I Made Onigiri! And Rice! SHOKKU!

[mousapelli]

I got onigiri directions from this site and the recipe for the marinade for the salmon from here, and decided to just give it a shot!

First of all, cooking rice for real? Is a huge fucking production. There's like rinsing and waiting and turning heat up and down, and oh god are we buying a rice cooker tomorrow, cause I ain't never doing that shit ever again.

But this does explain why up until now i have never, ever made successful rice.

I R Ballin after you smoosh the rice against your palm, you make a big dent or curl your hand so that you have a notch for the stuff to sit in. there's kind of a fine line between not enough filling and way too much, though.

Mouses Like Playing With Their Food Then you stick some more rice on top and smoosh it more! This was so my favorite part, because i am all about touching the food. my mom is like "STOP TOUCHING THE MEATLOAF SO MUCH" and i am like "nooooo i wanna squish it with my fingerssssss" and that is what onigiri is all about.

My Onigiri It Has Three Corners I so figured this out in like a try and a half. Finally! Something my pudgy little hands are perfect at! Squishing triangular balls of rice!

I Can Has Onigiri?

Just like mom used to make...i mean, like you bought it in the combini...


In conclusion: SO. GOOD. the salmon thing was totally awesome on its own, and in the rice balls with the crunchy nori, i really couldn't have done any better *PROUD*

Comments

[sbbo.livejournal.com]

The one great cooking talent my mother taught me was how to cook rice without a steamer. Which isn't to say there is anything wrong with using a steamer. It's hella-easier that way. But when my steamer breaks? I can still have food.

This is, of course, assuming I will return to cooking. I haven't made my own food in about six months. Horrible...

I cannot remember what I last made, it was something my boyfriend had eaten in Japan. Okonomiyaki? I'm pretty sure that's what it was. And talk about turning things up and then down etc. It was a production and a half. But delicious.