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Japanese cooking has become very popular over the past decades. Food is an important part of Japanese culture, where it has been elevated to an art form, combining textures and colors to perfection. When properly plated, a Japanese dish should present an inviting picture.
This Japanese Cookbook uses typical Japanese ingredients that you should always have on hand, such as mirin, rice vinegar, sesame seeds, seaweed, and ginger. These ingredients make up the basis of many recipes in this Japanese Cookbook. It’s what makes Japanese cuisine so unique and delicious.
The recipes in this Japanese Cookbook are healthful as they use very little oil, just a dash of sesame seed oil for the occasional sautéing.
You’ll love preparing impressive sushi appetizers and flavorful broths that enhance any meal. The recipes in this Cookbook are perfect for family dinners and impressive when entertaining guests.

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  DarthAntz on 18/06/2020 - 09:33

  +7

  Our records show that you already have The Simple Art of Japanese Cooking: Everything You Need in a Japanese Cookbook on February 16, 2020.

  Good book! Havent read it.

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    mangobango on 18/06/2020 - 10:16

    Was trying to work out why I couldn't claim this, turns out I already did as well but on Feb 17th lol

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  INFIDEL on 18/06/2020 - 10:00

  Thanks. With recipes for my favourites like Okonomiyaki, Gyoza, Chicken Katsu - will get me cooking👍

  Have usually associated Japanese food as pretty healthy - as shown in this ebook. I lose weight on my longer visits!

  Recently bought local Japanese restaurant's Frozen Japanese Premium Curry Sauce with Wagyu Beef (3 serve 790g catering pack) $11.88 @Hanaichi - delicious😋
  But then read the label… 33.7% (13.2% saturated) fat! Will be eating small serves with lots of rice🍛
  There's a recipe for Japanese Beef Curry. Now to make my own!

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    crentist on 18/06/2020 - 11:27

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    Have usually associated Japanese food as pretty healthy - as shown in this ebook. I lose weight on my longer visits!

    I think it’s largely because they have smaller portion sizes, and more options that aren’t loaded with oil, urban/tourist life gets people moving around more. All adds up to eating and doing a variety of healthy things, instead of bringing home KFC buckets and flopping on the couch.
    Curries and ramen will still pack on weight if you aren’t careful.

    But you’re right, it’s a good place for losing weight. Been living there for 3 years, best shape of my life, even while eating out every single meal.

    Back in Aus for quarantine, scared to check the scales now.

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      INFIDEL on 18/06/2020 - 11:56

      Love Japan, so I find I am so interested & distracted I forget to eat.
      Enjoy walking in the mountains & hitchhiking in the rural areas. The physical activity burns off the energy from those small meal portions.

      I rarely eat curry rice there - there are so many tastier treats. But good Ramen is a favourite.

      Used to weigh myself (naked) at Onsen & Sento - regularly losing 1kg each week! It's the only country I've been where that happens.

      Isolation / sedentary life here lacks distraction, stimulation, & reason for exercise - so an ideal place to put on weight😢

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  naira on 18/06/2020 - 10:16

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  Thanks OP. This one has pictures so I know what it looks like.

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  crepuscular on 18/06/2020 - 10:30

  +1

  over simplified book, it takes more than just a few line to explain to how to cook Tempura, it takes a professional chef 10 minutes to explain it in a video. https://youtu.be/ulqOKya7SVQ

  and what the heck is Tamago Egg Sushi? Tamago means egg already, the correct term is だし巻き卵 Dashimakitamago, or 玉子焼き Tamagoyaki.
  - Dashi means fish stock, traditional Japanese cooking never use Fish sauce, that's a Cantonese cooking sauce.
  - Maki means rolled
  - Tamago means egg.
  https://youtu.be/qLlLvhbivPs
  Making Dashimakitamago itself is an art own its own that takes a lot of patience and practice, the perfect Dashimakitamago is without air pockets in each layer, which is very difficult.
  There's no direction on making the vinegared rice; step 3 should move to last, and you wrap the strip of seaweed around the nigiri

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    orly on 18/06/2020 - 10:32

    +3

    But how do you really feel?

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      crepuscular on 18/06/2020 - 12:06

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      Rather offended by what's written in the 'cookbook'

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    kale chips suck on 18/06/2020 - 11:45

    +4

    Have a look at the collection of books written by the same author: everything from how to clean your house properly to … well, just have a look.

    https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AAlice+Wate…

    She's just pumping them out which, to my mind at least, calls into question what expertise she actually has in the many and various subjects she's written about. A cynic might suggest she's just gaming the Amazon ranking system….

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      orly on 18/06/2020 - 15:50

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      Everything else besides the one cleaning book that she's written is to do with food, so not sure what's wrong with that? Yes, she's probably trying to increase her ranking by allowing free downloads, but you have to initially at least to build up a base.

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        kale chips suck on 18/06/2020 - 17:38

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        The problem is that the quality is crap. These aren't books published by an actual, legit, publisher. They are self published verbiage. It's not just her, there are a lot of people doing it. They produce guff and package it as an ebook.

        It's basically the amazon ebook version of the swarm of crap courses on udemy. They proliferate and devalue the platform because they're at best dubious. Like in this case, as explained by crepuscular.

        If this book about Japanese cooking was written by someone who actually knew anything about Japanese cooking then they'd likely not make the seemingly foundational mistakes crep identifies.

        So, that's what wrong with that. In my opinion anyway.

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    INFIDEL on 18/06/2020 - 16:38

    over simplified Quite common fault with these basic ebooks. But it's free!

    It's not designed to make us experts in Japanese food. The results may not be up to basic Japanese standards, but good enough to try out & feed the family. A starting point.
    Plenty of additional help online.

    Unless people are used to Japanese food, it won't matter for most - as long as it tastes good. I've eaten at "Japanese" restaurants here that substituted Chinese, Korean & local ingredients. Certainly not authentic! But the customers didn't seem to mind as it was tasty & cheap. I was disappointed.

    This ebook is not a guide to Japanese language or food names in Japan!
    "Tamago Egg Sushi" is a name used outside Japan & online. Same as some common Japanese food names used in Australia are not to be found in Japan. It's a regional variation in the name. (Similar to "Singapore Noodles" are not on the menu in Singapore.)

    It's just a quick guide to some Japanese style dishes, not expert knowledge. With Japanese cooking - even simple procedures often take years to perfect.

    Most people don't have years to produce 1 meal!!

    (I've had a Japanese woman take an orange away from me because I wasn't peeling it in the Japanese way! It can be quite obsessive!!)

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      Dentshop on 18/06/2020 - 18:15

      +1

      I took a cherry from a Japanese lady - and boy did she end up obsessive…

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  CC123 on 18/06/2020 - 21:35

  +1

  Thanks op!