[Ads-l] furikake - 1981

[Peter Reitan]

Newspapers.com shows many grocery store advertisements for Furikake in Hawaii as early as 1960.



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The menu at Nalu's South Shore Grill in Kihei on Maui includes furikake =
(unexplained) as an ingredient in one of the dishes. This can be seen =
with unfortunate capitalization at =
http://808plate.tumblr.com/post/124257808571/nalus-south-shore-grill-in-ki=
hei-maui-fried: =
<http://808plate.tumblr.com/post/124257808571/nalus-south-shore-grill-in-k=
ihei-maui-fried:>

Black n Blue Ahi Benedict:
Fresh island tuna , wild mushrooms, toasted English muffin, two eggs, =
Cajun hollandaise, porcini lava salt, and breakfast potatoes seasoned =
with Furikake and garlic (MP).

Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/furikake =
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/furikake>) and Wikipedia =
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furikake =
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furikake>) both have this word but not =
the online Oxford Dictionaries.

The earliest instance I found in Google Books is a US patent with more =
unfortunate capitalization:

4,247,566
Inagami et al.
27 January 1981

The textured protein obtained according to the present invention can be =
used for products of hamburger, =E2=80=9CSoboro=E2=80=9D (cooked meat =
powder), =E2=80=9CFurikake=E2=80=9D (dried meat powder for sprinkling on =
cooked rice or other cooked foods) and shao-mai (ravioli like) etc.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA=

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