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ロスでのBBQ
レジデンス7ヶ月と6日目
ロスではよく皆が仕事のあと家に集まってBBQをしました。私にとってBBQといえば立派なアウトドアイベントですが、向こうの人にとっては日本でいう鍋みたいに、「皆で火を囲んで簡単で楽しい食事」という感じみたいです。バーベキュー奉行もいます。
BBQ材料も豊富に売られています。市販のBBQソースは30種類くらいあり、燃やすとスモークチップの匂いがつくという着火材があったり、いろいろ便利ですが、これらの味はケミカル臭がきつくなかなかなじめませんでした。
そして、いつもひとり500グラムはあるんじゃないのというでかいひき肉の塊を網に乗せ、タマネギを敷いてBBQソースを塗って焼き、食堂でついてくるパセリ程度の野菜、ピクルスをのせてパンにはさみ、ハンバーガーをつくります。肉には着火材から出たなんちゃってスモークのケミカル臭とソースのケミカル臭がしみこんでいる、というもの。
これは、申し訳ないけど、とっても、おいしくないです。食べてはよく気分が悪くなりました。肉多すぎ!化学薬品臭+油多すぎ!塩多すぎ!みんなよく平気だよなあ~。オエ~。日本のシンプルな味付けが恋しかったです。
日本ではどう間違ってもあんなに美味しくないBBQは作れないでしょう。あれは異国の味でした。
写真は日本でやったBBQ。たこ焼きがおいしかったです。
[写真 上から] トランペットを吹くくらもち なぜか背中をさすられるたこ焼き奉行
Kuramochi, playing the trumpet. The Takoyaki-master – is there anything wrong with his back?
BBQ at Los Angeles
In LA, we often had BBQ – people get together after the work and have BBQ at someone’s house. In Japan, BBQ is a kind of big outdoor event, but for the people in LA, it is like ‘Nabe’ in Japan – a meal for many people, easy to prepare, and it is fun. There is even a BBQ ‘bugyo’ (master).
There are lots of kinds of BBQ products – about 30 different kinds of BBQ sauce, or something like a light-off material which will put a smoke-chip smell to the food – surely convenient, but I did not appreciate them very much as they have a very strong chemical smell.
There is always a huge chunk of mince meat (500g or so for one person?!) and they grill it with some onions and BBQ sauce. Then they put this between the buns, together with some pickles and parsley – tiny tiny bit, like in a cheap restaurant. The meat has a chemical smell – both from the sauce and the light-off material.
I am sorry but... this was not at all good. Too much oil and chemical smell! Too salty! How can they eat this? Nooooooo. I missed the simple taste of Japanese food.
It is impossible to make such a horrible BBQ in Japan. I don’t think they can get that bad taste even if they try. In a way, it was an ‘ethnic’ food. The photos are from the BBQ party I had in Japan. Tokoyaki (octopus balls) was very good.