Girls Day Celebration: Chirashi Sushi
February 27, 2011
Tomorrow, March 3rd is the girls celebration day, or “hina-matsuri”, in Japan. It is also called “momo-no-sekku” which means peach festival, as this is the time when peach flowers are in bloom. So March 3rd is really a day to celebrate girls and early spring together. For girls celebration, we display a set of dolls in the traditional wedding setting. There are a groom and a bride on the top shelf and under them, there are usually three maids that serve foods and drinks, a band of five boys who each play a traditional Japanese instrument, a few guards, furniture and wedding gifts, etc. The idea that the wedding is the symbol of girls celebration seems a bit old now (lol), but I cherish the memories that every year my mother, my sister, and I would take the beautiful and delicate dolls out of boxes and set them with a great care on the shelves.
Chirashi sushi is a popular dish for the girls celebration day. I wanted to make mine colorful and pretty. How did I do?
Girls celebration chirashi sushi: sushi rice (Japanese rice, vinegar, sugar, salt), egg (sugar, salt, milk), boiled shrimp, marinated radish slices, lotus root, pea shoots, fish eggs (tobiko), (pork/soy sauce/sugar), seaweed
Click here for recipe information.
桃の節句、ちらし寿司
２０１１年２月２７日
桃の節句。
毎年母と姉と一緒に、雛人形を出していたのを思い出す。
うちの雛人形は伝統的なもの。
花嫁さんと花婿さんがとっても気品ある顔をしているのがいつも自慢だった（笑）。
アメリカは雛人形はないけれど、桃の節句にあわせてちらし寿司は作ってみたよ。
茹で海老、れんこん、酢漬けラディッシュ、卵、とびこ、貝割れ（みたいなの）、甘く炒めた豚肉とれんこん（下写真）、海苔入り。
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