Comments on: One of Japanese Summer`s Representative Veggies, NASU (eggplant) Is Versatile,Tasty, Culturally Significant, AND Has Beautiful Flowers http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/07/one-of-japanese-summers-representative-veggies-nasu-eggplant-is-versatiletasty-culturally-signinficant-and-it-has-beautiful-flowers/ A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:35 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Nora http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/07/one-of-japanese-summers-representative-veggies-nasu-eggplant-is-versatiletasty-culturally-signinficant-and-it-has-beautiful-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-31329 Nora Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:06:10 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=4743#comment-31329 And what a MYSTERY of colors and shapes can be the 'nasu'! ;)) Lucky for this valuable article! This evening I started cooking them only in improvisational combination like (almost) always I do. Theses first of the season eggplants from one melon farm near the Kashima where melted with success in 'miso' paste. On the way I catch a fast look in small shop of 'kimuchi', where had some other pickles exposed to taste. The new one for me was - if I'm not wrong in the original preparation - steemed nasu in miso paste with 'oshimugi'. One week after, here my recipe for nasu-miso napped on the 'oshimugi'. Cooked in separately dishes and associated on the table: In pressure cooker some already midway steamed beans are mixed with the 'oshimugi' and slides of sweets potatoes. Put some herbs like savory or rosemary. On the second; fried slides of 'nasu' can be cherish with Indian spices ( pepper, curry or other), then make some steemed mix with fresh mushrooms, paprika and garlic and dissolve de miso paste altogether... Finally, don't hesitate to ameliorate your appetite with Bacon and Parmesan dried flakes on the served two dishes...Itadakimass;)! To try c-o-o-ler without steam -the same advice will be for all others Bulgarian eggplant's dishes. Every summer, the Special my Mother's one seems like accosted barks with full cargo of vegetables colors, GOLD-ed with lot of cheese after 30-40 minutes of nap in the oven all halves of 'nasu' altogether float in the tomato juicy sauce...Unforgettable!)) And what a MYSTERY of colors and shapes can be the ‘nasu’!
;)) Lucky for this valuable article!
This evening I started cooking them only in improvisational combination like (almost) always I do.
Theses first of the season eggplants from one melon farm near the Kashima where melted with success in ‘miso’ paste. On the way I catch a fast look in small shop of ‘kimuchi’, where had some other pickles exposed to taste. The new one for me was – if I’m not wrong in the original preparation – steemed nasu in miso paste with ‘oshimugi’.
One week after, here my recipe for nasu-miso napped on the ‘oshimugi’. Cooked in separately dishes and associated on the table:
In pressure cooker some already midway steamed beans are mixed with the ‘oshimugi’ and slides of sweets potatoes. Put some herbs like savory or rosemary.
On the second; fried slides of ‘nasu’ can be cherish with Indian spices ( pepper, curry or other), then make some steemed mix with fresh mushrooms, paprika and garlic and dissolve de miso paste altogether…
Finally, don’t hesitate to ameliorate your appetite with Bacon and Parmesan dried flakes on the served two dishes…Itadakimass;)!
To try c-o-o-ler without steam -the same advice will be for all others Bulgarian eggplant’s dishes.
Every summer, the Special my Mother’s one seems like accosted barks with full cargo of vegetables colors, GOLD-ed with lot of cheese after 30-40 minutes of nap in the oven all halves of ‘nasu’ altogether float in the tomato juicy sauce…Unforgettable!))

]]> By: Sumiko http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/07/one-of-japanese-summers-representative-veggies-nasu-eggplant-is-versatiletasty-culturally-signinficant-and-it-has-beautiful-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-31248 Sumiko Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:09:16 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=4743#comment-31248 Some weeks ago,I bought one young plant of an eggplant. People say Nasuni mudabanawanai（Eggplants bloom in vein?)But four flowers already fell down with stems. Now only one set well! Your essay always reminds me of something I've forgotten! Some weeks ago,I bought one young plant of an eggplant. People say Nasuni mudabanawanai（Eggplants bloom in vein?)But four flowers already fell down with stems. Now only one set well!
Your essay always reminds me of something I’ve forgotten!

]]> By: Eiji http://blog.alientimes.org/2009/07/one-of-japanese-summers-representative-veggies-nasu-eggplant-is-versatiletasty-culturally-signinficant-and-it-has-beautiful-flowers/comment-page-1/#comment-31233 Eiji Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:56:18 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=4743#comment-31233 Hi Avi Let me add one more folk belief. "Nasu detoxifies poisonous mushrooms if they cook together" It is true that nasu has long been belived to have some curing effects; in fact, carbonized-nasu toothpastes, which are credited with mitigating periodontal disease, are still available in big drugstores. As to this folk belief about the mushroom, however, you can't take it even with a grain of salt! Hi Avi

Let me add one more folk belief.
“Nasu detoxifies poisonous mushrooms if they cook together”
It is true that nasu has long been belived to have some curing effects; in fact, carbonized-nasu toothpastes, which are credited with mitigating periodontal disease, are still available in big drugstores. As to this folk belief about the mushroom, however, you can’t take it even with a grain of salt!

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