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Japan has a very season-conscious culture, and this is certainly reflected in the foods that are listed on my weekly food co-op order sheet. Nothing beats eating the produce of the sea and the hills when they are in season. There are products that become available to me only at this time of the year [...]
Filed under: Appetizers, Seafood, Uncategorized | 6 Comments
Tags: butter, citrus, cod, early spring, iyokan, Japan, Japanese angelica tree, late winter, milt, oranges, Pan-fry, saute, shirako, soft roe, sperm sac, taranome, tree buds, tree shoots
Burdock and Beef Tongue Salad
05May10
It’s hard for me to believe that Japan is the only country where burdock root is eaten as a vegetable, but I’ve read it and I’ve heard it time and time again, so I guess it’s true. I have a great respect for root vegetables, especially the ones commonly used in Japanese cooking, including daikon [...]
Filed under: Meat, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables | 2 Comments
Tags: beef tongue, burdock root, Japan, mixed greens, root vegetables, sesame
My Wagashi Chronicles- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)The Tsuki-mi (moon viewing) celebration is fast approaching, and while debating whether to bother making a pile of the traditional tsuki-mi dango (moon viewing dumplings), I came across these adorable rabbit-shaped steamed manju being promoted as an alternative treat for the occasion. In the Japanese mind, rabbits are closely associated with the moon, as it […]
- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)
- Dosankodebbie’s Etegami Notebook
- illustration friday (hurry)"Hurry," in Curling terminology, is a command shouted by the skip to tell the sweepers to sweep harder and faster-- in other words, it's used much the same way it's used in ordinary conversation. But Curling is cooler than ordinary conversation. That's my opinion, but you agree, don't you? Of course, you do.Just.in.Case.You […]
- illustration friday (hurry)
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