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March 20: Cooking Class for Men (No.6) - "Inari-sushi"
by Mie

The weather suddenly turned to winter today. My husband Ken drove out for the last day of the Class part-1. I was waiting in home with not-so-much-expectation.

"Hey, I will prepare 'Inari-sushi' dish (flavored boiled rice wrapped in fried bean curd) today for you!" He didn't forget to buy a pack of fried bean curd, fillets of mackerel, and other items to be used in today's challenge.

"Well, what I have to do first is to dip rice with water and to boil the bean curds. A piece of kelp and sweet sake should be added to rice, and the curds have to be boiled to remove the excess grease. Next, the curds will be simmered with sugar and salt until the taste of them is soaked well into the curds." He explains with confidence.

　　　　

"Are you ready to prepare special vinegar to be added to the cooked rice?" I asked him nervously. "Trust me, here you are." Now the rice has cooked over. He turned it into a wooden pan and pour the special vinegar on it. "The key of this process is, " he explains, "to cover the rice with a wet cloth and leave it for 30 seconds." Then he mixed the vinegar with rice in a cutting-like way. He has to cool the rice quickly with a round fan. Then he packs the rice into the curd beans. Well, he can do it skillfully. I can wait with a relief.

Clear soup is ready to boil, and the table setting is also finished. Now, let's fry the fillets of mackerel. The dishes are already set aside to eat "just fried-up fillets. He carefully watches around for serving.

Here we go! A special item, that was not included in his original recipe, "boiled-up-to -dry" potato was added on the dish. The flavor sauce sprayed on the fried mackerel was very tasty. The taste of Inari-sushi was also fine, not too sweet. After toasting, he prepared a clear soup of tofu and fresh crown daisy picked up from the kitchen garden.

That's the final course of the Class of the part-1 all over. His skill has been improved so much that I don't feel a great suspension this time. He said he has applied the part-2 today. I hope I can enjoy his cooking.

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March 20: Cooking Class for Men (No.6) - "Inari-sushi" by Mie
The weather suddenly turned to winter today. My husband Ken drove out for the last day of the Class part-1. I was waiting in home with not-so-much-expectation.
	"Hey, I will prepare 'Inari-sushi' dish (flavored boiled rice wrapped in fried bean curd) today for you!" He didn't forget to buy a pack of fried bean curd, fillets of mackerel, and other items to be used in today's challenge. "Well, what I have to do first is to dip rice with water and to boil the bean curds. A piece of kelp and sweet sake should be added to rice, and the curds have to be boiled to remove the excess grease. Next, the curds will be simmered with sugar and salt until the taste of them is soaked well into the curds." He explains with confidence.
"Are you ready to prepare special vinegar to be added to the cooked rice?" I asked him nervously. "Trust me, here you are." Now the rice has cooked over. He turned it into a wooden pan and pour the special vinegar on it. "The key of this process is, " he explains, "to cover the rice with a wet cloth and leave it for 30 seconds." Then he mixed the vinegar with rice in a cutting-like way. He has to cool the rice quickly with a round fan. Then he packs the rice into the curd beans. Well, he can do it skillfully. I can wait with a relief.
	Clear soup is ready to boil, and the table setting is also finished. Now, let's fry the fillets of mackerel. The dishes are already set aside to eat "just fried-up fillets. He carefully watches around for serving.
	Here we go! A special item, that was not included in his original recipe, "boiled-up-to -dry" potato was added on the dish. The flavor sauce sprayed on the fried mackerel was very tasty. The taste of Inari-sushi was also fine, not too sweet. After toasting, he prepared a clear soup of tofu and fresh crown daisy picked up from the kitchen garden. That's the final course of the Class of the part-1 all over. His skill has been improved so much that I don't feel a great suspension this time. He said he has applied the part-2 today. I hope I can enjoy his cooking.