[Ads-l] furikake - 1981

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:54 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Newspapers.com shows many grocery store advertisements for Furikake in Hawaii as early as 1960.

I’m a shichimi togarashi guy myself.  Don’t know how prevalent it is in Hawaii, though, since I’ve never been.

LH
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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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