Namasu dressing

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Namasu なます vinegar dressing

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

namasu, 膾 , 鱠, なます
A kind of vinegar dressing. Mirin and sugar, lemon juice and a bit of salt ara also added to the mix. Sometimes the bones and cartilage of fish is also chopped finely.

Namasu is a kind of fish salad.


Do not mix the name with NAMAZU 鯰 なまず, the catfish.

Namazu and Daruma - The Catfish and Daruma
瓢箪、鯰とだるま...


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Recipe

basic, fat-free namasu vinegar dressing:

1 cup sugar
1 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon rind
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon mirin
1 tablespoon dried shrimp, rinsed and minced

Eggplant Namasu

Ogo Namasu
A few ogo (crispy seaweed)

Combine ingredients, cover and shake well. Store in refrigerator.
Read more:
source : 　www.recipe-idea.com

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HISTORY

Toward the end of the Yayoi period, the story of Iwakamutsukari no Mikoto, the first-ever kitchen chef, is told in the Nihon-shoki chronicles of Japan.

The 12th emperor, Emperor Keikou 景行天皇, visited Awa no miya 安房の浮宮 to pay his respects to the late imperial prince Yamato Takeru no Mikoto. There he was presented with a dish called

"Umugi no Namasu 白蛤の膾（うむぎのなます）"

(clams, or in some versions, abalone or katsuo bonito).　


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From our WASHOKU KIGO database


SPRING

Asatsuki namasu 胡葱膾 (あさつきなます)
Japanese chives namasu dressing
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Buna namasu 鮒膾 (ふななます)
crucian carp in namasu dressing, often with roe
buna no ko mabushi 鮒の子まぶし（ふなのこまぶし）
yamabuki namasu 山吹膾（やまぶきなます)
tataki namasu 叩き膾（たたきなます）
komori namasu 子守膾（こもりなます）,
komochi namasu 子持膾（こもちなます）
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SUMMER

Arai 洗膾 (あらい, 洗魚) "washing fish" for raw consumption
arai suzuki 洗鱸（あらいすずき）
arai tai 洗鯛（あらいたい）
arai koi 洗鯉（あらいこい）
"raw preparation", namazukuri生作り（いきづくり）

Ayu namasu 鮎膾 (あゆなます)

Oki namasu 沖膾 (おきなます)
segoshi namasu 背越膾（せごしなます）
aji no segoshi 鯵の背越（あじのせごし）


中食や鮒の洗膾をよきものに
chuushoku ya funa no arai o yoki mono ni

lunch !
raw crucian carp in vinegar
will do just fine

Oba Hakusuitaro, Ooba Hakusuitaroo 大場白水郎


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AUTUMN

Hizu namasu 氷頭膾 (ひずなます)
vinegared fish head namasu
A speciality of the Northern provinces of Japan. The head cartilage parts are especially chopped up for this.
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Kiku namasu 菊膾 (きくなます)
vinegar pickles of chrysanthemum blossoms


The Chrysanthemum is one of the typical flowers of Autumn in Japan.
Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)
Chrysanthemum Festival kiku matsuri (Japan)



Saki namasu 裂膾 (さきなます, 裂き膾)
"torn" vinegared sardins
They are not cut by a knife but are torn apart with the fingers.



Suzuki namasu 鱸膾 (すずきなます)
vinegared sea bass


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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way



source :　kirigakiri
old Imari porcelain 古伊万里膾皿

namasu sara 膾皿 plates to serve Namasu


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HAIKU


pickled chrysanthemum petals (kiku no namasu 菊の膾)


'While I was staying in Awazu, a tea ceremony master invited me and served vinegared chrysanthemum petals picked from the nearby beach'.

蝶も来て酢を吸ふ菊の膾哉
choo mo kite su o suu kiku no namasu kana

a butterfly also comes
to sip vinegar from namasu-pickled
chrysanthemum petals .
Tr. Gabi Greve


A butterfly comes also
To try the vinegared salad
Of chrysanthemum flowers.
Tr. Oseko



This hokku has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.

Written in autumn of 1690, 元禄3年晩秋.

MORE hokku about chrysanthemums by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

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source :　rurou_2005

又やたぐひ長良の川の鮎膾
mata ya tagui Nagara no kawa no ayu namasu

once again - this rare
pickled sweetfish
from river Nagaragawa
Tr. Gabi Greve

The cormorants from Nagaragawa fish for ayu sweetfish, and the humans eat them afterwards.
Basho was lucky to watch the famous cormorant fishers at work.

Written in summer of 1688 貞亨5年夏

Oi no Kobumi 笈の小文
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

MORE hokku of Basho about
. WKD : ukai 鵜飼 (うかい) cormorant fishing .

. WKD : Trout (ayu and masu) .

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木の下は汁もなますもさくらかな
. ki no moto ni shiru mo namasu mo sakura kana .
soup and fish namasu salad


MORE - hokku about food by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


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もてなしの　膳には旬の　鮒膾　　
motenashi no zen ni wa shun no buna namasu

on the delicate food tray
there is buna namasu
right for the season

Fukao Soshin 深尾素心
Tr. Gabi Greve

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鮒膾　瀬多の橋裏に　さす日かな　　
buna namasu Seta no hashiura ni sasu hi kana

buna namasu ...
behind the bridge of Seta
there is sunshine

Iida Dakotsu 飯田蛇笏
Tr. Gabi Greve

The bridge of Seta is also mentioned in haiku by Matsuo Basho.


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鮮膾や露泛べたる錫の鉢
sennamasu ya tsuyu ukibetaru suzu no hachi

fresh namasu fish -
dewdrops hover over
the tin pot

Aoki Getto 青木月斗


suzu no hachi 錫の鉢 (すずのはち) small pot of tin


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Related words

***** Vinegar (su)

***** Zen, Tray, Dinner tray, box tray (hako zen) ...


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