福岡県·特産品
Kurogane Kata-pan (Hard Bread)
It is so hard that you instinctively brace yourself when trying to take a bite. Yet, as it slowly dissolves in your mouth, the fragrant aroma of wheat and a subtle sweetness spread gently. Kurogane Kata-pan is the kind of bread where the flavor deepens the more you chew. 'Kurogane' means iron. It was born during the Taisho era at the Imperial Yawata Steel Works. It is said to have started as a way to provide calories and nutrition to employees exhausted by intense labor. To ensure long-term preservation, moisture is reduced to the extreme, and it is baked using a pressurized method inspired by the steelworking technique of spreading iron into plates. This is precisely what creates its unique hardness. If soaked in milk or coffee, it takes on a different softness. It is a flavorful confection nurtured by the city of steel.
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