[Sca-cooks] oooh, cattails=)

[M. Traber]

and i have a package in the freezer waiting for the next time i make soup=)

phlip angharad and i spent about an hour in a spiffy chinese grocery, 
about 3 or 4 times as large as teh one near us, phlip scrumming for 
kimchee makings and a particular soy sayce, and me for dinner ideas.

only downside was the red bean paste mooncake i *was* going to split 
with rob [*burp*] got eaten entirely by me...

and i bought the wrong instant miso soup, i got the one with konbu 
instead of spinach=( but we will be going back sometime soon, inshallah, 
and i can get the right stuff=)

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> --- margali <mtraber251 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>http://home.earthlink.net/~marutama/facts.htm
>>
>>woot, cattail sotleties, and period=)
>>
>>hm, would be interesting, perhaps something to
>>try for the pennsic cooks 
>>lost potluck=)
> 
> 
> Thank you Margali for this:
> 
> Kamaboko can be traced back to the 7th Century
> (Nara Period). Nihon Shoki, a book describing
> ancient Japan, and written at that time, has a
> description of the Empress Shinko, grinding fish,
> puffing it around the top of a spear and grilling
> it. There is also a description of a celebration
> dinner for a Minister in the Heian Period (8th
> Century) at which Kamaboko was served.
> Originally, Kamaboko was ground fish meat molded
> onto a bamboo stick before cooking. The shape was
> similar to "Gama-no-ho", the top of the cat-tail
> plant, and so it got its name Kamaboko.

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