Awaokoshi - Awaokoshi

Japanese: アワおこし - あわおこし
Awaokoshi - Awaokoshi

...The Yoshu Fuzhi (1684) says that the name comes from the fact that roasted rice is kneaded firmly with starch syrup and then pulled into a sheet or ball shape, and that in Kyoto, the products from Futakuchiya and Toraya are good. In the late Edo period, it became popular all over the country, and Tsunokuniya Seibei's awa okoshi in Dotonbori, Osaka, became particularly famous. It is made by roasting steamed foxtail millet and solidifying it with syrup and Ryukyu brown sugar, and at the time, this store was said to use the most brown sugar in the country. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《雍州(ようしゆう)府志》(1684)は,炒った米を水あめで固く練ったところから引きおこして,板状,あるいは球状にするのでこの名があるとし,京都では二口屋(ふたくちや),虎屋のものがよいといっている。江戸後期にはひろく各地でつくられるようになり,とくに大坂道頓堀の津ノ国屋清兵衛のアワおこしが有名になった。これは蒸したアワを炒ってあめと琉球黒糖で固めたもので,当時この店の黒糖使用量は〈海内一〉といわれた。…

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