{"id":6009,"date":"2022-10-30T08:40:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T23:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2022-10-30T08:40:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T23:40:34","slug":"have-you-ever-heard-of-propagule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2022\/10\/30\/have-you-ever-heard-of-propagule\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you ever heard of propagule?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So\u2026if you have read my previous post you may have read that in Kanazawa I bought some mysterious food (I don\u2019t know if we can call it fruit or vegetable\u2026): propagule-\u30e0\u30ab\u30b4-mukago. It looks like a tiny potato with a darker skin. It\u2019s the \u201cfruit\u201d of the Japanese mountain yam-\u5c71\u828b-yamaimo. It wasn\u2019t the first time I saw some but never ventured in trying cooking them before and they are local in Kanazawa, so it made sense for me to try there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many of the food in Japan, the first recipe that comes to mind is to cook with rice. Mukago are no exception. I was recommended to cook them with rice and a piece of bacon. That seemed simple enough to try right away. However, recently I have been having a hard time finding good local bacon, the pork is usually imported-\u8f38\u5165-yunyu, and that I don\u2019t buy\u2026 so instead I decided to buy fresh pork belly, and cook it with salt and pepper, not exactly the same thing as bacon but close enough and at least it is easy to find local fresh pork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukago rice was a huge hit with A., much more than I expected!! Actually mukago are amazingly delicious. They have a very nice complex texture, a very subtle flavor with violet and flowery notes, very sophisticated. I instantly loved them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need some thinking and testing to understand in what kind of preparation they could be good. I tried in vegetables stew, but found that their flavors was suffocated by the other vegetables. It could be that rice is their best friend!! I\u2019ll more investigations\u2026 in the meantime here is the mukago rice recipe. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukago rice \u30e0\u30ab\u30b4\u3054\u98ef<\/strong> (4 servings)<\/p>\n\n\n\n