"kalanamak" > wrote in message
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> Nathan Lau wrote:
>
> > If you could find some konbu - dried seaweed used for making stock, that
> > would be "more authentic" than using the powdered dashi.
>
> For any beginning lurker, this is a typo. It is KOMBU,

Well, actually, it can be either - the Japanese sound that is
in the middle of that word is variously Romanized using either
an "n" or an "m," and is in reality something between these.

Bob M.