In last week's blog, Itaya sensei introduced the Hina Matsuri festival - on the day of the Hina Matsuri festival we often eat gorgeous Chirashizushi . Chirashizushi is a kind of sushi made from vinegar rice and with some ingredients decorated on top.
Currently sushi is well-known all around the world, yet there are actually lots of different types of sushi.
The most famous of them all is Nigirizushi ; a type which is made of sushi vinegar rice molded into mouthful sizes and with various typical sushi ingredients (raw fish for example) laid on top. But there are others, like Makizushi which is sushi vinegar rice and an ingredient wrapped in seaweed. And there is Oshizushi which is made by pushing the sushi rice and the ingredient into a mold and also there is Inari-zushi which is just sushi rice stuffed into thin sachets of deep-fried tofu.
We Japanese can enjoy buying and eating sushi in many different places and ways. We can order it to be delivered to our homes or buy it at supermarkets, convenience stores, department stores where its sold in packs . We can also make chirashizushi and makizushi at home.
What type of sushi have you tried ? Add a comment in English or Japanese.
今週の語彙 This week's vocabulary
■華やか(な)gorgeous ■今やcurrently , now ■酢飯vinegar rice ■一口大一口の大きさ A mouthful size ■宅配by home delivery service ■パック売りsold in a pack ■油揚げa thin slice of deep-fried bean curd (tofu) ■押し込む押して中へ入れる。無理に入れる。 To push or force something into a place or vessel ■詰め込む物を入れ物にできるだけたくさん入れる。To cram, squeeze into, stuff as much of something as you can into a vessel ■ちらし寿司 Chirashizushi (lit. scattered sushi). A bowl of sushi rice with other ingredients mixed in (also refers to barazushi). It is commonly eaten in Japan because it is filling, fast and easy to make. Chirashizushi most often varies regionally because it is eaten annually as a part of the Doll Festival, celebrated only during March in Japan. ■握り寿司Nigirizushi (lit. hand-formed sushi). This consists of an oblong mound of sushi rice that is pressed between the palms of the hands, sometimes with a speck of wasabi, and a slice of fish called neta draped over it. ■巻き寿司Makizushi (lit. rolled sushi). A cylindrical piece, formed with the help of a bamboo mat, called a makisu (巻き簾). Makizushi is generally wrapped in nori. ■押し寿司 Oshizushi (lit. pressed sushi). A block-shaped piece formed using a wooden mold. ■稲荷寿司Inari-zushi (stuffed sushi). A pouch of fried tofu filled with usually just sushi rice. It is named after the Shinto god Inari, who is believed to have a fondness for fried tofu. The pouch is normally fashioned as deep-fried tofu (油揚げ, abura age).
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