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By: Jared Earnshaw Cory Schentag. Japanese Cuisine. Spring Food ( haru ). Made to be colourful and happy. Have a happy vibe to them. The foods mainly served in spring are: hinachirashi (colourful sushi) hina-arare (coloured rice crackers) ushio-jiru (clam soup)
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By: Jared EarnshawCory Schentag Japanese Cuisine
Spring Food (haru) • Made to be colourful and happy. • Have a happy vibe to them. • The foods mainly served in spring are: • hinachirashi (colourful sushi) • hina-arare(coloured rice crackers) • ushio-jiru(clam soup) • sakura-mochi(sweet pink rice cakes)
Summer Food (natsu) • The most popular summer food is cold noodles. • The most common cold noodles are hiyashichuka and zaru soba. • Hiyashichuka is a cold bowl and ramen noodles. • Zaru soba is a cold bowl of soba noodles. • Another popular summer food is hiyayakko (tofu squares).
Fall Food (aki) • Around this time of year the foods are usually more warm. • Some common meals are mushroom soup and matsutakegohan. • Matsutakegohan is seasoned rice cooked with matsutake mushrooms. • Kurigohan is also another food. • “Kuri” is the japanese word for chestnut.
Winter Food (fuyu) • People like hot foods a lot in this time of year. • Soups are very commonly ate during winter. • Oden is a very popular stew. • Other soups are miso soup and ramen. • Nikuman is another food. It is a steamed cake with seasoned ground pork filling.
Chopsticks • Chopsticks are never left sticking vertically into rice because this resembles an incense. • Using chopsticks to spear your food is highly frowned upon. • It is very bad manners to bite on your chopsticks. • Commonly made of bamboo or plastic. Can also be made of metal, bone, ivory, and wood. • Japanese chopsticks are pointed at the end.
Interesting Facts • You can make art out of sushi.
Bibliography • http://japanesefood.about.com • www.wikipedia.com