"Tippi" > wrote in message
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On Apr 5, 11:34 am, "Musashi" > wrote:
> I'd appreciate you posting the link so I can study it.

As regards to references, it's mostly stuff (mostly Chinese) I've read
through the years, there is not a single source. Here is one English
reference I found

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuai_(dish)

And I'm surprised to find that Mongolians also eat it

http://www.kepu.net.cn/english/natio...312050040.html

Thanks very much.
I will go through these links.

Regards
Musashi

"Musashi" > wrote in message
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> "Tippi" > wrote in message
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> On Apr 5, 11:34 am, "Musashi" > wrote:
>> I'd appreciate you posting the link so I can study it.
>
> As regards to references, it's mostly stuff (mostly Chinese) I've read
> through the years, there is not a single source. Here is one English
> reference I found
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuai_(dish)
>
> And I'm surprised to find that Mongolians also eat it
>
> http://www.kepu.net.cn/english/natio...312050040.html
>
> Thanks very much.
> I will go through these links.
>
> Regards
> Musashi
>

Well I don't know if I'll make further headway this weekend but thanks to
your
replies I have managed to find a link between the ancient Chinese "Kuai"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuai_(dish) and
and the Japanese "Namasu" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namasu
based on the same kanji character of $Bg:!#(B

There is no doubt that Namasu came from China in the 700-800 AD period.
However it appears to be different from what we know as Sashimi. And
certainly it has a
completely different evolutionary path in Japanese cuisine.

Regards
Musashi

On Apr 9, 1:22*pm, "Musashi" > wrote:

> There is no doubt that Namasu came from China in the 700-800 AD period.
> However it appears to be different from what we know as Sashimi. And
> certainly it has a
> completely different evolutionary path in Japanese cuisine.

Very interesting indeed. Hope you are able to work out the details.

It came to me later that the fish that I've heard of that are eaten
raw in China are FRESHWATER fish, which is totally different from raw
fish in Japan.