# The Origins of Satay **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 26, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-satay/125568 "2002-08-26T03:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-satay/125568/21 "2002-08-28T17:11:04Z")
This is why I can’t understand people who are anti-immigration. The food, for God’s sake, think of the food! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-satay/125568/22 "2002-08-28T22:43:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chukhung \* > … I’m still wondering who brought the peanuts and chilis typically used in modern satay sauce to the region. Did the European explorers bring these items directly? Or did the Arab traders get them from the Europeans and then spread them to Southeast Asia (along with the “dill and fennel”). The timing looks like it could be either way. \*\* Try [this history of the peanut cite](http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperch43.html) > [@](#): > > _from cite_ > > Spain’s active trade business began in the 1500s with routes that connected the West Coast of Mexico across the Pacific to the Philippines. The galleons that left the port of Acapulco carried silver, peanuts and other precious New World items to Manila where they were traded to buy spices, silk, and porcelain. Via the trade routes, peanuts were soon familiar food items in China, Japan and the East Indies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-satay/125568.md?page=1)