Island Ingredients
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Island Ingredient Guide: Using Fermented Foods, Seasonings, and Drinks in Hot Pot and Shabu-Shabu
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks This guide explains how to make the most of fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks in hot pot and shabu-shabu, focusing on cutting, timing, portion size, and balance. In shabu-shabu, the key is not to add too much at once. Each ingredient should enter the pot at the moment when…
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Tengusa Seaweed
Type: Seaweed and coastal ingredients Tengusa Seaweed is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look at this…
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Island Ingredient Guide: Choosing, Storing, and Preparing Fermented Foods, Seasonings, and Drinks
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks This guide summarizes the basics for choosing, storing, and preparing fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks so that they can be used steadily and deliciously. The most important point is to look at the condition of each ingredient: freshness, aroma, moisture, texture, ripeness, and how it will be cooked. Flavor…
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Sukugarasu, Salted Young Rabbitfish
Type: Seaweed and coastal ingredients Sukugarasu, Salted Young Rabbitfish is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look…
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Okinawan Chili Powder
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks Okinawan Chili Powder is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look…
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Okinawan Brown Sugar
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks Okinawan Brown Sugar is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look…
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Tofuyo
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks Tofuyo is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look at this…
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Kusu, Aged Awamori
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks Kusu, Aged Awamori is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look…
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Awamori
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks Awamori is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we look at this…
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Shima Maasu, Okinawan Salt
Type: Fermented foods, seasonings, and drinks Shima Maasu, Okinawan Salt is one of the island ingredients that carries the flavor and character of Okinawa and Yanbaru. Its appeal is not only in its taste, but also in the way it brings the landscape and food culture of the islands to the table. At OkuMasa, we…