4.8.10

Loach soup-to-be

Here's the latest catch of loaches from the rice field waterways, skillfully undertaken by our neighbour, S-san. They look almost pretty when they're swimming around in the water, but S-san insisted on putting them into the basket for the photo. Unfortunate because they kind of froth up in that kind of situation! The basket, by the way, was also made by S-san.

4 comments:

  1. Goodness, I've never seen these before! Do they taste good?

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  2. Well...I think they must be an acquired taste, and I'm definitely not there yet! I've only ever eaten them cooked by our neighbour, and he puts them in a bucket of oil so they drink it and get full of oil, then kills them with sake, then cooks them up into a soup with soy sauce, egg and garlic chives. The dreaded dojyo-jiru! It's not really my thing, but he's always so proud of it, it's impossible to say no...! There aren't many around anymore because most of the waterways around the rice fields are lined with cement these days, so they're actually quite special. I wonder if he should be catching them at all...?

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  3. Hmmm, doesn't sound very appetising! I just looked them up on wikipedia, and apparently they produce a mucus that can keep them alive out of water!

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  4. Whoa, that's impressive, but pretty gross if you're thinking about eating them! Yuk!!

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