🍱 Konetsuke

"Konetsuke" is said to have been eaten by Yukimura Sanada, a feudal warlord, to fill his stomach before going into battle. Konetsuke is a local dish of the Hokushin and To-shin regions, made by mixing rice and flour and dipping it in miso sauce or soy sauce sauce. It is said that because rice was precious in those days, it was mixed with flour and baked to make people feel full when there was a poor rice harvest. It is said that Yukimura and his brother Nobuyuki ate it together with a farewell cup of sake during Yukimura's last battle in the Osaka summer campaign (1615). Although refrigeration and freezing technology has been developed now, there was no such thing in the past. Konetsuke is a local dish that was born from the wisdom of people who wanted to eat surplus rice without wasting it. The rice grains left in the pot were sometimes soaked in water and soaked in a colander, then dried and eaten.