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The taste of 75 spring, "bamboo shoots"

[Asunaro] April 30, 2018 09:00

Bamboo shoots are the first delicious food at this time.

It's a bamboo shoot, so it's called a bamboo shoot.

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 Because it grows into bamboo in just ten days after the buds emerge.

Using "season", which means ten days, it is also written as "bamboo shoots".

You can get flavorful raw bamboo shoots.

It's about ten days at this time. 。 。


 In the old days, it was called "Gokutake" and was not suitable for food.

Moso bamboo was introduced from China during the Edo period, and the bamboo shoots were used.

It is soft and less bitter, so you can eat it as you like.

I did it.

"The first 75 days," he said.

It is one of the tastes of spring that you definitely want to taste.


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