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Oct 17, 2006 11:29:56 GMT -5
Post by Saiaiko on Oct 17, 2006 11:29:56 GMT -5
Greetings all,
While I have cut back in going to events (due to school), I've decided to keep my hand in with a few A & S projects... the latest including the brewing of sake. The method that seems the simplest and most fun is the Virgin-Chewing-and-Spitting method used to make ceremonial sake at the Shrine at Ise (ref: Cambridge World History of Food). I've got the container to brew it in, and a source for the koji (aperigillis). Any thoughts on the type of rice that should be used? As well, I am having a hard time finding virgins around here.
~ Saiaiko
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Oct 17, 2006 21:52:22 GMT -5
Post by solveig on Oct 17, 2006 21:52:22 GMT -5
Saiaiko Hime!
Greetings from Solveig! We discussed this already. You know at least three virgins one of whom is even local to you. Incidentally, if you are using virgins, then you can probably dispense with the aspergilis and possibloy even the yeast. I suggest making a batch using commercial aspergilis and yeat for the squeemish. As for the rice, it depends I suppose on exactly what you want to recreate, however I would probably suggest using sweet rice if you can find it. Of course, if you were to show up here, we could flip through a few of my books and see if we can find some serious documentation.
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Oct 19, 2006 15:08:04 GMT -5
Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on Oct 19, 2006 15:08:04 GMT -5
You know at least three virgins one of whom is even local to you. Wise of you not to divulge their names. That's always a problem. Virgins are a single-use item. (being silly)
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Oct 19, 2006 17:32:17 GMT -5
Post by Saionji Shonagon on Oct 19, 2006 17:32:17 GMT -5
Wise of you not to divulge their names. Discretion is the better part of something or other..... Who'd have thought it? (Being silly back.)
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Oct 20, 2006 21:29:53 GMT -5
Post by solveig on Oct 20, 2006 21:29:53 GMT -5
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! [Wise of you not to divulge their names. That's always a problem. Virgins are a single-use item. Two of the virgins in question are younger than 5 years old. The oldest of the three is also jail bait. Also, I don't see rice chewing as being a single-use application of virgins.
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Oct 20, 2006 22:35:57 GMT -5
Post by Saionji Shonagon on Oct 20, 2006 22:35:57 GMT -5
Also, I don't see rice chewing as being a single-use application of virgins. I'm pretty sure rice chewing wasn't what he was thinking of. Boys!
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Oct 24, 2006 16:29:02 GMT -5
Post by Saiaiko on Oct 24, 2006 16:29:02 GMT -5
Ha! Virgins are like kleenex... or something.
Actually, sensei, I would like to come down some time to work on this with you, thank you. I'll call this week, after my exams are done.
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Oct 24, 2006 21:44:00 GMT -5
Post by Saionji Shonagon on Oct 24, 2006 21:44:00 GMT -5
Ha! Virgins are like kleenex... or something. I thought ashigaru were like kleenex.
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Dec 15, 2006 9:41:11 GMT -5
Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 15, 2006 9:41:11 GMT -5
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Dec 20, 2006 18:13:06 GMT -5
Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 20, 2006 18:13:06 GMT -5
My boss towers above all other men, not just because he's 6'5". My Christmas present was a bottle of Rihaku Wandering Poet, a junmai ginjo sake made in Shimane prefecture. It's named for Chinese poet Li Po, of whom it was said, "He drinks a bottle and writes 100 poems."
Sake party at Estrella anyone?
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Dec 31, 2006 2:18:36 GMT -5
Post by dannyinjapan on Dec 31, 2006 2:18:36 GMT -5
""Sake helps with blood pressure, makes the body flexible, and doesn't have many calories," said Matsutaro Fukumitsu, head of a brewery in western Japan and director of the Japan Sake Brewers Association. "It also of course relieves stress."""
ahahahahahahahahah (gasping for breath) ahahahahahahahaha what bullsh1t!
flexible? no calories? stress? he just pulled all of that out of his dark hole.
It has long been a known fact that sumo wrestlers all drink sake because it is more fattening than almost any other kind of alcohol. oh my. i buy the kind of sake that comes in little painted glass cups, i keep the cups.
Most people here drink whatever and don't really care..
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Dec 31, 2006 2:31:28 GMT -5
Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 31, 2006 2:31:28 GMT -5
I would've thought beer, so I looked it up. www.gekkeikan-sake.com/sake.cfm lists calories per 100 ml serving as follows. On the other hand, who drinks a 3 ounce glass of beer? Caloric Information Sake: 105 ~ 110 cal. Beer: 40 ~ 70 cal. Wine: 80 ~ 100 cal. Whiskey: 225 ~ 250 cal. Per 100 ml (3.3 oz.) serving
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Dec 31, 2006 10:53:46 GMT -5
Post by madyaas on Dec 31, 2006 10:53:46 GMT -5
ahahahahahahahahah (gasping for breath) ahahahahahahahaha what bullsh1t! flexible? no calories? stress? he just pulled all of that out of his dark hole. Well, I've noticed Japanese manufacturers are prone to rather poetic and pithy descriptions of what their products can do for you (though, I guess that's rather true of any manufacturer). Anyway, sure, it can help with stress. I mean, what drunk person isn't relaxed, except maybe those prone to being angry drunks? Of course, you'll also be flexible. Haven't you seen how drunk people walk, or almost fall off stools? If that's not flexible, I don't know WHAT is. < /humor > PS: I wouldn't worry about calories in sake unless you were drinking enough to actually gain weight from it. That can be symptomatic of a larger problem ;D
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Dec 31, 2006 14:54:30 GMT -5
Post by solveig on Dec 31, 2006 14:54:30 GMT -5
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! It has long been a known fact that sumo wrestlers all drink sake because it is more fattening than almost any other kind of alcohol. Known by whom? What everyone actually knows is that it is the chankonabe which puts on the weight. However, it is actually a combination of their training regimin and unrestrained eating of chankonabe which packs on the pounds. Rikishi finish all of their work outs and training prior to being allowed to eat. Somone has already posted the amount of alcohol per a standard volume. However, different alcoholic beverages have different standard serving sizes. Most likely, shoshu is the alcoholic beverage in Japan with the most alcohol per standard serving. The connection for rikishi to sake is actually through rice itself. There is a significant patina of rice agriculture attached to sumo.
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Jan 22, 2007 21:52:23 GMT -5
Post by dianet on Jan 22, 2007 21:52:23 GMT -5
Question, is there a website where one can learn the art of brewing Sake?
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