Dennys According to Lombard, in his book Java Nusa: Cross-Culture, the origin of Chinese food Soto is named Caudo, first popular in the area of Semarang. From Caudo gradually became Soto, called Coto Makassar people, and people call it Tauto Pekalongan even some places there is a call Sauto.
Anthropologist from the University of Gadjah Mada University, Dr Lono Simatupang, argued that, soup is a mixture of various traditions. Inside there are local influences and cultures. Noodles or glass noodles in the soup, for example, derived from Chinese tradition. China was the one who has the technology to make noodles and glass noodles, he said.
Soto also likely influenced by Indian culture. There are some that use saffron soup. It's like curry from India, he said. Because the soup is a mixture of various traditions, Lono said, its origin is difficult to trace. Soto was like dangdut that the influence of the various traditions. Yes, we accept it.Soto deployment to various areas in Indonesia in line with the spread of humans.Foods that are spread could then be accepted elsewhere. In addition, food has also spread because there are industrial processes. This deployment, continued Lono, followed by efforts to locality. Process soup may be the same locality as the locality of Islam and Christianity in Indonesia. This is a result, various kinds of soup in Indonesia.
That said, throughout the territory of the Holy city, and some surrounding areas even in Pekalongan, there is no prohibition to cut cattle. This culture is the cultural heritage of Hindu Javanese regard cows as sacred animals, so it should not be eaten. Although the Hindu culture has lost influence since the range of 800 years ago, the habit of not eating beef is still passed down until now. Hindu heritage in the territory of Indonesia is symbolized with a choice of chicken and buffalo meat. They themselves do not like to eat cows, but prefer to eat buffalo meat. As a result, everything is buffalo: buffalo skewers, tetel boiled buffalo meat, and of course soup / tauto buffalo meat.
Chinese people have a rule in eating, like, eating buffalo meat ban, ban on leaving eat mainly rice. The rule merupakn old rules that have been abandoned by the people of China today.Spices used any flavor of Java, such as the use of hazelnut and lime peresan as condiments. Penghidangannya can be selected, whether directly mixed with rice or separated. The original presentation is where the rice was directly mixed with soup, according to the tastes of Java that always serves as a staple food rice.Koya powder which is also found in rice cake cap go meh is the culinary culture of the Peranakan Chinese. The powder is made from dried coconut milk, serves as a flavor and texture enhancer. Unlike the chicken soup Lombok, Malang, koyanya here is mixed and mixed in his own unusual.
Fried garlic slices dried, is also a trace of Chinese culture. How to cook like this is clearly the Chinese taste, like Chinese cuisine found in Pontianak. Javanese cuisine usually use red onion instead of garlic, for fried dried and used as condiments.
How to peddle to the pole is one of acculturation that occurs. Pole is often used by Chinese people before, but to its own history is less known to the author. When the Chinese men transmigrate into a lot of Chinese people here who sell by retail.Chinese people who distribute a lot of stuff. Thus, the position of the Chinese mostly as a distributor between the Netherlands as a producer and native people as consumers.
Acculturation is another duck and spoon bowl. Both of these objects are suspected of utensils from China. Tools such as spoons are often used as a tool duck soup in China. (Excerpted from various sources).
