Wild Cooking: I'm stalked by flying fish roe every year
I'm the type who makes Eho-maki (lucky direction sushi rolls). That's because it's cheaper.
For that reason, the seven treasure ingredients I prepared yesterday were:
1. Tuna sashimi marinated in a 1:1 ratio of soy sauce and mirin
(7-8 slices cut into thin strips to make them go further)
2. Thinly sliced egg strips
3. Shredded cucumber
4. Conger eel scraps
5. Flying fish roe (tobikko)
6. Seasoned beef (cooked at home)
7. A jar of mackerel flakes from the wholesale supermarket
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Since I only bought the tuna sashimi, conger eel, flying fish roe, and beef for the Eho-maki, I was able to enjoy it quite cheaply♪ It's easy to make vinegared rice by just pouring 'Kantan-su' (easy vinegar) over normally cooked rice. Once the vinegared rice is gone, you can finish by serving white rice in a bowl and enjoying it as a seven-treasure rice bowl😊
I wonder if the three of us in the family ate 5 go (about 750g) of rice? Sushi is scary because it consumes an endless amount of rice.
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Yesterday, not only dinner but also our afternoon snack was Setsubun-themed sweets.
Ever since I learned about the culture of Eho-maki, I stopped doing the bean-throwing ritual for Setsubun. That's because, one day, beans would suddenly roll out from unexpected places! Even after cleaning, Setsubun beans would appear from places where I thought, 'I didn't throw them there, did I?' I think it's because I throw them wildly in all directions. The sadness of having a single bean suddenly roll out months later is just...😢 That's why I don't do the bean-throwing. It's also tough to crunch through the leftover roasted soybeans by myself and wash them down with water (wild snack or wild lunch).
If you ask if Eho-maki is problem-free, that's not the case either. The next morning, there is always a 'dried-up piece of flying fish roe' left on the table. Even though I'm sure I wiped it, a dried-up piece of roe always pops up. Sometimes when I'm sorting dirty laundry to wash, I find a dried-up piece of roe stuck to my sleeve. I might be being stalked by flying fish roe.
Even so, unlike the bean-throwing, I won't stop making Eho-maki. That's because I can make dinner without having to think about it. Just having what I'm making decided makes me feel very happy. I can release the delusions in my brain, thinking about how easy it is. Even if I'm stalked by flying fish roe for the rest of my life, I will never stop enjoying Eho-maki every year.
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