Comments on: Shokupan: familiar food with a Japanese taste http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/12/15/shokupan-is-better-than-american-bread/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug M http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/12/15/shokupan-is-better-than-american-bread/#comment-5015 Doug M Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:14:59 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=9902#comment-5015 Hi guys! <strong>Johnl:</strong> I always thought the word 食 seemed redundant there. :-) <strong>Rie:</strong> 久しぶりですね。食べてみたい。両方がすきだからね。理恵さんは料理が得意と思うね。 Hi guys!

Johnl: I always thought the word 食 seemed redundant there. :-)

Rie: 久しぶりですね。食べてみたい。両方がすきだからね。理恵さんは料理が得意と思うね。

]]> By: Rie http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/12/15/shokupan-is-better-than-american-bread/#comment-5011 Rie Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:03:40 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=9902#comment-5011 ダグさん，お久しぶりです。 この前食パンに納豆とスライスチーズのせて焼いて食べたらおいしかったよ。 試す勇気ある?（笑） ダグさん，お久しぶりです。
この前食パンに納豆とスライスチーズのせて焼いて食べたらおいしかったよ。
試す勇気ある?（笑）

]]> By: johnl http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2010/12/15/shokupan-is-better-than-american-bread/#comment-5010 johnl Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:26:40 +0000 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/?p=9902#comment-5010 I think shokupan is widely eaten for breakfast, at least in Tokyo. Toasted, with a salad and some coffee. Easier than a rice-based breakfast. Also, the name shokupan is curious. パン(pan) is a general word for bread, possibly a loan word from Portuguese. Shoku means 'eat.' It is tempting to wonder if other kinds of bread are not made to be eaten. Roru-pan has a distinctive shape; furansu-pan is an imitation of French bread. Perhaps shoku-pan has no other distinctive characteristic to use in its name. Don't know why they couldn't just call it pan. I think shokupan is widely eaten for breakfast, at least in Tokyo. Toasted, with a salad and some coffee. Easier than a rice-based breakfast. Also, the name shokupan is curious. パン(pan) is a general word for bread, possibly a loan word from Portuguese. Shoku means ‘eat.’ It is tempting to wonder if other kinds of bread are not made to be eaten. Roru-pan has a distinctive shape; furansu-pan is an imitation of French bread. Perhaps shoku-pan has no other distinctive characteristic to use in its name. Don’t know why they couldn’t just call it pan.

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