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.
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.
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,
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.
the autumn wildflowers here and there.
I even had an occasion to see the most splendid twilight that I’ve ever seen in my life one evening.
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.