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Outside Japan?[edit]

Does anyone know how common daifuku are outside Japan? I think they are fairly common in Taiwan, but I am not sure under which name. I tried finding them at http://www.carrefour.com.tw/ but without success. What about Korea or the People's Republic of China? Are they as rare and exotic there as they are in Europe, or can one find them in normal shops? Mlewan (talk) 12:03, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Google images search shows many photos of daifuku outside Japan. Other names applied to this dessert are mochi and tteok. I would look for it in Japanese and Asian groceries. Several Eastern European cuisines have a very similar dessert "dumpling", usually made of wheat gluten and stuffed with lekvar (prune paste); these cuisines use very little rice. A somewhat similar item is very common in Chinese restaurants and Asian groceries. It is a ball of rice gluten stuffed with red bean paste (or other starchy sweet), fried in oil so it puffs into a sphere, and rolled in sesame seeds. Here are many photos of these sesame balls. --Una Smith (talk) 15:18, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They are available in the USA in Asian grocery stores... although their availability seems to be kind of seasonal. I think there is some harvest-related holiday in the fall during which you can find a better variety of them in the store than at other times of the year, but I'm not sure. If anybody knows more about this and can cite some proper sources, please add it accordingly. 192.54.250.11 (talk) 23:13, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article states daifuku may be dusted with powdered sugar or cocoa powder. This is a fact beyond dispute, easily verified by any Wikipedia editor. I used interwiki links from this article and cocoa solids to the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia articles. I copied their titles into Google (大福 ココアパウダー), and found many web sites with photos of daifuku dusted with cocoa powder. I did not immediately find the Japanese for powdered sugar, so I also searched Google for the English terms, and again I found many examples of daifuku dusted with powdered sugar. --Una Smith (talk) 00:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit history of the article shows the above reason is not satisfactory to another editor. So in light of recent history elsewhere, I am requesting an RFC: is a citation needed on the statement that daifuku may be dusted with powdered sugar or cocoa powder, or is Wikipedia:Verifiability satisfied without one? --Una Smith (talk) 02:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, no citation is needed. It is the kind of trivial fact hardly any serious source will even bother to mention. At the same time, it is easily verifiable with other sources as you mention above. It is not even a controversial fact. (Disclaimer, I have not bothered verifying it myself, and I do not remember having eaten any daifuku with cocoa powder, but I happily believe they exist.) Mlewan (talk) 13:24, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are lots of google references to daifuku with chocolate powder, but many of them are blogs, Wikipedia mirrors and other unsuitable sources. But it should not be too hard to find a good-enough reference. I think you would be looking for a recipe book or website, or a catalogue of a food supplier, perhaps even the menu of a good restaurant. In the meantime, the statement can stay in the article with a Citation needed tag. Best of luck. Itsmejudith (talk) 14:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]