Rumaki
Duck rumaki
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| Origin | |
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| Creator(s) | unknown |
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| Course served | Hors d'oeuvre |
| Main ingredient(s) | Water chestnuts, liver (duck or chicken), bacon, soy sauce, ginger or brown sugar |
Rumaki or rumake is an hors d'oeuvre of mock-Polynesian origin. It was popularly served at Trader Vic's and other Polynesian restaurants in the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2] Its ingredients and method of preparation vary, but usually it consists of water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.[3] Pastrami is often substituted for bacon when rumaki is prepared for kosher diners who avoid eating bacon.[citation needed]
The earliest known reference to it is on the 1941 menu of the Don the Beachcomber restaurant (Palm Springs).[4]
In culture
Film
In Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Lamar Latrelle suggests attendees "can pass the rumaki and the cheese puffs" as appetizers at a Tri-Lamb probationary membership party. This leads to Takashi Toshiro suggesting they also include "robster craws", and ultimately to Dudley "Booger" Dawson's famous line, "What the fuck are robster craws?".[5]
Television
- Cheers, S04E02 "Woody Goes Belly Up": Frasier mentions rumaki served at a party held by Sam.
- Two And A Half Men, S02E07 "A Kosher Slaughterhouse Out in Fontana": Rumaki was served at Evelyn's party.
- Family Ties, the pilot: Mr. Keaton is handed rumaki by a server at a country club and asks if he could get one without liver.
- Mad Men: Betty serves rumaki for a dinner party she hosts for Don at their home in Ossining, in "A Night to Remember" (season 2), and later for a political gathering she hosts for Henry at their home in Rye, in "The Runaways" (season 7).[citation needed]
- The Golden Girls, "Son-in-Dearest" (1987): Blanche serves rumaki as a snack for an all night I Love Lucy marathon.[citation needed]
- The Odd Couple, S01E01 "The Laundry Orgy": Felix asks whether Oscar, Murray, Speed, Vinnie, and Roy would like "coconut flakes on their rumaki".
- The Simpsons, S10E11 "Wild Barts Can't be Broken": Moe asks that nobody in his packed bar touches his rumaki, only for Homer to exclaim, "Woo! Rumaki!" then throw it on the floor.
- Weeds, S03E06 "Grasshopper": Andy asks Shane to try his rumaki appetizers — one of several types he considers making for a party the town of Majestic is throwing for the Agrestic City Council members.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun, S04E04: Judith mentions how she enjoyed the rumaki at Dick's fashion show fundraiser.
- Murder She Wrote, S06E15 "Fixer Upper": Winifred is throwing a party and some rumaki goes by on a tray and Winifred says, "Oh, just...just one moment please. These rumaki are supposed to be cooked. Its raw bacon here." After that, Seth says "Ferrari?" [related to another comment] and Jessica says "Rumaki."
- The Bob Newhart Show, S02E07 "Old Man Rivers": Emily says, "You know Bob hates liver, bacon, and water chestnuts, but when I call it rumaki he thinks it's delicious."
Theater
In Mart Crowley's play, The Men From The Boys (2002), Emory is serving canapes and says to the group: "Cheese puffs? Meatballs? Rumaki? If that dates me, how about: cellulars, nicotine patches, sex toys?"
See also
References
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- ↑ "Don the Beachcomber," Palm Springs, Calif., menu copyrighted 1941: "RUMAKI - Spiced Chicken Liver, Water Chestnuts wrapped in crisp Bacon ... 1.35."
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