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I looked up some recipes in Japanese and I couldn't help but notice the phrase
「歴史を刻め」 virtually everywhere. I might be stupid but I can't seem to understand
what "mincing history" means.

What gives?
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meaning phrases food
What does 「歴史を刻め」 even mean?
歴史を刻む seems to mean "leave your/a mark" in history. (or I am misunderstanding
the phrase -- the translations I'm seeing online are off in terms of English).

Doing a bit of googling, 歴史を刻め seems to primarily be the name of a Ramen shop
in Osaka. Presumably it means something like "make a mark in history!"
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According to Jparser

To let (feel) time pass
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It is probably closest to ["make
history"](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+history) idiom in English.
With 刻め being an imperative form with "make history!", "let's make history"
nuance.

[刻む{きざむ}](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/51594/meaning/m0u/) means also "to
engrave". You can engrave a death poem in a stone 辞世を墓石に刻む, you can also
engrave some historical facts (which you'll find all over Japan). What is
engraved lasts and will be remembered for a long time.

Linguistically it's not so much "make an imprint on history", as the history
is the object (を) here, but the meaning is close enough.
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“歴史を刻め ” is an imperative form of “歴史を刻む,” meaning “mark (establish) sth (your
achievement, work, name) on (a page of) the history.” But it sounds somewhat
awkward, because you can engrave (mark) your name on history, but you can’t
engrave (mark) history itself.

I recommend you to say ”(…を)歴史に刻む(め)” instead of ”歴史を刻む（め）” as Takahiro Waki
reservedly commented it’s more popular.
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I couldn't let this pass because it's cooking-related... My favorite goto,
Weblio, has this entered as 歴史を刻む "to let (feel) time pass". In other words,
"to let sit". Or in the imperative "let sit".
<http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2%E3%82%92%E5%88%BB%E3%82%80>
...just as jparser answered at the very beginning. Show him/her some love.
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