Our Spring Taste;

*Cooked Bamboo shoot; our favorite spring taste*

Sorry that my old friend may remember my old post about this dish. About a week ago, awaited annual gift of spring taste from my next-neighbor arrived. Wife of the family has parents who are semi-agricultural and lives mountain side.  Its season starts from April and we can enjoy them until May. My blog friend taught me that one of the highest fiber content vegetable. So it help us to keep cholesterol levels. I wonder if mine suits my friends' taste in western country.

Ones sold at the stores are a little bit expensive, 

we were blessed with the precious and delectable spring gift. 

This was my late brother's favorite dish too and  I remember his happy face when he came to have them or pick them. We have superstition that Life is prolonged for 75 days when we eat firstling of the season"       I wish to believe it p;)

         Linking this post to "Thursday Favorite Thing"

Cooked Bamboo shoot ♪

My Husband's favorite food, "Cooked Bamboo shoot" 
Tasty and seasonal gift form our next door neighbor. Young wife of the family has parents who are semi-agricultural and lives mountain side. I am not sure if you have a custom eating them in the western culture. I was a bit surprised because they were given earlier than the usual year. Its season starts from April and we can enjoy them until May. Boars love them as well and sometimes fresh shoots are sadly eaten by them. My late brother really loved the food and whenever I called him that I cooked them; he gladly rushed to pick them. 

We cannot see them in the stores yet and getting a bit expensive, we were blessed with the early precious gift. 

As they were the early harvest, they were smaller than they look.

I was surprised that hubby did the stripping job, haha 

Parboil them with a bit of rice bran to remove dirt

Simmer them about 10 minutes with soup stock soup, cooking liquor, sugar, soybean source

And the blackish square thing is "dried kelp", which use them for Japanese dish to help them more tasty 

Freshly dug ones are really soft and yummy, (for us hehe)

We sure could enjoy the taste of the season yesterday. And we have a saying that "Life is prolonged for 75 days when I eat a firstling" 

With my age, 75 days are really precious, p;)