On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 1:43:50 AM UTC-10, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
> >
> > On 9/16/2016 12:43 PM, wrote:
> > > In the past both Spain and Portugal were very important.
> > >
> >
> > That would be true. The Portuguese were the first great explorers of the
> > world. My guess is that a Portuguese sailor landed in Okinawa 600 or so
> > years ago and proceeded to spread his seed around. This resulted in the
> > Okinawans looking distinctly different from the Japanese - hairy and stocky.
>
> 500 years ago Portugal had extensive spice trade links with Japan,
> plus Jesuit Catholic missions there. Nagasaki (city) was founded by the
> Portuguese. (The Portuguese had established trade with East Africa,
> India, Indonesia and China)
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasa...modern_history
>
> Janet.

That's interesting - I did not know this. Thanks. So that's how the Japanese got castilla cake. Castilla cake is a cake that has only 4 ingredients yet is one of the hardest cakes to get right. It is typically sold in gift boxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7b9Nutaok