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They supported a market for high-grade food. Kyoto is surrounded by mountains, making it difficult to transport seafood to the area. Instead, people cultivated the most delicious vegetables possible. The climate and soil quality contributed to making delicious vegetables. [3] In the Kamakura period, Zen Buddhism became popular. At that time ...
Vegetables in the onion family are called negi in Japanese. Asatsuki – type of chives; Nira – Chinese chives or garlic chive; Rakkyo; Wakegi – formerly thought a variety of scallion, but geneticists discover it to be a cross with the bulb onion (A. × wakegi). Green onions or scallions
Sansai (山菜) is a Japanese word literally meaning "mountain vegetables", originally referring to vegetables that grew naturally, were foraged in the wild, and not grown and harvested from fields. However, in modern times, the distinction is somewhat blurred, as some sansai such as warabi have been successfully cultivated. [ 1 ]
Some elements of Japanese cuisine involving eating live seafood, such as Ikizukuri and Odori ebi, have received criticism overseas as a form of animal cruelty. [140] Japanese cuisine is heavily dependent on seafood products. About 45 kilograms of seafood are consumed per capita annually in Japan, more than most other developed countries. [141]
The four types of food present at a banquet consisted of dried foods (himono), fresh foods (namamono), fermented or dressed food (kubotsuki), and desserts (kashi). Dried fish and fowl were thinly sliced (e.g. salted salmon , pheasant , steamed and dried abalone , dried and grilled octopus ), while fresh fish, shellfish and fowl were sliced raw ...
Chirashi-zushi (ちらし寿司, scattered sushi) is a bowl of sushi rice topped with a variety of raw fish and vegetables/garnishes (also refers to barazushi) [1] [2] [3] Inari-zushi (稲荷寿司, fried tofu pouch) is a type of sushi served in a seasoned and fried pouch made of tofu and filled with sushi rice. [1] [3]
Karaage: a Japanese cooking technique in which various foods—-most often chicken, but other meat and fish—-are coated with flour and deep-fried in oil. Kushikatsu: a Japanese dish of breaded and deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables. Tonkatsu: Japanese breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet. Toriten: a Japanese fritter of marinated chicken.
Category to include characteristically Japanese vegetables and also cultivated varieties. Pages in category "Japanese vegetables"