Final bamboo husk related blog

Posted on May 6, 2012 in Hiroko's Blog

Once upon a time there was a humble snack in Japan – chopped umemoshi (pickled salty plum), mixed with little sugar and wrapped in a dried bamboo husk. This is the snack which my mother made for us from time to time when I was small. How to enjoy it is to suck the edges of triangle shaped bamboo husk packet and get the super salty, tart and sweet flavor of the inside mixture little by little which seeps through slightly sweet and fragrant bamboo husk. This humble...

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Dried bamboo husks, take no kawa

Posted on Aug 17, 2009 in Hiroko's Blog

Dried bamboo husks are known to have sterilization property, so in the past it was an indispensable material for packing food items which were to be carried around for a relatively long time.  I remember my mother often packed onigiri rice balls and pickled vegetables in the dried bamboo husks for my school excursions or for our picnics.  While I was travelling from Tokyo to Fukuoka city in Kyushu, the southern main island of Japan, I purchased an ekiben (a bento lunch box...

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