INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

C       T  salt Gail some time ago you requested some information
about  Ozoni the Japanese National Dish for New Years. There are
probably as  many recipes for Zoni as there are cooks busy preparing
the dish but  they are all fairly similar. Slice the chicken very thin
and sprinkle  with the cornstarch. Then pound the chicken with the back
of a knife  to enlarge the pieces. Boil in water for 5 minutes Slice
the Kamaboko  into 6 pieces 1/4 inch thick Slice the carrot into thin
slices and  after peeling the taro slice them into thin round slices.
Boil the  carrots and taro in 1/2 C of dashi. When soft add 1/2 tsp
salt and  1/2 tsp shoyu. Boil the spinach or watercress in hot water
being sure  to remove them from the boiling water when still very
green. Cut the  greens into 1 inch lengths. Slice the Yazu into thin
strips to  represent pine needles. Toast the Rice cakes. Boil 6 cups of
dashi  and flavor with the 1 tbs. salt and the 1 Tbs. shoyu. Add the
Kamaboko, carrots , taro and the greens. Place two pieces of the
toasted Mochi, two slices of the chicken, 1 slice of the carrot, 2
slices of taro, 1 slice of the kamaboko and a little of the greens in
each of six bowls Pour the hot soup over them and then float the yazu
needles on the top. Naturally any good Japanese family in Japan would
have had a drink of the special TOSO wine prior to the Zoni. With the
master of the house drinking first, then the mistress followed by the
children and the the servants last. This wine laced with medicinal
herbs and spices is believed to have disease dispelling qualities and
is similar to the wines served on New Years by several other  countries
in the world. Fuku-cha is another manditory item in their  New Years
(it is the tea of Good fortune) and can either be green tea  or seaweed
tea which is served in tiny cups with a pickled plum in  each of the
cups as a protection from illness during the coming year.  These formal
ritualistic observances of the New Year are becomming  less common
throughout Japan now that they have had so much of the  Western
influence however in the rural areas they are still followed
religiously. It is a shame to see some of these interesting
observences gradually disappearing due to the influence of the  western
world.  :         Aloha.....Kapena FROM:    THEODORE SEDGWICK (XPST31A)

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 13
Calories From Fat: <1
Total Fat: <1g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 460.1mg
Potassium: 73.2mg
Carbohydrates: 2.9g
Fiber: <1g
Sugar: 1g
Protein: <1g