We carried out a questionnaire to 318 females (older than 18 years old) in order to clarify how to cook satsuma-jiru soup. Only 55 percent of them had an idea of satsuma-jiru, while 95% of them knew about buta-jiru. A large number of them answered that satsuma-jiru is usually made of meat, vegetables and ‘miso’ just like miso soup. But 25% of comparatively older women (over thirties)answered that they know another satsuma-jiru seasoned with soy sauce, that is sumashi-jiru. Meat used in satsuma-jiru is usually pork, but chicken is also used by the elderly people.63% of the people who know both satsuma-jiru and buta-jiru don't think that they are the same kind of soup. And they think the difference between the both depends on the materials used.
