Satsuma-imo

satsuma-imo Satsuma imo satsuma imo satsumaimo English Noun - Satsuma-imo en satsumaimo. en 1960 Mock Joya Satsuma-Imo Quaint Customs and Manners of Japan IV Tokyo Tokyo News Service chapter IV (Food, Drinking and Smoking) 160 https://archive.org/details/quaintcustomsman0004mock/page/160/mode/1up 830756212 Satsuma-imo came to be generally cultivated in the country about two hundred years ago, entirely through the efforts of Aoki Konyo, scholar and student of Dutch culture. Konyo’s foresight in encouraging the growing of Satsuma-imo was deeply appreciated by farmers and others as the crop saved them many times from famine. Satsuma-imo is cooked in many ways as a vegetable. en 22 February 2023 Ari Levaux Flash in the pan: Japanese sweet potato w:Billings Gazette 137 293 Billings, Mont. B7 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/933374146/ 4 2372-868X 10317615 In those days, crop failures and famines were common, and the Satsuma-imo, as it was called, fed millions through harsh times, including World War II, saving many thousands from starvation. Here in the U.S., Satsuma-imo grows in every state in the lower 48, but in the northern climates you will want to start it inside, in a bucket of soil. 26 January 2024 Mihoko Iida Yusuke Takada The Dragon-Shaped Japanese Region Where Tokyo Locals Go to Unwind https://web.archive.org/web/20240126200838/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/t-magazine/kagoshima-japan-travel-guide.html These days, I go to Tanegashima island to buy Satsuma-imo [Satsuma sweet potato] syrup, which I use in my recipes. Japanese Romanization さつまいも サツマイモ