LDK: japanese sand lance

japanese sand lance

15.03.04

Posted by Jun
[ Food ]

昨日、近くに住む友人夫婦が兵庫の実家から送られたといういかなごのくぎ煮を持って来てくれました。実はこの呼び名を聞いたのは初めて。「ちりめんじゃこの佃煮」じゃないのかな？と思ったんですが「いかなごの釘煮」は稚魚を乾燥させないで生のまま佃煮にしているとか。確かに口当たりがソフト。そしてショウガがピリッとして、すっごく美味しかった！ありがとう。魚の赤ちゃんが山盛りになっているせいか、見慣れていない文化圏の人々にはキョーレツみたいでした。残念。

Yesterday, our couple friends brought baby Ikanago 'Japanese sand lance' boiled in sweetened soy sauce. It was given to them from their home in Hyogo. Thanks! The ginger gives a good punch to the taste. It was so delicious with plain rice. But I think it won't attract many non-Japanese people because of the looks...

e wrote:

おおお、いかなごのくぎ煮！わが故郷のなつかしの味です。思わず書き込みます。おいしいですよね。やめられないとまらない的食品というか…。ちなみに私の母はちょっとおかしな人物ですが、封筒に普通郵便でくぎ煮を送ってきたことがあります。

Jun wrote:

おいしかったです。ご飯を食べ過ぎました。普通郵便で送られてくるなんてイイですね。私は実家から何かを送ってもらった事、あったかな・・・。

Dirk wrote:

Oh, hi Junko! This is bizarre, but I think we just had some of these as well. Miho, a friend of Naoko brought us some from Japan as a present and they were sooo delicious. Yes, in sweetened soya sauce, with rice, I am sure it was the same food. I don't think there is any left by now though. Tamami loved it... too much!

Jun wrote:

Hi Dirk! It might be different fish but it was the same food, I think. Didn't you feel anything about the piles of little baby fish? You are a good Japanese food eater!

Tamami wrote:

Hi! Yes, we were given a 'Ko-gori No Tsukudani'. Sooo delish! We can't buy good tsukudani in London, so I was really happy. I also initially thought that Dirk might not like eating little fish as a whole, but he did, and it was difficult to keep him away...!

Jun wrote:

C doesn't have any interests about little fish! I was so shocked when he described Komochi-shisyamo (do you know it?) as 'pregnant fish'. It has eggs inside but never thought about it is being pregnant! I felt sick to eat 'pregnant fish'. But not anymore!