Cookbook:Cuisine of Japan

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Recipes

Rice (ご飯 gohan) Short-grain white rice.

Noodles (麺 men)

Soup (汁物 shirumono)

Bento (お弁当 obentô) Box lunches.

Sweets & Dessert (お菓子 okashi)

Simmered dishes (煮物 nimono)

Grilled dishes (焼き物 yakimono)

Deep-fried dishes (揚げ物 agemono)

Steamed dishes (蒸し物 mushimono)

One-pot dishes (鍋物 nabemono)

Vegetable dishes (野菜 yasai)

New Year Special Dishes (おせち料理 osechiryori)


Japanized versions of other cuisines

About Japanese food

The word Gohan (御飯) means rice but because rice is the staple diet of the Japanese, it also means meal and applies to all food.

Meal

A typical Japanese meal consists of:

Custom

Before eating, Japanese put their hands together as if in prayer and say Itadakimasu (頂きます). This is a polite phrase meaning "I receive (this food with thanks)".

After eating, both hands are put together as before and Gochisousama deshita (御馳走様でした) is said. This is another polite phrase meaning "That was a feast"

Eating

When eating a traditional Japanese meal, the usual order is as follows:

This order is then repeated.

Vegetarians and Japanese Food

On the surface, Japanese food might seem very friendly for vegetarians. Indeed, its extensive use of vegetables clearly makes it quite healthy. However, fish is an important ingredient in almost all Japanese dishes, even when it's not immediately apparent. Japanese cooking employs dried fish products shaved on the top of many foods, but most problematic for vegetarians is dashi, a broth made of dried bonito fish that is used extensively through the cuisine. This stock appears in many foods that would otherwise appear vegetarian, such as miso soup. Although miso is made of a fermented soybean paste, it is traditionally added to a dashi base, and it's almost impossible to find miso soup at a restaurant in Japan that does not contain dashi. Similarly, other foods such as tamago-zushi (egg custard sushi), which many ovo-vegetarians would enjoy, also generally contains dashi broth.

History of Japanese Cuisine and Cookbooks

Ancient times

Nara cooking

Heian cooking

Kamakura cooking

Muromachi cooking

Edo cooking

Meiji cooking

Localized foreign meals


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