GoNorth Japan | Foraging for Wild Vegetables in Northern Japan - 2 @GoNorthJapan | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
More foraging for wild vegetables in northern Japan. Here's more information about the wild vegetables in this video:
* Shidoke (Momijigasa) - Cacalia delphiniifolia (?!) Delicious when lightly boiled and seasoned only with tsuyu or soy sauce. Also an Iwate University study is claiming that it can be used as an anti-cancer agent! http://www.ccrd.iwate-u.ac.jp/liaison...
* Udo (or Yama Udo - mountain asparagus) - can be put in soups or stir-fried.
*Urui (Hosta shoot) - delicious lightly boiled, or with vinegar and miso, with salad dressing, or in miso soup.
*Zenmai (Asian royal fern) - somewhat difficult to prepare. you need to boil them, dry them out, and rub them to soften them or they'll be too tough and rubbery to eat. After softening them they're great pickled.
*Aiko (Nettles) - great in soup, stir fry, etc.
*Wasabi - You can eat the leaves and stem as well as the "root" (it's actually considered the stem). For the root part, be sure to grate it and a bit of sugar will bring out the spicy zing.
Regarding the Hanamaki dialect expression "kappa o toru" - it's "kyappari suru" in Morioka, a nearby municipality, and varies throughout the region. It means to slip or step in water so that water gets inside your boots. (There are lots of people walking around in streams in Iwate.)
I’ve got other foraging videos -- including how to prepare wild vegetables in the kitchen -- here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6N6zZGbTE6ZZBYLYTz7_XotVq0HR03K2
If you like my videos and would like to help me produce more and better videos, consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/GoNorthJapan
GoNorth Japan merchandise is now available!
teespring.com/stores/go-north-japan-merch
Follow me on:
Instagram - instagram.com/quinlan
Twitter - twitter.com/gonorthj
Check out my Airbnb listing: airbnb.com/h/morioka
#foraging #vegetables #tohoku
Gear used in this video (links are affiliate links, if you purchase anything through them I get a tiny percentage which nevertheless helps me continue to make these videos):
GoPro HERO9 Black (amzn.to/3pCCEA8)
More foraging for wild vegetables in northern Japan. Here's more information about the wild vegetables in this video:
* Shidoke (Momijigasa) - Cacalia delphiniifolia (?!) Delicious when lightly boiled and seasoned only with tsuyu or soy sauce. Also an Iwate University study is claiming that it can be used as an anti-cancer agent! http://www.ccrd.iwate-u.ac.jp/liaison...
* Udo (or Yama Udo - mountain asparagus) - can be put in soups or stir-fried.
*Urui (Hosta shoot) - delicious lightly boiled, or with vinegar and miso, with salad dressing, or in miso soup.
*Zenmai (Asian royal fern) - somewhat difficult to prepare. you need to boil them, dry them out, and rub them to soften them or they'll be too tough and rubbery to eat. After softening them they're great pickled.
*Aiko (Nettles) - great in soup, stir fry, etc.
*Wasabi - You can eat the leaves and stem as well as the "root" (it's actually considered the stem). For the root part, be sure to grate it and a bit of sugar will bring out the spicy zing.
Regarding the Hanamaki dialect expression "kappa o toru" - it's "kyappari suru" in Morioka, a nearby municipality, and varies throughout the region. It means to slip or step in water so that water gets inside your boots. (There are lots of people walking around in streams in Iwate.)
I’ve got other foraging videos -- including how to prepare wild vegetables in the kitchen -- here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6N6zZGbTE6ZZBYLYTz7_XotVq0HR03K2
If you like my videos and would like to help me produce more and better videos, consider supporting me on Patreon! patreon.com/GoNorthJapan
GoNorth Japan merchandise is now available!
teespring.com/stores/go-north-japan-merch
Follow me on:
Instagram - instagram.com/quinlan
Twitter - twitter.com/gonorthj
Check out my Airbnb listing: airbnb.com/h/morioka
#foraging #vegetables #tohoku
Gear used in this video (links are affiliate links, if you purchase anything through them I get a tiny percentage which nevertheless helps me continue to make these videos):
GoPro HERO9 Black (amzn.to/3pCCEA8)
