Monday 5 March 2007
these were some of the obentos i made.
i was quite lazy to post them one by one, so i am posting the
pictures in one post.
i am going to graduate tomorrow, no obento tomorrow, and also today.
i am so nervous.
when i go to senior highschool, i need to make my obento, too. but earlier
than before.
march 1
top- rice with umeboshi on top, hard boiled eggs, tomato onion and spinach tsukemono
bottom- boiled potatoes, longonisa, philippine lumpia, weiner
march 2
top- rice with noritama furikake on top, beef, scrambled egg
bottom- kiwi, longonisa, fish
march 3
top- fish, philippine lumpia, broccoli, rice with ntf
bottom- broccoli, boiled potatoes, kiwi
march 5
top- rice with salmon and nori furikake, hotdogs, fish [ beneath the hotdogs ]
bottom- spaghetti, strawberries
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Monday 26 February 2007
prepared it overnight, then cooked it in the morning. it was easier than preparing everything in the morning.
todays bento consists of some left overs from yesterday, like the fried chicken and sausage.
yesterdays bento.
top... steamed potatoes, rice with salmon on top
bottom... sausages, ham strips, fried chicken
this is todays bento.
top... kiwi, tomato spinach with onions tsukemono, salmon
bottom... rice with umeboshi on top, fried chicken, lumpia [ philippine dish ], sausages
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Saturday 24 February 2007
about oisho-nyo
oishi-nyo is a blog, made by a 15 year old teenager named gem, thats me.
the main purpose of this blog is about obentos or japanese lunch boxes.
i am going to be a senior highschool student, and in most schools, there are
no meals that you can order and pay for.
i am going to post the obento meals i am going to make.
i am not sure, if i can make it every morning. because making an obento is
pretty hard.
so, what is an obento anyway?
obento
Bentō (弁当 or べんとう, Bentō?) is a single-portion takeout meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. While bento are readily available at convenience stores and bento shops (弁当屋, bentō-ya) throughout Japan, it is still considered an essential skill of a Japanese housewife to be able to prepare an appealing boxed lunch.
Bento can be very elaborate, aesthetically pleasing cuisine arrangements. Often the food is arranged in such a way as to resemble other objects: dolls, flowers, leaves, and so forth.
now you have known what an obento is, the next step is how to make one?
how to make a obento
A bento is traditionally made in a 4:3:2:1 ratio: 4 parts of rice, 3 parts of the side dish (either meat or fish), 2 parts of vegetables/fruits, and 1 part of a serving of pickled vegetables or a dessert. However, almost anything can be used to make a bento.
Several pre-cautions should be taken when making a bento. The most important thing is to avoid food poisoning, especially in summer. Foods should be cooked well and the bento must be stored in a cool, dry location. If sushi is a part of the bento, it should be prepared with more wasabi than normal. Foods covered with sauce should be carefully packed, or avoided altogether, as sauce may spill over on to the other foods. When cooked rice is a part of a bento, it should be cooled by leaving the bento open first. If a bento is closed before it is sufficiently cooled, the steam from the rice will condense inside the bento and make the food soggy.
source - wikipedia
it is pretty hard to make an appealing obento, and it takes a lot of time.
people who do not have much time to prepare in the morning, like me, can prepare the ingredients overnight and cook it in the morning.
you can cut the vegetables/fruits, then put it in the fridge and just put it inside the obento box in the morning.
what inspired me to make this blog is the site called cooking cute.
i am moved by how the web mistress makes her obentos so appealing, and cute.
if you have a bento blog, too you i can add you to my links.
just put the url in the tagboard.
it needs to be a obento blog or obento website.
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