The time has come for soul food at the HOKUSHIN area of SHINSHU. It’s TAKENOKO-JIRU, where TAKENOKO is a bamboo-shoot and JIRU (or SHIRU) is a soup.
TAKENOKO-JIRU is a kind of miso soup by simmering young shoots of NEMAGARIDAKE bamboo and canned mackerel together. Some families cook to bind them with eggs. Each family cooks in the special way and enjoys its own dish.
The NEMAGARIDAKE this year are from SHINANO-MACHI, located in the north of the HKUSHIN area. They have only just started appearing on the market, so they still are a little thin and small, aren’t they?
That said, the TAKENOKO-JIRU has a unique local flavor! You can join it only here and at this time of year. 😋
