June 27, 2010

Making Dried Enokitake Mushrooms/干しエノキタケの作り方

In this post, I'd like to explain how to make dried enokitake (or simply enoki for short) mushrooms.
今回は、干しエノキタケ(干しえのきたけ、干し榎茸、干しエノキ、干しえのき、乾燥エノキ、乾燥えのき、等々)の作り方を説明したいと思います。

First, get fresh enoki ready.
まずは生のエノキを用意します。

Cut one cluster of enoki into five parts as shown below.
Right to left:
1: Right end part, approx 1 cm in length, which is part of the saw dust bed and should be discarded.
2 and 3: Parts where the steams are stuck together, approx. 1.5 to 2 cm each in length.
4 and 5: Parts where the stems are separate, approx. 4 to 5 cm each in length.
エノキ一房(ひとふさ)を次のように5つに切ります。
右から左へ:
1: 一番右の部分、長さ約1 cm。おがくずの菌床(きんしょう)の一部なので、捨てる。
2と3: 茎がお互いにくっついている部分、それぞれ長さ約1.5~2 cm。
4と5: 茎が離れている部分、それぞれ長さ約4~5 cm。


Discard part 1, and dry parts 2 and 3 separately from parts 4 and 5.
1の部分は捨て、2と3の部分と4と5の部分を別々に干す。

Parts 4 and 5 on the top and middle nets:
上・中の網に載せた4と5の部分:

Parts 2 and 3 on the bottom net:
下の網に載せた2と3の部分:


Whether to dry in the sun or in the shade?
日なたに干すか、日陰に干すか?

I, for one, prefer drying them in the shade. It should take at least two days to dry them completely.
私自身は日陰で干すのが好きです。完全に干すには少なくとも2日はかかります。

Details to come later.
詳細は後ほど。

(To be continued)
(続く)

2 comments:

Arthur3030 said...

I'm curious about the blue screen object you're putting the mushrooms in. What is that thing?

I've tried searching for mushroom drying equipment, but haven't found anything like it--perhaps because mushroom drying is very rare in the US.

Hiroyuki said...

Arthur3030: This thing is called hoshi ami (drying net) and many other names. It is used to dry fish, squids, and vegetables (such as daikon), among others.
Drying shiitake is popular here in Japan, but drying enoki isn't, and that's why I present my way of drying enoki here in my blog.