It goes good with beer (then again, what doesn’t match well with beer?).One thing great about cultures of the world is that each has it’s own set of foods, and usually there are some that haven’t quite become popular outside that country.įor Japan, the wide variety of fish products and the many ways they can be used in cooking is very unique. It does have that strong seafood taste and texture, but it’s not as bad as you would imagine. Yum! There are a few types of shiokara, but the most common one is made from squid.Īs gross as it sounds, it actually is pretty good. Shiokara is basically squid or fish marinating in its own guts. If that doesn’t make you hungry I don’t know what would. The raw viscera are mixed with about 10% salt, 30% malted rice, packed in a closed container, and fermented for up to a month.” “ Shiokara is a food in Japanese cuisine made from various marine animals that consists of small pieces of meat in a brown viscous paste of the animal’s heavily salted, fermented viscera. Shiokara (Marine Animal in Guts/Viscera)Ĭheck out this wonderful definition of shiokara on Wikipedia. Apparently that grenade was a dud, because I walked away with no injuries (or explosive diarrhea).ġ0. It had a good texture and it tasted fresh. So I decided to pull the pin on that salmonella grenade.
#Fugu and natto plus#
Plus I looked over to the table next to us and a group of salary men who were eating the same dish. I understood.īut there was a whole plate of chicken, and I really hate wasting food.
The person I was with absolutely refused to eat any of it. So when I’m served something raw, I can’t help but to think that this place probably doesn’t have the best quality food products. Most izakayas are filled with loud, drunk people, cigarette smoke, and simple, cheap food. Now an izakaya is usually not a classy place. And 10 minutes later, we were served a plate of raw chicken slices with a dipping sauce. She said something in Japanese that he probably didn’t understand completely, but said yes to it anyway. He asked the waitress for her recommendations for a chicken dish. I was with someone who tried to order a chicken dish in an izakaya in Japan. If you want to hear about a personal experience eating shirako for the first time, check out this page (rated R). Although I did “swallow” if you know what I mean. Eaten raw or grilled, it tastes a little like cream…not sure if that is good or bad. There are several species of fish sperm that is eaten in Japan, but the most prized is the fish milt from fugu (puffer fish, # 8 on this list). Do fish even have testicles? I don’t know but shirako sure looks like a pair of cajones. Or is it fish seed? Fish love sauce? I’m not sure but whatever it is, it comes in its own sack. Shirako is one part of a fish I never thought about. The fish guts, fish tails, fish eyes…they’ll eat it all. Someone once told me that people in Japan don’t waste any part of a fish. You probably can find this in places like Tokyo, but I saw inago being sold in supermarkets in Nagano prefecture. But if there was nothing else, I just might have a helping of inago. If I opened up my fridge and all that was in there was a week old pizza or these tasty locusts….I would probably still eat the pizza.
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