On 5/2/14, 5:24 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:

> I have an interest in Japanese foods, have been to Japan, shop regularly at
> a Japanese market, speak Japanese, and have never heard of such a thing.
> Since the Japanese had essentially no indigenous bread making traditions
> before the arrival of the Portuguese, I would expect that this is an
> imported recipe and I would not be surprised to discover that it is an
> analog to a Portuguese or Dutch recipe. Please let us know if you find a
> recipe.

I found it mentioned in an article on Japanese Milk Bread, which
included a recipe. Google has drawn a blank...

-- Larry