Satsuma imo
English
Noun
Satsuma imo (countable and uncountable, plural Satsuma imo)
- Alternative form of satsumaimo.
- 1890, William Elliot Griffis, “The City of the Happy Well”, in Honda the Samurai: A Story of Modern Japan, Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, →OCLC, pages 12–13:
- Of potatoes, that is, the Satsuma imo, or sweet potato, there were plenty, which were eaten as “refreshments” between meals, being baked at ovens or stands along the street, and sold like cakes or nuts.
- 1900 September 19, A. R. Firth, Japan. Report on Agriculture and Horse and Cattle Breeding in Kagoshima Prefecture. (No. 539 Miscellaneous Series. Diplomatic and Consular Reports.), London: […] [F]or Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, […], published November 1900, →OCLC, page 6:
- The “Satsuma imo,” a species of sweet potato, derives its name from the province of Satsuma, which forms part of this Prefecture. This potato is said to have been originally brought from the Luchu Islands to this district, and from thence to have spread throughout Japan.
- 2014 December 27, John Michael Purves, Bixia Chen, “蔡温の農務帳: An English Translation of Sai On’s Noumuchou (Book on Agricultural Affairs)”, in The Science Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, number 61, Nishihara, Okinawa: University of the Ryukyus, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:
- In the case that there are too many Satsuma imo (sweet potatoes) for immediate requirements, these ought to be dried and stored like rice for private consumption.