Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 05:04:16 No. 458
What are some popular, simple, Japanese dishes that I can make at home?
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 05:20:56 No. 459
Japonica rice.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 10:52:10 No. 464
omu_rice, kara_age, ebi_fry.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 13:18:44 No. 465
Okonami-yaki
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 13:45:35 No. 466
gomae - sesame and english spinach
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 13:48:10 No. 467
And definately Okonomiyaki! My favourite is the hiroshima style, but i remember you just need a hotplate or pan , and you cook a pile of cabbage and stuff . flip it and its soo good.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 14:20:06 No. 470
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 15:44:58 No. 471
Is onigiri simple?
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 18:06:07 No. 472
Onigiri is simple.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 18:21:06 No. 473
As onigiri fillings, I like Takana.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 18:32:06 No. 474
>>473 So… Takana is just mustard? That's it?
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 18:39:52 No. 475
>>474 No, Takana is leaf vegetable,
and as onigiri fillings, pickled Takana is used.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 18:46:51 No. 476
>>471 Yeah, of course. my mom sometimes makes them which are filled with salmon and covered with Nori for me.
those are so tasty!
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 18:51:59 No. 477
>>474 Oh, sorry. Indeed takana seems a close plant to mustard.
But, as I said, leaf is used and it is not hot very much.
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 22:03:29 No. 482
>>473 It might be hard to find these in America..
Anonymous 10/21/14 (Tue) 23:45:23 No. 484
>>482 In examples in No.473,
I guess you can make TunaMayo(canned tuna + mayonnaise) even in US.
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 00:49:37 No. 487
>>484 Is nori used a lot?
Also unrelated question that I didn't want to start a new thread for.
Would you say that most Japanese people view America favorably?
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 10:34:03 No. 496
>>487 No; most people are cordially ambivalent. I think people who actively dislike America are slightly more common or at least noisier than people who enthusiastically like America. But both groups are in the minority.
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 11:44:58 No. 497
>>487 There're several styles of onigiri.
In my house, triangle-shaped onigiri partially covered with Nori is popular,
and it doesn't need so much Nori.
I agree with no.496 and I also guess few Japanese are actively positive/negative.
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 12:26:56 No. 498
>>496 Bu..but Nippon
Funny because a great majority of younger Americans love Japan, not just the weeaboos.
Because of toonami on cartoon network, many kids grew up watching anime. This translated to a love of Japanese culture
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 12:59:07 No. 507
Rice crackers with nori are addicting.
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 13:22:45 No. 508
>>507 美味しいよね、PCの前で何かするときは結構お菓子として食べてる。
Yeah, when I do something sitting in front of my PC, I often have them for snack.
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 16:24:53 No. 513
>>507 >>508 俺は柿ピーや歌舞伎揚の方が好きだけどな
Anonymous 10/22/14 (Wed) 20:38:09 No. 516
>>513 勿論、柿ピーも好きだよ
Of course, I like Kaki-No-Tane as well.
Anonymous 10/23/14 (Thu) 19:32:54 No. 559
>>498 Eh, I'd say even before anime Japanese cinema got people to appreciate Japanese culture and history. Akira Kurosawa alone made a huge impression on american filmmakers.
Anonymous 10/24/14 (Fri) 19:03:01 No. 582
>>496 Of course people would think better of Canada, right?
Which reminds me, although unrelated, that when my dad would work overseas he wore a hat with a Canadian flag on it so people wouldn't think he was American and treat him badly.
Anonymous 10/25/14 (Sat) 10:44:17 No. 597
>>582 I think most people still don't care. Actually some people might not have heard of Canada. You are right that probably there are less people who hate Canada, though. But maybe some others just think it is the same as America.
Anonymous 10/25/14 (Sat) 13:32:18 No. 604
>>487 >view America favorably? I have to agree with
>>496 I am one of those who have ambvivalent feelings toward America. I think Japan is still under control of America, especially when it comes to politics.
On the other hand, I enjoy American movies and TVdrama.
I have no hard feelings toward American ppl except a few of them are too loud.
Anonymous 10/25/14 (Sat) 16:33:27 No. 612
>>559 I'm glad you mentioned the name.
Akira Kurosawa, known as "世界の黒澤”was one of the greatest film directors.
His creations(films) influenced many famous American movie directors, such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and so on.
Great guy, Great work.
Anonymous 10/25/14 (Sat) 17:17:28 No. 613
>>612 But he wasn't so successful in Japan, no?
Do you have a favourite work of his?
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 04:50:02 No. 626
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>613 He was reasonably successful.
It was not until his film "Rashomon" won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival that Japanese and world film makers recognized his quality.
My favorates are "Seven Samurai" and "Kagemusha"
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 05:10:08 No. 627
>>612 >His creations(films) You can say "his works" when you refer to art somebody makes.
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 06:31:10 No. 628
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 06:43:58 No. 629
>>628 Yes, you are right, I'm just giving you more options.
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 09:52:44 No. 635
>>628 Technically, of course, but "creations" has a bit of a pretentious or floral ring to it.
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 14:06:34 No. 651
Winter is coming soon.
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 14:19:37 No. 652
みかんｻｲｺｰ！！
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 14:47:35 No. 660
Anonymous 10/26/14 (Sun) 15:31:01 No. 665
>>652 Yes! It's delicious.
おいしいよね
>>660 Wow, you need to buy one.
It's going to be very cold soon.
こたつ買わないと
すぐに寒くなるよ
Anonymous 10/27/14 (Mon) 04:32:16 No. 688
>>665 置けるところは無いんで
ストーブも持ってない
寒くなったらカーテンを閉めてエアコンを使うしかない
今日は～２６だけどな
Anonymous 10/28/14 (Tue) 03:06:09 No. 719
>>688 Do you have a electric blanket?
Or 着る毛布(a blanket you can wear as a roomwear)will help.
If you live in northern part of Japan, it's pretty hard to get by in winter without kotatsu or a stove. Take care.
電気毛布は持ってる？ 着る毛布も役に立つよ。
もし北の方に住んでるのなら、炬燵やストーブなしで冬を過ごすのは厳しいよね。 気をつけて。
Anonymous 10/28/14 (Tue) 06:55:52 No. 721
>>719 まあ、東京だからそんなに寒くはならないだろう。
無理になったらストーブを買えるからね。
必要が無い限り、お金を遣いたくないだけだよ。
Anonymous 10/29/14 (Wed) 10:31:59 No. 747
鍋料理でホカホカ
Anonymous 10/29/14 (Wed) 12:16:51 No. 749
カニ鍋いいねぇー
Anonymous 10/30/14 (Thu) 22:24:26 No. 800
>>719 The idea of an electric blanket really is fascinating to me, does it really help that much against the cold?
Anonymous 10/31/14 (Fri) 00:48:33 No. 808
>>800 Yes it does.
You can put it underneath your bodylike a bedsheet, or you can use it like an ordinally blanket.
Either way it keeps you warm all night, and most of all it doesn't cost you much.
s4s guy 11/19/14 (Wed) 01:16:39 No. 1175
>>597 >Actually some people might not have heard of Canada. Canada BTFO?
Anonymous 11/29/14 (Sat) 02:57:19 No. 1243
How does one make that sticky rice for making nigirizushi is that the right word? ?
Anonymous 12/02/14 (Tue) 07:01:18 No. 1270
>>1243 What sort of rice are you using?
Short-grain rice is naturally sticky.
For sushi you cook the rice and then mix in vinegar and fan it, but that's not for stickiness.
Onigiri, for instance, are just rice, not sushi, and they stick fine.
Nigirizushi is a clump of sushi rice with some topping on it. Etymologically, nigiri-zushi, nigiru(V)+sushi(N). Nigiru means to grasp or to squeeze with the hands, so we have squeezed sushi, or sushi made by squeezing - the sushi rice is squeezed in to a clump between the palms.
Onigiri is just a nominalisation of the verb, so it literally means "hand-squeezed (thing)". Traditionally made by squeezing rice, maybe with filling or seasoning, between the palms. Though these days some people use other methods like plastic wrap or a cup.
Maybe you got these two mixed up; not sure.
But in any case it's the variety of rice, not the preparation, that is important.
Anonymous 12/03/14 (Wed) 20:34:05 No. 1275
>>1270 I actually haven't made any yet, so I guess I'll be using short-grain rice. My thinking was certainly off when I mentioned nigirizushi as I was under the impression that there was something special about the rice used in it, but regardless that is the dish I'd like to end up making. Thanks for the reply, you straightened things out for me!
Anonymous 12/20/14 (Sat) 08:19:08 No. 1398
Made some mitarashi dango earlier.
Anonymous 01/24/15 (Sat) 15:53:33 No. 1694
Japanse curry is nice, I make it like once a week. It's also very easy to make. Omurice is kind of hard ? It's hard to flip the omelet, I made shitty omurice lmao
Anonymous 03/02/15 (Mon) 16:49:52 No. 1847
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Foood :p