II. 調味品
1. 介紹
Furikake, condiment in Japanese, literary means to sprinkle. The
Japanese condiments are eaten as toping on a bowl of rice. Furikake
is the mixed powder products of fish, sea vegetables, sesame seeds,
salt and others. Tsukudani is also eaten as topping on rice. Tsukudani
is made from small fishes, shellfishes and sea vegetables boiled
down in soy sauce. It is name after the place called Tsukuda in
Tokyo, where it is invented. Both are the essential part of the
Japanese diet that goes on the top of rice.
2. 歷史
In the early 20th century, Mr. Yoshimaru, a pharmacist, invented
Furikake. He wanted to find an easy way to supply calcium in the
daily diet; that is missing in the most of the Japanese people at
that time. First, he grinded the dried small fishes that contains
calcium abundantly. Then he added sea vegetables and roasted sesame
seeds to complete the Furikake product. His new invention was called
"Rice Mate"
Tsukudani is originated around the 17th century. A place called
Tsukuda in Tokyo is a small isolated island where it was difficult
to access to the source of fresh foods. Therefore they stared to
preserve small fishes with salt. Then they used soy sauce for preservation
since Tsukuda is close to the place where soy sauce is produced.
This food, then, named as Tsukudani, and sold in the city of Edo,
the capital city of the Japan.
3. 功效 of Furikake and Tsukudani
As explained, there are various the ingredients in Furikake and
Tsukudani. Some of MUSO's Furikake uses Shiso that contains variety
of useful components. Lenoleic acid of Shiso changes to eicosapentaenoic
acid after consumed in the body, normalizing immunization. This
effect helps to improve atopic dermatitis, and allergic reaction.
The refreshing flavor of Shiso leaves is caused by Shiso-aldehyde,
Limonene and pinene. Shiso-aldehyde has very strong sterilizing
effect, helping to avoid food poison. It also helps to secrete digesting
enzyme.
4. 無雙的相關產品
MUSO's condiments has basically three variations; Furikake, Tsukudani
and Tekka Miso. Tekka Miso is made from burdock, carrot, lotus root
and sesame seeds, mixed with Hatcho Miso. These make perfect match
with a bowl of rice.
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