[Sca-cooks] oooh, cattails=)

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- margali <mtraber251 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~marutama/facts.htm
> 
> woot, cattail sotleties, and period=)
> 
> hm, would be interesting, perhaps something to
> try for the pennsic cooks 
> lost potluck=)

Thank you Margali for this:

Kamaboko can be traced back to the 7th Century
(Nara Period). Nihon Shoki, a book describing
ancient Japan, and written at that time, has a
description of the Empress Shinko, grinding fish,
puffing it around the top of a spear and grilling
it. There is also a description of a celebration
dinner for a Minister in the Heian Period (8th
Century) at which Kamaboko was served.
Originally, Kamaboko was ground fish meat molded
onto a bamboo stick before cooking. The shape was
similar to "Gama-no-ho", the top of the cat-tail
plant, and so it got its name Kamaboko.

There are several translations/commentaries of
the Nihon Shoki, which is more than one book, but
rather a series of history books.

Nihon shoki. English. 
Nihongi: chronicles of Japan from the earliest
times to A. D. 697. Translated from the original
Chinese and Japanese by W. G. Aston. London,
Allen and Unwin, 1956. 
xx, 407, 443 p. illus. 23 cm.

Nihon shoki. English. 
Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest
times to A.D. 697 / translatedfrom the original
Chinese and Japanese by W.G. Aston. London :
Published for the Society by Kegan Paul, Trench,
Trubrer & Co., Limited, 1896.              
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. (Japan Society of London.
Transaction and Proceedings Supplement 1)

Nihon shoki. English. 
Nihongi; chronicles of Japan from the earliest
times to A.D. 697. Translated  from the original
Chinese and Japanese by W. G. Aston. With an
introd. to the  new ed. by Terence Barrow. [1st
Tuttle ed.] Rutland, Vt., C. E. Tuttle Co.    
[1972]                                           
2 v. in 1. illus. 19 cm. (Tut books.) 
ISBN 0804809844

Wheeler, Post, 1869-1956, ed. and tr. 
The sacred scriptures of the Japanese : with all
authoritative variants, chronologically arranged,
setting forth the narrative of the creation of
the cosmos, the divine descent of the
sky-ancestor of the imperial house and the
lineage of the earthly emperors, to whom the
Sun-Deity has given the rule of the world unto
ages eternal / by Post Wheeler. Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood  Press, 1976, c1952. 
xlvi, 562 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0837183936    

Wheeler, Post, 1869-1956, ed. and tr.
The sacred scriptures of the Japanese, with all
authoritative variants, chronologically arranged,
setting forth the narrative of the creation of
the cosmos, the divine descent of the
sky-ancestor of the imperial house and the
lineage of the earthly emperors, to whom the
Sun-Deity has given the rule of the world unto
ages eternal. New York, H. Schuman [1952]        
              xlvi, 562 p. 24 cm. 

I believe most of these are in the U. of Michigan
libraries.  Johnna, would you have a moment or
two to look at these to see if they have any food
commentary as mentioned in the website?  Thanks.

Huette 



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