Hoba Miso is probably one of the most popular local cuisine here.
Sweet miso is put on top of a dried Magnolia Leaf
and it is placed on a tiny clay cooking stove for grilling.
At this season, the locals enjoy making Hoba Sushi,
sushi wrapped inside fresh Magnolia Leaf.
In the old days,
this itself was a bento box for a farmer.
Farmers prepared sushi rice (vinegared rice)
plus, several ingredients such as marinated fish,
pickles, cooked shiitake mushrooms
Japanese pepper, Japanese ginger
and so on to add flavors to the sushi
and wrapped it with a fresh Magnolia leaf
to bring with them for lunch!!
Everything was pickled, marinated with vinegar (including the sushi rice)
and placed in the leaf to prevent from bacteria.
How smart
and how ecological!!
高山では
あちこちで
朴ノ木をみかけます。
朴葉味噌はあまりにも有名です。
今の時期は
新鮮な葉を使い、朴葉寿司を作ります。
朴葉寿司は
昔の「弁当」だったそうです。
酢漬けの魚や、野菜、
山椒、みょうが、
そしてシイタケの佃煮など
好みのものを酢飯にのせ
朴葉で包み、畑や田んぼへ持って行ったそうです。
酢と朴葉の殺菌効果を利用した
完璧且つエコな弁当ですよね。
photo below are several of the artistic Magnolia Sushi
made by the customers who've attended
the GREEN Cooking Studio
写真はクッキイングスタジオのお客様が作った創造的な朴葉寿司です