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were easiest to procure on location. However, yōshoku items such as curry<br />

stew and cutlets could also be found, along with potatoes, in army menus<br />

from the last decade of the nineteenth century. 69<br />

Menu served in the 1st regiment of the<br />

9th company to the soldiers of the 6th pay level,<br />

between 25 and 30 June 1900. 70<br />

date breakfast lunch dinner<br />

25 June 1900 thin-sliced deepfried<br />

tōfu, miso<br />

soup with greens<br />

26 June 1900 potatoes, miso<br />

soup with greens<br />

At that time, the army began to pay greater attention to cooking the ingredients,<br />

instead of focusing only on the logistics of provisioning. On the<br />

occasion of the Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901), in response to which an<br />

international military force was gathered around Beijing, the Japanese<br />

troops were stationed along with American, British, Russian and German<br />

armies. This gave the accounting divisions an opportunity to observe the<br />

76<br />

simmered fish,<br />

potatoes, daikon,<br />

greens, takuan<br />

pickles<br />

tsukudani<br />

preserve<br />

27 June 1900 pickles cutlet, potatoes,<br />

broad beans,<br />

greens<br />

28 June 1900 potatoes, miso<br />

soup with greens<br />

29 June 1900 thin-sliced deepfried<br />

tōfu, miso<br />

soup with greens<br />

salted sardines,<br />

raw horse mackerel,<br />

grated<br />

daikon, greens<br />

potatoes, cowpeas,<br />

deep-fried<br />

tōfu dumplings<br />

30 June 1900 pickles simmered bonito,<br />

omelette, cowpeas<br />

simmered<br />

in sugar, greens,<br />

takuan pickles<br />

salted sardines,<br />

grated daikon,<br />

greens, takuan<br />

pickles<br />

herring, seaweed<br />

(konbu), wheat<br />

gluten<br />

potatoes, daikon,<br />

miso soup with<br />

carrots<br />

potatoes, greens,<br />

cowpeas<br />

simmered bonito,<br />

potatoes<br />

potatoes, miso<br />

soup with<br />

burdock root<br />

and daikon

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