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Miso Flavored Grilled Rice Ball / おしゃれ味噌焼きおにぎり [Recipes, All Seasons 1年通]

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The days of extreme heat has gone !


What a relief !


Now the second best season of the year is visiting here.


That is autumn, the rice harvesting season.


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I love to see the rice field before harvesting.


The fields turn into the beds of golden yellow, the air is filled with the fragrance of the young grains !



I visited Akita prefecture, where I was born for the first time in 22 years.  


I had been wanting to visit there for years and kept thinking I would visit there in September if such an occasion comes.


Can you guess why ?


It is because the beautiful scene of the rice field and the fragrance of the rice grains are engraved in my memory.


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It was the day of one of my friend’s wedding.


I was looking out of the moving car, and the scene spread in front of me was specutacular and brought me to the dream world.  


When I made the decision that I would visit Akita this year, I asked her when her wedding anniversary is.


I never wanted to miss the most beautiful moment of the rice paddy field.   


She said it is September 23. 


I was going to adjust my schedule to this date.


But wait, it is the story of more than 40 years ago.


It was right that I enquired the farmer when the expected harvesting period is.  


The answer was it would be too late if I visited there after the middle of September.



My journey to my birth place was perfect !


Everyday the weather was fine, my physical condition was fine, and I could see


the beautiful scenery of the rice fields,


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the clear blue ocean with the white ripples coming in and out to the white sandy beach on a very quiet day without any people around me.


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the autumn wildflowers here and there.


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I even had an occasion to see the most splendid twilight that I’ve ever seen in my life one evening.


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The friend who offered me a stay invited our old friends for me one day.  


Can you imagine my surprise and happiness that I met them for the first time in half a century !  


All of us were naive young girls, but are now mature old ladies with wrinkles on our faces, but with high spirits.


How quickly time flies !


How fortunate I am !


 


Right !


Now I have to go to the recipe of this month.


It is a rice dish called “Yakionigiri”.


By the way, Akita is famous for good rice harvest and for its quality.  I think the climate makes it possible. 
I enjoyed this tasty Akita rice in every meal while I stayed there. 


You can make Yakionigiri with any short grain rice.


So try it as you need only a few ingredients for this simple recipe.


 


 


 

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