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Re:Native American restaurants by user_named on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:44AM (#29975565)
"American wheat" is inconsequential. Ramen is the Japanese word for la mian which means pulled noodles.

So your history lesson isn't uncomfortable but wrong.

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Re:Native American restaurants by dendriti on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:53AM (#29975962)
Ramen (and Japanese-style breads, among other dishes) were popularized during and after the American occupation, in which American wheat flooded the Japanese market in unprecedented quantities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_in_the_Occupation_of_Japa...

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Re:Native American restaurants by user_named on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:05AM (#29976388)
The parent says that "ramen" would not have existed if it was not for America. That is wrong, it already existed.
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Re:Native American restaurants by selimthegrim on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:56AM (#29976726)
He is referring to the term "Sh*** Soba", which is impolite to utter in modern Japanese (chuka soba is fine).
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