August 4, 2021 8 min read
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There is no soccer game, meeting with friends or bar in Mexico that does not have a plate of Japanese peanuts, as this snack is a basic ingredient of any social gathering. However, these nuts layered with flour and sautéed with spices were actually created in this country. So why do we call them
Japanese peanuts ? The reason hides a beautiful story of hard work and entrepreneurship.
#HispanicHeritageMonth Shoutout to Japanese immigrant Yoshigei Nakatani inventing Japanese peanuts in Mexico in the 1950s pic.twitter.com/uJjO8QC5IG - Cupcake Posting Their Ws (@lorenacupcake) September 22, 2017