たけのこが美味しい季節です。真空パックや缶詰のものは1年中出回っていますが、生のものはこの季節しかありません。掘れたばかりのものは、生でも食べることができます。以前たけのこ掘りに行った楽しい記憶があります。掘りたてのたけのこを生で食べさしてもらって、その場で天ぷらにしてもらいました。めったにできない体験でした。
たけのこは時間がたつと料理をするのに一手間かかります。米ぬかで煮て、1時間ほどにてさまさなければなりません。それから、調理を始めます。
Bamboo shoots take time and hard work to prepare. They have to be boiled in rice bran and left to cool for about an hour. After that, cooking can begin.
Bamboo shoots that have been just dug up from the ground can even be eaten raw. I recall how much fun I had when I went to dig them up in the past. They gave me a piece of raw bamboo shoot to eat and also made tempura from it right there on site. You hardly ever get a chance to have such an experience.
Bamboo shoots require more time and effort for cooking as the time passes after they have been dug up. You have to boil them with rice bran for about 1 hour and then to cool them. Only after that you can start cooking something from them.
When bamboo left uncocked for a while, it needs some tips. As preparation, boil it with rice bran and cool it down in an hour or so. Then you are ready to cock it.
この時期、私は必ずたけのこご飯を作ります。これは、米にたけのこと油揚げを入れて出汁で炊きます。米の餅米を混ぜるときもあります。
たけのこの煮物も作ります。これは出汁に砂糖と醤油で味をつけます。たけのこの色をきれいにするために、醤油は薄い色にします。故郷の香川県ではではこの味をつけたものをてんぷらにします。大好きでいくらでも食べられます。
たけのこは繊維が多く栄養的には優れたものではありません。しかし、日本の春にはなくてはならないものです。春を感じる大事な食べ物です。
I also cook boiled bamboo shoots. Sugar and soy sauce are added to season broth. Pale-colored soy sauce is used to make bamboo shoots look better. In Kagawa prefecture, my home country we cook tempura with them. I really love it and no matter how much it may be, I can eat it.
Bamboo shoots are high in fiber and not rich in nutrition. But they are necessary for Japanese spring, and meaningful food that make us feel the spring season.
I also cook boiled bamboo shoots. To do this I season the soup stock with sugar and soy sauce. In order to assure a nice color to the bamboo shoots I use soy sauce of a light color. In Kanagawa which is the area where I was born, foods with such seasoning are used to make tempura. I really love them and could eat a lot of them.
Bamboo shoots contain a lot of fibers and are not a very nutritious type of food. However, it's an essential food for Japanese spring season. It is a very special food which makes you feel that the spring has come at last.
I cook the boiled and seasoned bamboo shoot, too. I use the soup stock and season it with sugar and soy sauce. The soy sauce of light color is used to make the color of bamboo shoot of clear color. They deep-fry this seasoned one and make tempura in Kagawa prefecture where my hometown is. I love it so much that I can eat it any amount.
Bamboo shoot contains a lot of fiber and is not superior nutritionally. However, it is necessary for Japanese in spring. It is an important foodstuff with which we feel spring indeed.
I make braised bamboo shoots also. Bamboo shoots are seasoned with sugar and soy sauce in broth. To make the bamboo shoots look more appetizing, I use light colored soy sauce. In my home town Kagawa prefecture, we deep fry braised bamboo shoots and make tempura. It is my favorite food and I can eat a lot.
Bamboo shoots are mainly fibers and not very nutritional. However we cannot be without them in spring in Japan. Bamboo shoots bring spring onto our dining table.