Fried kelp - Fried kelp

Japanese: 揚げこんぶ - あげこんぶ
Fried kelp - Fried kelp

...The use of kelp developed in the Kansai region, and it is for this reason that kelp is still considered a specialty of Osaka. There were many peddlers in Kyoto and Osaka selling komamaki (kelp rolls) made by wrapping herring around the sea, fried konbu, and konbu snacks called mizakara. In the Tokaido-chu Hizakurige, mizakara sellers appear at the boat docks of Fushimi, and in the Mita-kyo Monogatari (1781), they are described as "selling manju (buns) and mizukara (spicy dried fish)" in playhouses. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "age konbu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コンブの利用が関西で発達し,いまもコンブが大阪の名物とされるのはこのためである。ニシンを巻いて煮たこぶ巻や油で揚げた揚げこんぶ,それに〈みずから〉というこんぶ菓子の行商も京坂には多かった。みずから売りは《東海道中膝栗毛》では伏見の船つき場に登場し,《見た京物語》(1781)では芝居小屋の中で〈饅頭(まんじゆう)や水辛と売る〉としている。…

※「揚げこんぶ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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