I am a native Japanese speaker who used to teach Japanese in a university somewhere on this planet. Currently I don't work but stayed in my house in Northern part of JAPAN. I hope that you could enjoy reading my posts and know what life in Japan is like.
They are almost a kind of weeds in my garden, but “Shiso” is growing many places. They are now having seeds.
And people around here like marinated shiso seeds with soy sauce very much. I decided making it this time. I gathered seeds from green and purple Shiso, and got the amount of one bowl of metal colander.
I removed seeds from the stem by my finger, one by one.
I got 132 grams of seeds. Of course, the weight of container is deducted.
I put salt on them. I tried putting salt of 10 percent of Seed’s weight.
Next day, I washed the seeds and marinated with soy sauce.
Putting them on top of Rice, and I ate it. I felt it was like a taste of autumn season.
Shiso is a plant that is often used in Japanese food. We like its color and flavor. There are two types with purple and green leaves. I don’t grow them, but purple and green Shiso are in my garden as weeds. Today, I picked up some seeds and pickled them with soy sauce.
Green Shiso, it’s just a weed in my gardenShiso Seeds with stems. It is easy to take them off from the stem using your fingers.I poured Soy sauce into the BottleSoy sauce is too much. But I can use this extra soy sauce for seasoning of other food
By the way, the following is an episode when my grandma on father’s side died. She was a mother of five sons. After the funeral, people shared her relics. To do that, sons’ wives took what they wanted in the order from the first son, second, third, fourth, and fifth. My father was the third son. When my mother’s turn came, the first son’s wife and the second son’s wife had already taken valuable relics. Only “Shiso seeds pickled in soy sauce” remained there. So, my mother took it. I don’t know what the fourth and fifth wives got, but anyway, shiso seeds are not valuable stuff at all.
I confirmed this episode at the supper tonight. My mother said that she has a different personality from the first and second sons’ wives, so she didn’t care at all.
Today I made it. I will wait two or three days to make the taste better. Surely I will eat it putting on a white and hot rice.
