tempeh - antedating (1931)

[Benjamin Barrett]

Also, it doesn't appear from Wikipedia and the web at large that tempeh has to be deep-fried as the OED says. BB

On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

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> "Yearbook of agriculture, Volume 1904," Unites States Department of Agriculture, p. 28 (http://ow.ly/82e53)
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> American chemists, seeking to increase exports of soybeans, have adapted modern techniques and fermentation methods to improve their use in such traditional Japanese foods as tofu and miso and in tempeh of Indonesia.
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