Rumaki
{{Short description|US hors d'oeuvre in Tiki culture}}
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| caption = Duck rumaki
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| creator = Unknown
| course = Hors d'oeuvre
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| main_ingredient = Water chestnuts, liver (duck or chicken), bacon, soy sauce, ginger, or brown sugar
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Rumaki or rumake is an hors d'oeuvre of Tiki culture origin. It was popularly served at Trader Vic's and other Polynesian restaurants in the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite news |last=Vanderbilt |first=Amy |title=...And If You Don't Know What Rumaki Is |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JX8yAAAAIBAJ&pg=3536,2954687&dq=rumaki&hl=en |access-date=2010-10-18 |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=8 April 1970 |page=20 }}{{dead link|date=May 2021}}{{cite news |last=Paddleford |first=Clementine |author-link=Clementine Paddleford |title=Have A Polynesian Party! |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ADgRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4185,1652573&dq=rumaki&hl=en |access-date=2010-10-18 |newspaper=Spokane Spokesman-Review |date=6 December 1958 |pages=41–42 }}{{dead link|date=May 2021}}
Preparation
Rumaki's ingredients and method of preparation vary, but usually it consists of water chestnuts and pieces of chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar, then fried or baked.{{cite book |last=Heyhoe |first=Kate |title=Great Bar Food at Home |year=2007 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-471-78183-7 |location=Hoboken, New Jersey |page=34}}
Etymology
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One of the earliest references to rumaki is on the 1941 menu of the Don the Beachcomber restaurant (Palm Springs).[http://dbase1.lapl.org/images/menus/fullsize/f/rb04383-01.jpg "Don the Beachcomber," Palm Springs, Calif.], [http://dbase1.lapl.org/images/menus/fullsize/f/rb04383-03.jpg menu copyrighted 1941: "RUMAKI - Spiced Chicken Liver, Water Chestnuts wrapped in crisp Bacon ... 1.35."]
The name, like the dish, was probably invented at Don the Beachcomber. Its etymological origin is unknown. However, it could be short for Japanese harumaki, 'spring roll'.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, March 2011, [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/168754 s.v.]
See also
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