🍱 Yudedago

”Yudedago” is a corrupted form of the term “yudedango” and refers to sweets made from wheat flour and brown sugar. It is sometimes called “flat dago.” In Saga Prefecture, double cropping has long been practiced, and since wheat was grown after the rice was harvested, many farmers constantly had home-grown wheat flour and rice flour on hand. Therefore, they were often used for daily meals and easy-to-make snacks, and “yudedago” is one of such local dishes. It is common to boil flattened wheat flour dough and sprinkle it with brown sugar, but sometimes, boiled pumpkin, spinach, or mugwort is mixed into the dough, or red bean paste is wrapped inside it.