Sansai

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(Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Warabi (Pteridium aquilinum)

Sansai (山菜) is a Japanese word literally meaning "mountain vegetables", originally referring to vegetables that grew naturally, were foraged in the wild, and not grown and harvested from fields. However, in modern times, the distinction is somewhat blurred, as some sansai such as warabi have been successfully cultivated.[1] For example, some of the fern shoots such as bracken (fiddlehead) and zenmai shipped to market are farm-grown.

They are often sold pre-cooked in water, and typically packaged in plastic packs in liquid. The fern shoots warabi (bracken), fuki stalks in sticks, and mixes which may contain the above-mentioned combined with baby bamboo shoots, mushrooms, etc., are available in retail supermarkets, and even in ethnic foodstores in the US.

Sansai are often used as ingredients in shōjin ryōri, or Buddhist vegetarian cuisine.[citation needed]

Examples[]

Sansai include:

  • chishimazasa (チシマザサ), Nemagaridake - bamboo shoots of .[2]
  • fuki-no-tō (Petasites japonicus) - flower shoots of butterbur (tō refers to a plant beginning to bolt)
  • gyojaninniku (Allium ochotense) - similar to ramps (A. tricoccum)
  • hana-ikada (ハナイカダ), Helwingia japonica, young leaves.[2]
  • harigiri (Kalopanax)- Acer species, young leaves tarter than tara.[2]
  • itadori (Reynoutria japonica, syn. Fallopia japonica - Japanese knotweed[2]
  • kogomi - fernbrakes of kusasotetsu (Matteuccia struthiopteris)[2]
  • koshiabura (コシアブラ), Chengiopanax sciadophylloides - young leaves.[2]
  • mitsuba (ミツバ), Cryptotaenia canadensis subsp. japonica
  • miyama-irakusa (ミヤマイラクサ), - Nettlelike plants, which though young leaves and stems are eaten have stinging hairs requiring caution[2]
  • momijigasa (モミジガサ), , syn. Cacolia delphiniifolia) - an aster family plant, for young leaves and shoots[2]
  • nirinsō (ニリンソウ), Anemone flaccida - young leaves are eaten but may be mistaken for wolfsbane[2]
  • nobiru (ノビル), Allium macrostemon - similar to field garlic
  • nogeshi - sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus), for young leaves [2]
  • seri - Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)
  • sarunashi (Actinidia arguta) - fruits are eaten raw or to flavor alcohol[2]
  • shiode ( var. ussuriensis) - young leaves[2]
  • tara no me - young shoots of the Japanese angelica tree[2]
  • tsuwabuki (Farfugium japonicum) - Stems prepared like fuki[3]
  • udo - Japanese spikenard.[2]
  • uwabamisō (Elatostema umbellatum var. majus)[2]
  • warabi - bracken shoots
  • zenmai - another type of fern top, more prized than kogomi or warabi, and also sold dried.

See also[]

  • San-namul, Korean category similar to sansai

References[]

  1. ^ Sperss, Phil (30 March 2019). "On Japanese Sansai". lapetitnoisette.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o MAFF 2004 山菜関係資料(Sansai-related material) (webpage pdf)
  3. ^ "蕗とつわぶき". 讃岐の食(Sanuki eating). 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2012.


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