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.
They’re appearing earlier this year. When I found them at the supermarket, there were only two bags left. I managed to snag one! It seems like other wild vegetables are also arriving much earlier than usual.
