Seitan (1960s); Encyclopedia of Food & Culture (2003)

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 4/3/2003 7:49:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, Bapopik at AOL.COM
writes:

> the word "seitan" was coined in the mid-1960s by acrobiotics teacher George
> Ohsawa

the word should have benn "macrobiotics".  However, your version presents the
vision of Mr. Ohsawa eating vegetarian food on top of tall buildings, after
which he leaps them in single bounds...