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Skriven 2006-12-10 22:06:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Bread men ogres
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 -=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Ruth Haffly <=-

 CS> little bread-men with [...] seaweed for the 'hair'....
 CS> A little ogre with hairy armpits.

Hilarious! I can see that happening here next.

We've been making anatomically correct gingerbread people.

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      Title: Zoni (Rice Cake Soup)
 Categories: Japanese, Soups, Hawaii, Chicken, Holiday
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      1 c  Chicken; (white meat only)
      1 ts Cornstarch
      1    Kamaboko
      1    Carrot
      3    Oriental Taro
    1/2 c  Dashi
    1/2 ts Shoyu
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2    Spinach or Watercress
           Yuzu skin
     12    Mochi (rice cake)
      6 c  Dashi
      1 tb Shoyu
 
  Ozoni is the Japanese National Dish for New Years. There are probably
  as many recipes for Zoni as there are cooks busy preparing the dish
  but they are all fairly similar.
  
  Slice the chicken very thin and sprinkle with the cornstarch. Then
  pound the chicken with the back of a knife to enlarge the pieces. Boil
  in water for 5 minutes Slice the Kamaboko into 6 pieces 1/4 inch thick
  Slice the carrot into thin slices and after peeling the taro slice
  them into thin round slices. Boil the carrots and taro in 1/2 C of
  dashi. When soft add 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp shoyu. Boil the spinach
  or watercress in hot water being sure to remove them from the boiling
  water when still very green. Cut the greens into 1 inch lengths. Slice
  the Yazu into thin strips to represent pine needles. Toast the Rice
  cakes. Boil 6 cups of dashi and flavor with the 1 tbs. salt and the 1
  Tbs. shoyu. Add the Kamaboko, carrots , taro and the greens. Place two
  pieces of the toasted Mochi, two slices of the chicken, 1 slice of the
  carrot, 2 slices of taro, 1 slice of the kamaboko and a little of the
  greens in each of six bowls Pour the hot soup over them and then float
  the yazu needles on the top.
  
  Naturally any good Japanese family in Japan would have had a drink of
  the special TOSO wine prior to the Zoni. With the master of the house
  drinking first, then the mistress followed by the children and the the
  servants last. This wine laced with medicinal herbs and spices is
  believed to have disease dispelling qualities and is similar to the
  wines served on New Years by several other countries in the world.

  Fuku-cha is another mandatory item in their New Years (it is the tea
  of Good fortune) and can either be green tea or seaweed tea which is
  served in tiny cups with a pickled plum in each of the cups as a
  protection from illness during the coming year. These formal
  ritualistic observances of the New Year are becoming less common
  throughout Japan now that they have had so much of the Western
  influence however in the rural areas they are still followed
  religiously. It is a shame to see some of these interesting
  observances gradually disappearing due to the influence of the western
  world.
  
  Aloha.... THEODORE SEDGWICK (XPST31A)
 
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Cheers

Jim, in Yellowknife




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