In "Agra Nabe" (which means, sitting cross-legged around hot pot, eat food and talk frankly) written by Robun KANAGAKI, he said, "you are a dinosaur not eating beef hot pot!" which satirically describe the changing cultural habit of Japanese people even among the general public.
仮名垣魯文の『安愚楽鍋』にある「牛鍋食わぬは開化不進奴」（現代風に意訳すれば「牛鍋を食わないとは、とんでもない時代遅れな奴だ」）といった食文化の変化などが、大衆の生活にも取り入れられていった様子が伺える（後述）。