セイタン

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セイタン (食品)

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Seitan

Wikipedia

セイタン (seitan): A piece of seitan.

Etymology

Coined by Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa also occasionally used the kanji term 生蛋 from 生 (“fresh; raw”) and 蛋, the first character in 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːtã̠ɴ]

Noun

セイタン • (seitan)

seitan

Usage notes

Due to the potential of confusion with homophones (see せいたん), the term グルテンミート (guruten mīto) is more commonly used.

Synonyms

グルテンミート (guruten mīto): literally, “gluten meat”

Related terms

麩(ふ) (fu): wheat gluten in general

References

^ William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, editors (2014), History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Japan, and in Japanese Cookbooks and Restaurants outside Japan (701 CE to 2014)‎^[1], SoyInfo Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2676

[1] William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, editors (2014), History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Japan, and in Japanese Cookbooks and Restaurants outside Japan (701 CE to 2014)‎^[1], SoyInfo Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2676

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