Sushi

Sushi is a Japanese food consisting of rice that formed along a side dish (neta) of seafood, meat, raw or cooked vegetables. Sushi rice has a soft taste sour because seasoned mixture of rice vinegar, salt, & sugar.

History of Sushi
It is said that the habit of preserving fish with rice and vinegar comes from mountainous regions in Southeast Asia.
The science behind the fermentation of fish packed in rice is that the vinegar produced from fermenting rice elaborate amino acids from fish meat. The result is one of the five basic tastes, called umami in Japanese.
In ancient times, Japanese people may be strong to eat because sushi is always served in large portions. Sushi as much as 1's (1 serving) equivalent to 9's (9 servings) sushi today, or roughly equal to 18 clod of sushi (360 grams). One serving sushi ancients called neta has ikkanzushi consisting of 9 or more types of seafood.

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Onigiri

In the past, called Onigiri "Tonjiki". In the Heian period, tonjiki is the food given to people who are generous to those less able to eat when they are outdoors. Until the beginning of the Showa period, those remaining rice rolled into balls, bake the surface and covered with soy sauce. This is called Yakimusubi. Yakimusubi is very famous especially for the homemade taste.

Now many Onigiri is filled with various materials, such as Yakiniku (beef baked), tuna and others. In Japan alone, Onigiri even be found in supermarkets there. Because this was a very populist Onigiri and identical with the typical Japanese food, then we often encounter in the story animated cartoons or manga (Japanese animation) are referred to as the "Rice Ball". Method of manufacture does take skill and practice not to lose heart. As a bonus, we also include the following recipes for onigiri-resistant and resistant in the process.

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