05/31 Dinner
From top left: warabi (wild bracken) with ponzu and katsuobushi;
hijiki no nimono (hijiki seaweed simmered with chicken, carrot, soy
beans, shiitake); miso soup with squash, nattou and mitsuba. Shared
the plate of tainoko no shoyou ni (sea bream roe simmered in soy
sauce).
Blue Lotus
Comments and faves
Frog Head (85 months ago | reply)
Yummy, yummy!
You are eating a pure Japanese food that is more good quality than I.
Is the squash a "MITUBA"?
L.Mike (85 months ago | reply)
豪華だ！！！
AUS (85 months ago | reply)
食べたい！！
Blue Lotus (85 months ago | reply)
Thank you. It was good. I don't cook hijiki often because I don't think it's safe, but yesterday I really wanted to eat it.
Frog head!?, the squash is a buttercup squash, similar to kabocha. I bought it last year for Halloween but I didn't use it, and I've kept it since then! It's still fresh, can you believe it?
Frog Head (85 months ago | reply)
There is a pumpkin in the miso soup. I thought that floating on the miso soup was squash.(^^;
Blue Lotus (85 months ago | reply)
The stuff floating on top is mitsuba.
Actually, kabocha, pumpkin and buttercup squash are all different types of squash (squash = 瓜科). Here are just a few types of squash- are you surprised to see so many? Japanese people don't seem to be very fond of squash, except for kabocha. Too bad, because I love squash!
Mulberries (85 months ago | reply)
Can you find other types of squash here in the supermarkets other than kabocha?
Blue Lotus (85 months ago | reply)
Not really. I think I've seen pear squash and winter melon occasionally, and zuccini is becoming more common (at atrocious prices). But that's it.
Then around Halloween flower shops sometimes carry pumpkin and other squash, like the buttercup that I bought. I'm pretty sure nobody knows they're edible!