It is Miso....
no it is not. Miso is a veggi from the miso plant and tofu is soy bean paste made in to cube form. You may think that miso is from tofu because almost all miso soups are made with miso and tofu
You can buy miso paste to make miso soup at WEGMANS.
In the Miso Soup was created in 1997.
In the Miso Soup has 192 pages.
Miso soup is a Japanese soup that is served with nearly every meal in Japan. There are different varieties of miso soup depending on what kind of miso you use and what ingredients you mix it with. Miso soup is made from miso paste (itself made from fermented soy beans), dashi (Japanese fish stock) as well as assorted vegetables and tofu products. There are soups that use pork or chicken with miso but strictly speaking they would not be called miso soup.
From Wikipedia;Miso (みそ or 味噌?) is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting rice, barley and/or soybeans, with salt and the fungus kōjikin (麹菌?), the most typical miso being made with soy. The result is a thick paste used for sauces and spreads, pickling vegetables or meats, and mixing with dashi soup stock to serve as miso soup called Misoshiru (味噌汁?), a Japanese culinary staple.
"Traditional" Miso Soup that you would probably order in a restaurant is NOT actually vegan, because one of the ingredients is "dashi", which is made from fish. However, Miso Soup can easily be made to be vegan.
does all miso come from Japan, or is there a American alternative
Pietro di Miso died in 1174.
Josef Miso was born on 1973-10-18.
Miso is fermented to begin with, so in that sense it's already not "fresh". In terms of cooking however, if you keep it moist and sealed in your refrigerator miso is good for at least a year. The different colors of miso, (white, red, etc.) come from how long the miso has aged. As miso ages its color darkens and its taste gets stronger, but that doesn't mean it has gone "bad".