2010/05/31
今日で５月は終わりです。我が家の食卓は山菜を楽しみました。
May is over this year. Japan has a season for 'Sansai (wild leaves) ' so we enjoyed it on our table, too.
まずは―ワラビ―
ワラビはアク抜きをします。
鍋に湯を沸騰させたところに重層を入れて溶かしワラビをいれて火を止めます。そのまま置いて冷めるのを待ってOK（私の場合は一晩放置）。
This year, I tried to use Warabi (Bracken sprouts).
First of all, skim the scum.
Prepare boiling water in a deep pan then put some saleratus and stir. Put the warabi then turn off the heat and leave them until they get cold. (I left over night) The prepration is finished!
わらびの混ぜご飯
しいたけと一緒に酒とお醤油で炒め煮にしたら、白ゴマをふりかけながら炊き上がったご飯に混ぜて。
-Warabi rice -
Cut warabi 3-4cm and stir-fry with sliced shiitake mushrooms and season with soy sauce. Mix with white sesame and steamed rice.
―フキFuki(bog rhubarb)―
下ごしらえ preparation
フキは塩をふってまな板の上で板ズリしたら周りのスジをとって、サッと塩湯で。
Preparation for this vegetable involves pre-treating with salt and soaking in water, a technique known as itazuri, or removing harshness. Then boil for a few minute.
フキのピクルス
下ごしらえしたフキを輪切りにし、塩とレモン汁であえて３０分以上置いてできあがり。（私的には一晩置いた方が好きです）
Fuki pickles
Cut Fuki into round slices then mix with lemon juice and salt. Leave for over 30min. (I prefer to leave over night)
フキの湯葉巻き
-Fuki wrapped with Yuba (soy milk skin)-
下ごしらえしたフキを板湯葉で巻きます。（あれば昆布やかんぴょうで巻いてとめる）私は調度いいのが無かったので楊枝で留めただけでしたが、出来上がりはOKでした。
お酒とだし汁、醤油と煮てできあがり。
Wrap prepared fuki with sheeted yuba. It would be good to tie up with sea weed or gourd strips but I didn't have it so I used tooth picks, which works well. Steam with sake, soup stock (Japanese) and soy sauce.
―あさつき― 
こちらはサッと塩茹でして、酢味噌に少し一味唐辛子を混ぜていただきます。
This is a kind of native grass, we call wild onion or Chives.
Boil and dip into vinegared bean paste. Put chili pepper as you like.
いつか誰かに「草みたら直ぐに食べちゃいそう・・」と言われたことがありますが、さすがに今はありませんよ。。
ただ、子供の頃下校途中で美味しそうな葉っぱを見つけるのは好きでした。
雑草の茎を剥いてみて、キレイな部分を口にいれてみると、きゅうりの味がしたのを覚えています。塩を家から持ってこようか迷いました。
また、ムツゴロウさんがTVで土筆（つくし）を食べていたので、早速翌日採りに行って料理してみたり。大人の味でした・・・
Someone told me that he thinks I'm likely a person who eats wild leaves if I found. ,,,,,?? No way!! now.
But, when I was child, I like to find wild leaves which looks yummy on the my way home from school. haha
Pick a something look nice and peal outer leaf then eat it. I remember that it tasted like a cucumber. I thought I should bring some salt from the house.
One day, I saw a TV show, the host was Masanori Hata (nicknamed Mutsugorou-san) he is a popular and famous naturalist in Japan. He was eating field horsetail spores on the show, so the next day, I went out to pick field horsetail and cook.
その他、タンポポの葉や、お友達のお母さんがよもぎ餅の作り方を教えてくれる日は、本当に楽しくてよく覚えています。
Other things what I use,, dandelion leaves. Sometime my friend's mother invited to pick grass to make Kusa-mochi, that time I was always excited!!
そこら辺で採ってきたひまわりの種を水と醤油で煮て、なぜか弁当箱に入れて凍らせてみたのは美味しくなかったこともありました。真似しないように。
One time, I picked sunflower seeds. I steamed with water and soy sauce then I don't know why but I froze them. It tasted terrible. You probably wouldn't like it.
何でも食べてみる勇気ある少女だったようです。
I guess I was a brave girl who liked to try eating anything..
これはそろそろ実家の近くで採れるモミジイチゴ。
This is a kind of berry we can pick near my parents house during this season.