missó cristám

Macanese

Alternative forms

(archaic) miçó cristão, miçó cristám

Etymology

Literally, “Christian/Catholic miso”. Speculated by some that because the miso used is different to the Japanese variety, it was considered pagan.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miˌsɔ kɾiʃˈtaŋ/

Noun

missó cristám

Macanese dish made with a base of soybean paste, minced pork, and saffron^[2]

References

^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “miçó cristão”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 485
^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#misso

[1] Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “miçó cristão”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 485

[2] ttps://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#misso

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