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Post by Abe Akirakeiko on Nov 9, 2005 16:47:45 GMT -5
Nice mental image there... "Timber! *splut*" -Abe
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Saionji Shonagon
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Nov 9, 2005 17:35:20 GMT -5
Hey, Takeda-dono's the one playing frisbee with jingasa - and making cheese.
Saionji
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Post by solveig on Nov 10, 2005 21:24:51 GMT -5
Noble Cousins!
Greetings from Solveig! Based on culture contact alone, we should expect at least some Nara period Japanese nobility and clergy to know about: butter, ghee, paneer, yogurt, and cumiss. This does not exactly explain what sou was. We can speculate a bit about the nature of sou based on several things. One is that we can be fairly confident that it was a cultured milk product of some sort and that it was likely soft enough to either drink or pick off bits with chop sticks. Claims that it was clearly solid based upon this business about baskets is most likely faulty reasoning as other Japanese food scholars point out that the stuff was stored in tsubo which are ceramic jars. Tsubo are in turn kept in something which resembles a string bag.
As pointed out already, there are interesting references to sou in the Engishiki. Actually, the Engishiki is full of lists of food items to be brought forth at various cerimonial occasions.
Your Humble Servant Solveig Throndardottir Amateur Scholar
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Post by solveig on Nov 10, 2005 21:53:02 GMT -5
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! Of course, if you wish to buy somebody's commercial guess as to what this stuff is, it is available for purchase: www.kitora.com/nehannesetto.htmYour Humble Servant Solveig Throndardottir Amateur Scholar
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