Talk:Tempura

message: A common thing I've found in California/Nevada is tempura sushi rolls.  This probably should be included in the page.  I'm unsure of the extent of this phenomenon.
:This is quite common around Boston also, so I assume also in other parts of the U.S. In fact it is common here in what I consider very authentic Japanese restaurants, who cater mainly to a Japanese clientèle.--Ericjs (talk) 22:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sushi

message: Dear Felipe, THIS IS NOT YOUR ARTICLE. I think you should have a look again at Wikipedia policies. You can´t eliminate a contribution only because you don´t like it. If you think that contribution is wrong, you should try to justify your point. If you insist on eliminating contributions that differ from your point of view without any justification, I´ll report it as vandalism. Have a good day.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinaster (talk • contribs) 11:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: (to Pinaster) Please stop adding unsourced claims to this article.  As per WP:V all information must be verifiable, and if challenged, backed by a  reliable source.  Editors are entitled to remove any information for which no source may be found.  The claims that tempura was introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders arises from numerous independent reliable sources.  You are making an argument against the sourced information (as well as accusations of bad faith) based on what looks like pure speculation, without any sources or proof to back up your claims.  At best, even if you were right this constitutes  original research and as such is not allowed.  In addition you are  edit warring, having contentiously made the same disputed edit to the article five times in a period of just over 24 hours,      which is also a violation of WP:3RR.  If you persist you will likely be temporarily blocked from further edits of the encyclopedia.  To make sure you have notice I will place a caution on your talk page to this effect.Wikidemo (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If I have some time later, I'll give a 3O. Until then, I'm not going to take sides. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 15:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Two separate issues here. Read the talk page for the information about your sources. As for the spam links: five of them were to pictures of tempura, and two were to pages that don't exist. Read WP:EL for information on external links. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 19:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: You didn't read the comments on the talk page. Just because an article says that the word "tempura" was brought by missionaries does not mean that it was done so because of Lent. For example, castella was brought to the Japanese by the Portuguese, but if I were to say that it was done so because of Lent, I'd be wrong. Unless the page specifically says that the word is derived from Tempora, it cannot be used. It's called original research, and it's not allowed around here. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 20:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm done with discussing it here. If you want to talk about it, post your comments on the talk page. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 21:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Témpora

message: Note: This was copied from User talk:HelloAnnyong#January 2008.
:If I have some time later, I'll give a 3O. Until then, I'm not going to take sides. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 15:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Two separate issues here. Read the talk page for the information about your sources. As for the spam links: five of them were to pictures of tempura, and two were to pages that don't exist. Read WP:EL for information on external links. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 19:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: You didn't read the comments on the talk page. Just because an article says that the word "tempura" was brought by missionaries does not mean that it was done so because of Lent. For example, castella was brought to the Japanese by the Portuguese, but if I were to say that it was done so because of Lent, I'd be wrong. Unless the page specifically says that the word is derived from Tempora, it cannot be used. It's called original research, and it's not allowed around here. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 20:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm done with discussing it here. If you want to talk about it, post your comments on the talk page. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 21:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Further discussion

message: This word does not exist in Portuguese. Temperar does exist, but it means "to season", not "to heat or harden in oil". Search here. FilipeS  —Preceding unsigned comment added by FilipeS (talk • contribs) 16:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're sure (and it's pretty easy to be sure about if you have a handle on Portuguese) then it's best to simply remove the statement because it's clearly wrong and makes us look silly.  I would be interested in better sourcing on the whole story of Tempura - the word and the dish - coming to Japan via the Portuguese.  The material that said Japanese didn't do any deep frying before that is also worthy of expansion and better sourcing.  It's very interesting stuff, but a bold claim I would like to see a reference to a real historian or authoritative research, not a light-hearted blurb from a food website (those are notoriously unreliable).  We're also in a feedback loop.  We say something on wikipedia about where a dish comes from, within a few weeks food fans all over the world repeat what we say, and now if you're looking for a source you're finding a misstatement there that we helped perpetuate!Wikidemo 20:44, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Temprar

message: So what about chicken tempura. It certainly doesn't fall under either seafood or vegetable, yet it is as common as the other two, at least in Japanese restaurant in the U.S., including some I've visited that I consider very authentic ones and which seem to cater primarily a Japanese clientèle. Is it only common in the U.S.? Or is it common in Japan too, but not considered "traditional"? And is perhaps what is "traditional" somewhat dependent on the region of Japan, and this article based on experiences in a certain region?
--Ericjs (talk) 00:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never seen it, but I have seen chicken katsu. Maybe you're thinking of that? Although really, you could make tempura out of pretty much anything you wanted if you felt like it. — Gwalla | Talk 06:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I've seen chicken sasami (fillet meat) pounded thinly and wrapped with shiso leaf and ume (pickled plum) served as tempura. I'm not sure what the name is, though. (just tori no sasaminiku no tempura). If chicken is cut into large chunks and seasoned, it's more likely karaage or tatsutaage, which are generally considered to be different from tempura.　Update - the Japanese article has specific mention of "Tori Ten" (chicken tempura) which has its own entry here . This seems to be a specialty of Oita Prefecture.  --Japwn (talk) 04:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about chicken tempura? 

message: I'm asking this because that's what I found out having bought from a Chinese supermarket in New Jersey. 204.52.215.14 (talk) 19:28, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Is "fried tempura" supposed to be a solidified paste that has the taste and consistency of [[chicken stuffing]]? 

message: The History section states that Tokugawa Ieyasu died from eating too much tempura.  Really?  No reference cited.  His wikipedia page states that he died of cancer or syph.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.171.70 (talk) 18:57, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: First of all, there are many, many references to tempura being popular. And also, especially (but not exclusively) in the United States, chicken is used for tempura as well. And those who revert the kind of edit I made risk looking like a jerk. 67.80.144.146 (talk) 15:29, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted your edit because it is not a traditional Tempura and your edit is already described in #Outside Japan section. If you wish to add more, please expand the section. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 12:37, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Readded "popular" and "meats" 

message: I noticed that in Japanese restaurants the word tenpura is actually written using katakana (天プラ), and not hiragana as in the article. I wanted to verify whether this is customary or if both are commonly used. Ham Pastrami (talk) 05:59, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hiragana or katakana? 

message: Wouldn't that create more confusion? Shouldn't that all be classified under "outside Japan"?
Cgk999 (talk) 17:10, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Outside Japan" comes after "Taiwan"? 

message: "Generally, fried foods which are coated with breadcrumbs are considered to be furai, 'Japanese-invented Western-style deep fried foods,' such as tonkatsu or ebi furai (fried prawn)." 
I think the history of deep fat frying should either be explained properly or left out.  Plunking this cryptic reference in the middle of a long sentence is just confusing.Zipzip50 (talk) 16:54, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Over-stuffed sentence on breadcrumbs, frying, language and history. 

message: The most popular seafood tempura is probably ebi (shrimp) tempura. Types of seafood used in tempura includes:
prawn
shrimp
squid
scallop
crab
ayu (sweetfish)
anago (conger eel)
fish
Catfish
white fish
cod
haddock
pollock
coley
plaice
skate
ray
Huss (Various fish species including Galeorhinus, Mustelus, Scyliorhinus, Galeus melastomus, Squalus acanthias - also known as Spiny dogfish or "Rock salmon")
Mushroom tempura
Vegetables tempura is called yasai tempura. The all vegetable tempura might be served as a vegetarian dish. Types of vegetables includes:
There are several issues here with the English, for example "vegetables tempura". Also the list of foods seems rather silly, what is the point of making such a long list of different kinds of seafood? NotYourFathersOldsmobile (talk) 05:56, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing issues 

message: "In Bangladesh the blossoms of pumpkins or marrows are often deep fried with a gram of rice flour spice mix creating a Bengali style tempura known as kumro ful bhaja."  There are several problems with this sentence.  
First: It probably shouldn't be here at all without some reference that Bhajia and Tempura are related, rather than being another fried food.  
Second: Bhajia can be any number things dipped in batter and fried, not just blossoms.
Third: The batter is made of Gram (chickpea) flour or rice flour, NOT "a gram of rice".  This chickpea based batter is quite different than Tempura batter.
Ref: http://bengalcuisine.in/kumro_phool_bhaja "Make a thick batter with gram flour, salt, red chilli powder, black cumin seeds, turmeric powder, rice powder & water."
Ranvaig (talk) 20:54, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Outside Japan, Bangladesh

message: why does "tenpura" appear? --142.163.194.152 (talk) 12:02, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "tenpura"