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

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

References
  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. https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#misso
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