn that tempura, another fried
"Japanese" standard is also a European import:
Which Japanese words originate from Portugese?
http://www.hayamasa.demon.co.uk/afaq/portugese.html
