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Food & Dairy | | Japanese term or phrase: もちもち | This is describing the texture of konnyaku. Any good ideas??
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| | firm yet chewy, gelatinous texture/consistency | Explanation:
Various possibilities, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnyaku gives
In Japanese cuisine, konnyaku appears in dishes such as oden. It is typically mottled grey and firmer in consistency than most gelatins. It has very little taste; the common variety tastes vaguely like seaweed. It is valued more for its texture than flavor.
http://asiafood.org/glossary_1.cfm?alpha=D&wordid=2545&start... gives
Konnyaku is used primarily as a texture ingredient, with not much flavour but a uniquely chewy, gelatinous texture.
If something more concise is called for, then perhaps a shorter version of the above:
"firm yet chewy"
"chewy, gelatinous texture"
etc.
Now I'm craving for some 筑前煮 :-(
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KathyT
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Local time: 10:25
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43 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 firm yet chewy, gelatinous texture/consistency
Explanation:
Various possibilities, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnyaku gives
In Japanese cuisine, konnyaku appears in dishes such as oden. It is typically mottled grey and firmer in consistency than most gelatins. It has very little taste; the common variety tastes vaguely like seaweed. It is valued more for its texture than flavor.
http://asiafood.org/glossary_1.cfm?alpha=D&wordid=2545&start... gives
Konnyaku is used primarily as a texture ingredient, with not much flavour but a uniquely chewy, gelatinous texture.
If something more concise is called for, then perhaps a shorter version of the above:
"firm yet chewy"
"chewy, gelatinous texture"
etc.
Now I'm craving for some 筑前煮 :-(
| KathyT
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Local time: 10:25
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