今日は、陸上競技会に出るため5:30前には家を出る息子のために、4:25に起きて、弁当を作りました。息子が家を出てから、妻、娘、自分の弁当も作りました。今日は、娘の小学校で運動会だったので。
Onigiri (rice balls):
おにぎり：
Three different ingredients, salmon flakes, wakana (a type of green), and red perilla.
中身はサケフレーク、若菜、赤ジソです。
I tend to make more onigiri than necessary, but that's OK, because I can't have enough of them.
私は必要以上に作りがちですが、食べ飽きないので、問題ないです。
Sadly, three of the bento items are frozen foods: Chicken karaage, yakisoba, and edamame.
悲しいことに、弁当の具材のうち三つは冷凍食品です： 鶏の唐揚げ、焼きそば、エ枝豆。
Each bento box, a free gift from a green tea dealer, has two tiers, with the upper tier provided with an air-tight lid.
お弁当箱（お茶屋さんからのおまけ）は二段になっていて、上の段には気密性の蓋がついています。
Tsuki usagi (lunar rabbits) are adorable, aren't they?
月うさぎは可愛らしいでしょう？
Oh my goodness, those bento boxes are so cute!
ReplyDeleteYSC: Those bento boxes (tsuki usagi (lunar rabbits)) are free gifts from the green tea dealer I order from.
ReplyDeleteLooks so tasty!
ReplyDeleteNancy Heller: Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe onigiri looks delicious! My daughter made some during her Japanese language class one day and she loves them ever since.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, when you make onigiri, do you have to squeeze the rice tightly to make them stick? When I make them, they tend to fall apart... :(
oliver: That's a good question. I'd like to discuss how to make good onigiri in my blog in the near future. Good onigiri should be lightly packed, just like good nigiri should be lightly packed, so that the rice can fall apart very easily in your mouth.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I can instantly feel nostalgic to the type of onigiri my mother used to make, big, and tightly packed.
My current method is as follows: Start with very hot rice. Put some very dense salt water on my hands, scoop some rice, and first make a round ball of rice, and then shape the ball into a triangle by lightly pressing on it four times while rotating it after each time.
For more details, see my future post on onigiri!