Local Foods of Shiga Prefecture

[torakris]

Honestly I can't think of anything from Shiga except for funazushi, the crucian carp that is fermented for years (yes, YEARS) before being eaten.

I have never tasted this....

more information on funazushi can be found over here:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...89entry802789

[torakris]

here is a nice picture of how funazushi could be served:

http://my.reset.jp/~hjtani/makinobunka/con...erial/aji01.jpg

it is sometimes also made into a circle:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~temubin/funazushi.gif

[Hiroyuki]

According to one site, good funazushi smells like cheese. According to another, funazushi smells like Camembert cheese. Hm... Sorry, I'm not much of an adventurous eater.

This thread has finally entered the Kansai (Kinki) area. I hope that Kansai-based members contribute more to this thread from now on.

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Just wanted to add that Keiko-san speaks highly of your work here on her bulletin board

http://www.kitada.com/keiko/cgi-bin/keiji.cgi

(Read the last paragraph of post #174.)

Edited January 4, 2005 by Hiroyuki (log)

[torakris]

forgot about Omi beef!

Omi beef is one of the top 3 "brand name" beef along with Kobe and Matsuzaka. Omi is the former name of the area around lake Biwa, today's Shiga prefecture.

http://www.pref.shiga.jp/kanko/mika-be.htm

[Kiem Hwa]

A link discussing the foods of Shiga:

http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_e/syoku/umiyama/shiga01.html

They discuss:

-high quality "Omi rice"

-Funa zushi

-other Lake Biwa fish including ayu and willow minow

-amenoio gohan (Biwa trout with rice), served with freshwater clam soup, pickled fish and pickled vegetables.

[Kiem Hwa]

A link discussing foods of the Kansai region inclusing Shiga:

http://www.kansai.gr.jp/KansaiWindowhtml/C...ryCode_002.html

The list from Shiga includes:

-Lake Biwa Trout Rice

-Salty Grilled Ayu fish

-Omi Beef Sukiyaki

-Mallard Nabe

-Boiled Carp

-Konnyaku Dishes

-Saba-zushi

-Corbicula Clam from Lake Biwa, called Seta Shijimi, is very unique with more fat than other shijimi clams.

-Matsutake Rice - rice cooked with matsutake mushrooms, commin in many sites in Shiga Prefecture, including Shigaraki area and Mt. Mikami, which is also known as Matsutake Mountain.

-Charcoal-Grilled Gudgeon -(Hon Moroko) which is indigenous to Lake Biwa