🍲 Hittsumi (Wheat Flour Dumpling Soup)

Local cuisine from southeastern Aomori Prefecture to north-central Iwate Prefecture, which was the territory of the former Nanbu domain. In the Nanbu region, where the cold climate was not suitable for rice cultivation, farmlands spread out. Therefore, dishes using minor grains, wheat flour, and buckwheat flour have been handed down from generation to generation. According to one theory, "hittsumi", wheat flour dumpling, has been made since the Heian period (794-1192). It is popular as a soup with a variety of ingredients that can be served as both main and side dish. It has been easily made not only during the postwar food shortage period, but also up to the present day.