When was soy sauce first created?!
When was soy sauce first created?
My father and I were just wondering. Does anyone know??
Answers:
The Buddhist priest, Kakushin of the Shinshu area brought the recipe for miso to Japan from Song, China in 1250. Then the liquid which accumulated at the bottom of a cask was discovered to be good for cooking food. With great effort and repeated testing, it was made into tamari soy sauce. It is believed that the word shoyu (soy sauce) was already being used in 1520.