Bento ( ?? , bend? ) is a single serving appetizer or home-cooked meal that is common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice or noodles, fish or meat, with pickled and cooked vegetables, in a box. Containers range from mass produced disposable to handmade lacquerware. Bento is available in many places throughout Japan, including department stores, bento stores ( ??? , bend? -ya ) , train station, and department store. However, Japanese housewives often spend time and energy on carefully prepared lunch boxes for couples, children, or themselves.
Bentos can be complicated in a style called " kyaraben " ("bento characters "). Kyaraben is usually decorated to look like popular characters from Japanese animations (anime), comic books (manga), or video games. Other popular bento styles are " oekakiben " or "picture bento ". It is decorated to look like people, animals, buildings and monuments, or items such as flowers and plants. Contests are often held where bia regulators compete for the most aesthetic settings.
There are forms similar to lunch boxes in Asian countries including the Philippines ( baon ), Korea ( dosirak ), Taiwan ( bian tang > in Mandarin and "bendong" in Taiwanese) and Indian (tiffin). Also, the Hawaiian culture has adopted a localized version of bento featuring local tastes after more than a century of Japanese influence on the islands.
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Etymology
In Japan, " bento " is written as ?? . The word comes from the term slang Song Selatan ?? ( ?? (pinyin: biÃÆ' nd? ng )), which means "convenient" or "convenience." When imported to Japan, it is written with ateji ?? and ?? .
In Japan, the word "bento " has been used since the 13th century, and the container itself, also called "bento ," has since the 16th century.
In modern times, bento is commonly used in Western and Eastern Asian countries. In mainland China and Taiwan, "bento " is written as ?? (pinyin: biÃÆ' nd? ng ).
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History
Kamakura Period
The origins of bento can be traced back to the end of the Kamakura period (1185 to 1333), when cooked and dried rice is called hoshi-ii (? or ??? , literally "dried food") was developed, to be brought to work. Hoshi-ii can be eaten as-is or boiled with water to make cooked rice, and stored in a small bag. In the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600), the lacquered wooden box as it is produced today, and Edo Period
In the Edo period (1603-1867), the bento culture spread and became more subtle. Travelers and travelers will bring simple simplicity? ( ??? , "bento waist "), which consists of several onigiri wrapped with bamboo leaves or in bamboo wicker boxes. One of the most popular styles of bento , called makuno-uchi crooked? ("between-act bento "), first created during this period. People who come to see Noh and Kabuki eat specially prepared bentos between maku (action). Many published cookbooks detail how to cook, how to pack, and what to prepare for events like Hanami and Hinamatsuri .
Meiji Period
In the Meiji period (1868-1912), the first ekibent? or ekiben ( ??? or ?? ," bento train station ") has been sold. There are some notes that claim where ekiben was first sold, but it is believed that it was sold on July 16, 1885, at Utsunomiya railway station, in northern Kant? Japanese territory, and contains two onigiri and one serving takuan wrapped in bamboo leaves. Since the early school does not provide lunch, students and teachers carry bentos , as do many employees. The "European style" bentos with sandwiches also went on sale during this period.
Taish? period
At Taish? period (1912-1926), bento aluminum box became luxurious because of its ease of cleaning and silver-like appearance. Also, the steps to eliminate the practice of bento at school became a social issue. The wealth gap spread during this period, following an export boom during World War I and subsequent crop failures in the Tohoku region. A bento too often reflects the wealth of students, and many wonder whether this has an unfavorable influence on children both physically, from lack of adequate diet, and psychologically, from awkwardly making < i> bento or wealth of food. After World War II, the practice of bringing benthos into schools gradually declined and was replaced by the uniform food provided to all students and teachers.
Sh? wa and Heisei period
Bentos regained popularity in the 1980s, with the help of a microwave oven and a department store breeding. In addition, expensive wood and metal boxes have been replaced in most bancies with cheap polystyrene boxes. However, even handmade bentos has made a comeback, and they are once again a common sight, though not universal, in Japanese schools. Bentos is still used by workers for lunch, by families on day trips, for school picnics and sports days etc. bento , made in-house, wrapped in a cloth furoshiki , which functions as a bag and table mat.
The airport also offers an analog version of ekiben : a bento filled with local cuisine, to eat while waiting for an airplane or during a flight.
In other countries
The bento runs into Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century from Japan and remains very popular to this day. Japanese name is borrowed as bendong (Taiwanese: pi? N-tong ) or Chinese biÃÆ' nd? Ng (??, "comfort package").
Culture
In Japan, it is common for mothers to create bento for their children to take to school. Because making bento can take a while, some mothers will prepare the ingredients the night before and pack it all up the next morning before their children go to school.
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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