#rice ball

[nafixabae]

Those paws look like rice balls! 🥺🍚🐾

[mintchocolate]

チョコミントおむすび

[tomohirosibuyahappyanimals]

Ebi-ten Onigiri / えび天おにぎり / Shrimp Tempura Rice Ball

[anime-to-the-t]

[julieterbang]

onigiri_sensei

[jaeyuned]

^‿^ hoonie

[melonramune]

2025-05-18

[yoga-onion]

"Shio-ume (塩梅 = Salt plum)"?

Deciding, after all this time, to read more novels to strengthen my Japanese and expand my vocabulary, I scoured the books I had always wanted to read, especially my late father's bookshelves. Naturally, all I found were classic Japanese literature dating back to the pre-Showa period and even centuries earlier.

Two words that have been on my mind recently are ‘Salt plum (塩梅)’.

‘What... suddenly the salt plum...?’

A large red pickled plum with salt gushing out on the surface comes to mind for a moment. However, when reading a novel, the flow of the story is more important, so I seldom stop at a single word, whatever the language.

‘Anbai (塩梅 = just right)’? is this kind of kanji characters. ‘Eh, eh.’

The word means ‘salt and plum vinegar’, and in the days when there was no vinegar, the ume vinegar produced when pickled plums were used to season food. The word was derived from the fact that the taste was ‘It's just right’. 

However, this has been a challenge. The Japanese language is deep. Language is a useful tool for learning about a country's history and culture.

Anyway, I made and ate rice balls with salt plums with the seasonal new rice. Yum, Yum!

[Note: Umeboshi (salted ume-plums) are extremely sour and salty that will make saliva spread through your mouth with a sizzle if you are Japanese, just by reading the words or looking at the image.]

「しおうめ」？

今更ながら、日本語を強化し語彙を増やすためにもっと小説を読もうと思い、私はずっと読みたかった本、特に亡き父の本棚を漁った。当然のことながら、私が見つけたのは昭和以前、さらには数世紀前までさかのぼる古典的な日本文学ばかりだ。

近ごろ気になっていた単語が「塩梅」という２文字。

「えっ、いきなり塩梅って…なんだ…？」

塩が表面に噴き出し��大粒の赤い梅ぼしが１ケ、一瞬脳裏に浮かぶ。しかし、小説を読むときは、ストーリーの流れの方が重要なので、どんな言語であろうと、一語で立ち止まることはめったにない。

しかし、度々目にすると、流石に気になって調べた。

「あんばい」？ってこういう漢字なんだ。「え、えーっ」！

「塩と梅酢」という意味で、食酢がなかった時代に梅を漬けたときにできる梅酢を使って料理の味付けをしていたそうだ。その味が「良いあんばい」だったことが語源とのこと。良い考えだ！これからは余った梅酢は料理に使おう、と思った。体にも良さそうだ。

しかし、これには参った。日本語は奥が深い。言語とは、その国の歴史や文化を知る上で有効なツールだ。

ともあれ、旬の新米で梅干しおにぎりを作って食べた。うまいうまい！

[marshmallonkuribohs]

Ive been afraid to say this for some time, strictly because i fear retaliation but I cannot be a victim any longer.

For the past year or so my cat has been bullying me. Ever since i found this little kitten in a gutter walking home from work.

I haven’t know peace. she is driving me crazy

Send help

[pipythecat206]

drew more art with that Nikko Rull procreate brush. This time of my Fansnak Ricey. Gotta feel bad for the people who follow me for Patapon content seeing a Jelly Donut in their timeline.

oh and for those who enjoy Onigiri, hopefully this is accurate to the actual food item.

[eyegifs]

Spam and Kimchi onigiri (<3)

[linmeowcat14]

Winter Solstice Rice Balls.(Undertale Fanart)

*This year Winter Solstice illustration.🍡 *

Undertale by Tobyfox.

Undertale fanart by me.

[artsyevana]

I love that in Breath of the Wild, you can cook and eat delicious food to help you heal, and give you lots of benefits in the game (also, the food is very tempting to eat, LOL!😆). So I’ve been wanting to draw a Chibi Link eating rice balls, and getting full.😆

[atmeal012]

[anime-to-the-t]

The Daily Life of Master & Hatsune Miku/ マスターと初音ミクの日常が好きです。

[julieterbang]

eat.go_