Onigiri wrappers had been secretly additionally onigiri holders this complete time.
Japan’s comfort retailer onigiri (rice balls) are arguably the world’s best snack. They’re handy, filling, wholesome, reasonably priced, and, most significantly of all, very tasty.
Nearly the one draw back is that they are often difficult to open, in the event you’re not used to the method. The commonest form for store-bought onigiri is a triangle, they usually have a uniquely layered wrapper that retains the seaweed separate from the rice (in order that the seaweed stays crisp) till you take away it. That implies that you must each tear open the wrapper and slide its sections off in the correct instructions/order. We’ve gone over this earlier than, however the correct technique is first to vertically tear the wrapper’s central strip…
…then slide the wrapper off of the underside two corners.
This may get the wrapper off with out squashing the onigiri or scattering items and items of torn seaweed in every single place.
However it turns on the market’s a good higher-level approach to deal with eradicating the wrapper, as shared by Zen-Noh (often known as the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Group’s Nationwide Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations). The steps are much like the orthodox course of defined above, however just a few intelligent tweaks create a really good further benefit, in that not solely are you able to cleanly take away the wrapper, you’ll be able to preserve your fingers/fingers clear as you eat too!
動画もおいておきます pic.twitter.com/6m7mlZxumM
— 全農広報部【公式】日本の食を味わう (@zennoh_food) October 11, 2024
As proven in Zen-Noh’s video instance above, step one is identical: vertically tear the wrapper’s central strip. You’re going to wish to ensure you preserve tearing all the best way round, too, in order that this strip fully separates from the remainder of the wrapper.
This may depart you with two separated triangular items of the wrapper on the decrease corners of the onigiri. Slide each of them off, however as a substitute of throwing the, away, flip them the wrong way up and place them again on the rice ball’s decrease corners. As a result of these triangular wrapper items are longer on one aspect than the opposite, turning them the wrong way up like this makes them overlap throughout the underside fringe of the onigiri and retains them from rising as excessive alongside the perimeters. In different phrases, you’ve simply turned the onigiri wrapping into an onigiri holder, so that you could maintain the rice ball by its wrapper as you eat it and preserve your fingers clear, since they’re not in direct contact together with your meals.
手を汚さないコンビニおにぎりの食べ方を知ってから、この食べ方をしたくてコンビニおにぎりを買ったりすることもあります
出かけたくなる心地いい気候には、おにぎりを携えて…ｽﾀｺﾗｻｯｻ pic.twitter.com/XiLT3ZtEDz— 全農広報部【公式】日本の食を味わう (@zennoh_food) October 11, 2024
Whereas it’s true that almost all onigiri aren’t notably messy to eat, there are some which have sauces or further juicy fillings, which Zen-Noh’s technique will assist preserve off of your fingers. One thing else that’s particularly good in regards to the thought is that, due to their straightforward portability, onigiri are sometimes eaten on the go or whereas doing outside actions resembling mountaineering. Ideally, you’d wish to wash your fingers earlier than and after you eat, however since lots of instances onigiri get eaten in locations the place there’s no sink round, Zen-Noh’s make-your-own-holder approach is good to know.
So thanks, Zen-Noh! We’ll file this one away in our reminiscences proper subsequent to your trick for making extra-fluffy pancakes.
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