On 9/18/2016 10:32 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> 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
>


The Japanese word for bread is: pan