d hopefully shed some light on origin of the most famous fowl.
Soy sauce is a staple condiment throughout Asia. The origin is actually from the Orient(China, Japan). It was about 2500 years ago, slightly after the 6th century when it first came to use. It was spread alongside Buddhism making food taste better. Soy sauce helps popularize vegetarian diet because meat was prohibited in the Buddhist religion. The original sauce was a salty brown liquid made from fermented soybeans. Then around 16th century the sauce was changed to taste the way it does today with the addition of wheat.
Vinegar comes from the serendipitous effect of producing wine. Vin is the Latin word for wine. And it was the French who coined the word vinaigre meaning sour wine. So about 10 00
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