Comments by "xXxSkyViperxXx" (@xXxSkyViperxXx) on "Tasting History with Max Miller" channel.

every language in asia, at least east and southeast asia has different words for rice because rice is the daily food like daily bread. in religion, they actually translate daily bread like daily rice
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the "Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle" at 14:10 he said isnt named that. The restaurant is called Hawker Chan and it has branches across multiple southeast asian countries, including mine. It's well known at least in my country particularly because it has a michelin star, even tho michelin hasnt expanded to my country yet.
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@paul snor "ke" is from 膎(kê / kôe), where zhangzhou/chiangchiu dialect uses "kê", which it literally means preserved pickled fish brine or whatever pickled seafood, so 膎汁 (kê-chiap / kôe-chiap) is literally "pickled-fish juice/sauce"
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it didn't originate from indonesian. it originated from the hokkien chinese speakers living and trading in the East indies region (Malaysia + Indonesia + Philippines). The term itself comes from Hokkien Chinese language, specifically the Zhangzhou/Chiangchiu dialect, "膎汁" (kê-chiap / kê-tsiap) /ke¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiap̚³²/, it literally means "pickled fish juice/sauce".
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@paul snor that's a different "cap" in Malay/Indonesian which originally means a stamp as in a seal chop, which itself came from an indian language. the second syllable in "kecap" is from 汁(chiap, lit. "juice/sauce") in Hokkien chinese
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@paul snor for thailand, the hokkien chinese speakers live in the south there near the border with malaysia, emanating out of penang island and nearby areas, where the penang dialect is a descendant of zhangzhou dialect of hokkien chinese language. the ethnic chinese of thailand living around bangkok area are mostly teochew speakers. in teochew, it is spoken almost the same as well because teochew is sister language to hokkien. both are of the southern min branch. hokkien speakers coming from southern fujian spread to taiwan, philippines, vietnam, cambodia, malaysia, singapore, indonesia, southern thailand, myanmar while teochew speakers from southeastern guangdong also historically spread to vietnam, cambodia, thailand, malaysia, singapore, indonesia. generations later, the ethnic chinese of thailand, cambodia, vietnam, philippines, indonesia, east timor usually assimilated and also speak the mainstream national and official languages in those countries, so people adopted the products and things they brought. the british, dutch, portuguese, spanish, french colonizers simply got their product as well that way from those colonies in southeast asia from the ethnic chinese migrants living around those countries because they are usually working as traders and merchants doing wholesale trade. centuries ago, the usual chinese merchant trader was usually the zhangzhou hokkien, quanzhou hokkien, teochew, and cantonese/taishanese trader, and sometimes hakka, but cantonese and hakka are usually craftsmens and chefs, but those coming from fujian have a proclivity for retail and commerce. i myself am descendant of such family in philippines. we still do trade, but now online lol.
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@RadenWA yes, it still means like sauce made of fish brine but not the tomato one, but since it's a very specific kind of sauce that isn't used as much these days when eating, it's not a word that's used very frequently, especially since the "ketchup" sauce, people now usually think the sauce is made from tomato, but there's a different word for the tomato sauce in hokkien language
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Ketchup / Catsup is ultimately from Hokkien Chinese, specifically the Zhangzhou/Chiangchiu dialect, "膎汁" (kê-chiap / kê-tsiap) /ke¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiap̚³²/, it literally means "pickled fish juice/sauce". Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese etc. all simply borrowed the word from Hokkien Chinese traders who also lived and traded across southeast asia, which they still do live there today. i am a descendant of such and my parents still speak Hokkien, but of the sister Quanzhou/Chuanchiu dialect, living in the philippines.
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in the philippines, the ketchup that is more common is banana ketchup, not tomato ketchup. tomato ketchup is too watery. banana ketchup has more consistency
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Mestizos in the philippines were not only half spaniard. they were usually half chinese (sangley)
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Mestizos in the philippines were not only half spaniard. they were usually half sangley.
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@ that is mestizo de español. mestizos de sangley, mestizos de bombay, mestizos de español, mestizos de xaponeses, were all classified as mestizos centuries ago. they had their own historical tax bracket.
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i know philippine hokkien chinese. no, pan-sit doesn't mean ready to eat. it literally means kneaded food, such as noodle dough or dumplings....
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the literal chinese root, specifically from the zhangzhou dialect of hokkien chinese, means "pickled-fish sauce/juice", pickled fish or preserved fish brine for the first syllable, then juice or sauce for the second syllable.
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hmmm i guess technically my breakfast that my dad gives me most days is basically gruel cuz its basically just sachets of oatmilk mixed in water.... which are supposed to be served in a mug but my dad for some reason serves them in a bowl so i guess i do have gruel for breakfast....
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Canton? nooooo, most sangleyes in the philippines and even chinoys today trace back to Fukien, not Canton....
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