Karako powder

…Fu appears under the name of “menkin” in the “Mengxi Bidan” (Dreams and the Past), written during the Song Dynasty in China, and it is thought that this was brought to Japan. Fu originally meant “bran” (bran) that is produced when making wheat flour, and in Japan it was called “karako” (shell flour). As bran was also used as a raw material for fu, “Honcho Shokan” (1697) writes that “menkin is called fu because it is made from bran.” …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Karafun" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…麩は，中国宋代の《夢渓筆談》などに〈麪筋（めんきん）〉の名で見え，これが日本に伝えられたものとも思われる。麩は，本来は小麦粉をつくるときに出る〈ふすま〉のことで，日本では唐粉(殻粉)（からこ）といった。そのふすまも麩の原料として用いられたため，麪筋は〈麩（ふすま）からつくるので麩という〉と《本朝食鑑》(1697)は書いている。…

※「唐粉」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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