On September 29, I finally took my nukadoko out of the freezer and thawed it on the kitchen counter.
9月29日、やっと冷凍庫からぬか床を出して、台所のカウンタで解凍しました。
I had waited for the room temperature to be in the 20-25C range.
今まで室温が20~25Cの範囲になるのを待っていました。
On Sep. 30, I transferred the nukadoko to the tupperware container. I smelled it and found it was OK. I decided to leave it for another day.
9月30日、タッパーにぬか床を移しました。臭いをかぐと、大丈夫そうでした。もう一日置いておくことにしました。
On December 1, I decided to pickle some carrot. Later, I added some daikon leaves (not shown).
10月1日、にんじんを少し漬けることにしました。後で大根の葉(写真には載っていません)を足しました。
And, on the morning of December 2, I was surprised to see that film yeast had formed. I checked the room temperature, and it was 22C. I took out all daikon leaves and carrot, mixed the nukadoko thoroughly, put back the carrot, and put the nukadoko in the vegetable compartment of the fridge.
10月2日の朝、産膜酵母ができているので驚きました。室温を見ると、22Cでした。大根の葉とにんじんを出して、ぬか床をよく混ぜて、にんじんは戻し、ぬか床を冷蔵庫の野菜室に入れました。
I rinsed the daikon leaves and finely chopped them. They were sour like furuzuke (lit. old pickle).
大根の葉は洗って、細かく切りました。古漬けのように、すっぱかったです。
I mixed some of them with natto.
少し納豆と混ぜて食べました。
I will have to wait and see what will happen to my nukadoko.
ぬか床がどうなるか様子を見ないと。
October 2, 2011
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6 comments:
I'm very interested in how your nukadoko behaves after being frozen. Is it okay when yeast film forms on top? I had this happen once, and I scraped the top layer off, per instructions from another website. I'm starting my nukadoko again next week.
Hiroyuki, you are tempting me again with nukadoko!
Pickled carrot sounds very appealing. I cannot wait to read your impressions.
muskrat: You need not and should not scrape the top layer off; simply mix it with the rest of the nukadoko. I think I'll provide some more details in a future post.
Sissi: I still keep the carrot in my nukadoko. I will post about it in a day or two.
I love carrots pickled in nuka! Also daikon - those are my two favorites.
muskrat: Do you? I'm not a big fan of carrot nukazuke myself, and a few slices of it per meal are enough for me. I prefer daikon and cucumber nukazuke.
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