History of foods ''pempek'' or '' empek-
empek''.
Historically,there have been ''pempek'' in Palembang in Indonesia
since the entry of Chinese immigrants, since the Chinese people
came to the city of Palembang in Indonesia, which is around the
16th century, when Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II ruling
Palembang sultanate-Darussalam. Name ''pempek'' or ''empek-
empek'' in believe comes from the term "apek" is the term for an
old man of Chinese descent. Based on folklore, about the year
1617 a 65-year-old musty living in the Assembly or the banks of
the Musi River in Palembang city, feeling sorry watching the
abundant catches of fish in the River Musi. The catch is it has not
been entirely put to good use, only limited in food made of fried
fish and also often in a stew cooked with mixed herbs in particular
that is called evaporation. moldy then try another treatment
alternative. He minced fish meat mixed with tapioca flour,so as to
produce a new food.
New food types that do not have the title in the selling by some
people musty with biking around the city,because the seller on the
call as ''apek'' and re-name to ''pek-apek'' then the food finally
know called ''pempek'' or ''empek-empek''.
At first ''pempek'' made from ''Belida fish'',however,with
increasingly scarce and expensive price ''Belida fish'' the fish are
replaced with cork fish that are cheaper,but with a sense that still
tasty. In further developments,in use also other types of river
fish,too type of sea fish. So these foods can be made using
various types of fish.
