Roasted sweet potato
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| Alternative names | Gun-goguma, kǎo-báishǔ, yaki-imo |
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| Place of origin | East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) |
| Main ingredients | Sweet potatoes |
| Similar dishes | Roasted chestnut |
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Cookbook: Roasted sweet potato
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| Chinese name (China) | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 烤白薯 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "roasted sweet potato" | ||||||||
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| Chinese name (Taiwan) | |||||||||
| Chinese | 烤地瓜 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "roasted sweet potato" | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 군고구마 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "roasted sweet potato" | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 焼き芋 | ||||||||
| Kana | やきいも | ||||||||
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Roasted sweet potato is a popular winter street food in East Asia.
Contents
1 China
2 Korea
3 Japan
4 See also
5 References
China
In China, yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes are roasted in a large iron drum and sold as street food during winter.[1] They are called kǎo-báishǔ (烤白薯; "roasted sweet potato") in mainland China and kǎo-dìguā (烤地瓜; "roasted sweet potato") in Taiwan, as the name of sweet potatoes themselves vary across the sinophone states and regions.
roasted sweet potato from China
roasted sweet potatoes hawker in Hong Kong
Korea
Sweet potatoes roasted in drum cans, called gun-goguma (군고구마; "roasted sweet potato"), are also popular in both North and South Korea.[2][3] The food is sold from late autumn to winter by the vendors wearing ushanka, which is sometimes referred to as "roasted sweet potato vendor hat" or "roasted chestnut vendor hat". Although any type of goguma (sweet potato) can be roasted, softer, moist varieties such as hobak-goguma (pumpkin sweet potato) are preferred over firmer, floury varieties such as bam-goguma ("chestnut sweet potato") for roasting.[4]
In South Korea, roasted sweet potatoes are dried to make gun-goguma-mallaengi (군고구마 말랭이), and frozen to make ice-gun-goguma (아이스 군고구마).[5]
Although gun-goguma has traditionally been a winter food, gun-goguma ice cream and gun-goguma smoothie are nowadays enjoyed in summer.[6]
Gun-goguma
Typical gun-goguma drum can in Korea
Roasting goguma in the drum can
Gun-goguma-mallaengi (half-dried roasted sweet potatoes) as a snack
Ice-gun-goguma eaten as summer food
Gun-goguma ice cream (with package)
Gun-goguma ice cream (inside)
Japan
In Japan, similar street food is called ishi yaki-imo (石焼き芋; "roasted sweet potato in heat stones") and sold from trucks during the winter.[7]
yaki-imo vendor in Nara, Japan
See also
- Roasted chestnut
References
^ Wilson, Audrey (2016-11-15). "Let's Talk Food: Is there a difference between sweet potatoes and yams?". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Retrieved 2017-02-09..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Carruth, David (2016-11-28). "10 Korean Winter Street Foods To Bear The Cold For". 10 Magazine. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
^ "North Korea food shortage worst in years, despite farms - USATODAY.com". Associated Press. 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2017-02-09 – via USA Today.
^ Shin, Mi-Young; Lee, Won-Young (2011). "Physical Properties and Preference of a Steamed Sweet Potato Slab after Mild Hot Air Drying". Korean journal of food and cookery science. 27 (2): 73–81. doi:10.9724/kfcs.2011.27.2.073.
^ (in Korean) 최, 현주 (2017-02-01). "작년엔 바나나 열풍, 올해는 고구마 바람". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
^ (in Korean) "겨울 별미 군고구마? 여름 간식 급부상". The Korean Farmers and Fishermen's Newspaper. 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
^ Lyon, Peter (2016-12-22). "These Japanese Hot Potato Trucks Are Delicious But Could Be Deadly". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
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