LDK: wooden tub

wooden tub

06.04.05

欲しいけど収納場所がないしなぁ・・・と二の足を踏んでいた飯台（正しくは盤台かな）をとうとう購入しました。木地の厚みが1センチしかないものが多いけど、コレは1.5センチと肉厚。たった5ミリの差なのに、かなり見た目が違います。特大サイズにしようかとも思ったけれど約5合のご飯用（外寸33センチ）で我慢しました。コレ以上大きいのを選んで、せっかくの1.5センチの重厚感が薄れてもザンネンなので。木曽さわらの上質な部分のみを使っていて、色はやや赤みがかってます。さわらの香りもイイし、手に取りながらホレボレしています。桜も咲いたし、ちらし寿司でも作ろうかな。

I finally bought a handai (also called hangiri). When I make sushi rice, it's nice to use this wooden tub, because it will absorb excess moisture. My kitchen doesn't have enough storage room for all my equipment, so I couldn't decide whether to buy it for a long time. Usually the thickness of the wooden tub is about 1cm, but this is 1.5cm thickness. There is only 0.5cm difference but it looks quite different. I was going to buy a huge tub, but I chose the size for five cups of rice (ø33cm). If the size is bigger than 33cm, the 1,5cm thickness doesn't look thick anymore. This tub is made of good sawara cypress wood, the colour is a liitle bit reddish and it smells good. I'm so happy about it. I might cook chirashi zushi for a cherry blossom viewing party.

Comments:

dirk wrote:

'wooden tub' first made me think of your bathroom, so I got very curious and wondered if you had a wooden bath tub installed... but this is very nice too! If the wood takes up excess moisture, does that not cause problems for the wood? I mean cracking seams for example when wet wood expands?

jun wrote:

Hi Dirk, thank you for a super fast comment! It's nice to have a wooden bath tub, but it's very difficult to maintenance, especially in a rainy season. It becomes moldy! I can't remember very well (!) but this sawara wood absorbs water (not much) quickly and dries quickly. The craftman even made the copper belt a little bit loose (I don't feel it though), because the wood expands.

pam wrote:

木曽さわらの飯台、いいですね！我が家も飯台がほしいところなのですが、置き場所を見つけられずに、いまだボールとお櫃で酢飯を作っています。酢飯好きなので、おいしい酢飯のつくれそうなこの飯台に、おもわず反応してしまいました（笑）

jun wrote:

pamさん、こんにちは。置き場をどこにするか、まだハッキリ決めてないんですけど買ってしまいました。pamさんは、おひつをお持ちなんですね。うらやましい。飯台がなくてもお櫃でおいしい酢飯が出来そうですね。

takako wrote:

ちらし寿司を食べる会に参加希望！

jun wrote:

その時は招集かけるねー。

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