If it were not for the pure islanders, it is estimated that it would be impossible to understand the Love and Obsession of the Yamato Nation for Sushi, which is made of rice, seaweed, fish or other miscellaneous ingredients under the condition of lack of materials, and even now it is still one of the most common foods in Japan, and its status is the same as that of mainland dumplings.
During World War II, the sushi, which was cut into sections and made easy for a mouthful of sushi, was naturally used by the military as a convenient military food for daily life or marching, and even those naval red deer in the Pacific ocean used it as a combat ration when the pilot went out on a mission. Saburō Sakai, a ghost navy pilot who was lucky not to be buried on the battlefield, had this description in his memoir "Air Samurai": "I saw the comrades of the friendly plane open the cockpit windshield and eat the roll sushi in order to reduce the tension. ”
Under the control of militarism and the so-called Bushido ideology, whether in the navy or the army, the devil's top brass never regarded their subordinates as a real person, and even the noble pilots were willing to be consumed as war materials, and it is said that in the Pacific Ocean at that time, even the Zero fighter could achieve an uninterrupted range of 3300 kilometers. In order to prevent the physical and mental exhaustion of the pilots on long missions, the logistics department specially prepared rations and drinks for these aviation soldiers to replenish their energy, including sushi wrapped in waterproof wax paper in lunch boxes.
This kind of sushi is generally not cut into small pieces, and there is no condition to eat it piece by piece on the plane that flips back and forth at high speed, and the sushi ingredients of the pilot are most commonly made with celery, spinach, and rape as the ingredients, and there are also Nichinosu sushi with plums, dried mushrooms, dried zucchini made of dried vegetable sushi, egg sushi wrapped in fried eggs, etc., anyway, they are all sushi types that are easy to preserve and make simple.
These sushi are made directly wrapped in paraffin paper according to their original strip shape, and when eating, they can be eaten directly by picking up one with one hand and tearing it open with their teeth, and the other hand does not affect the control of the aircraft. It is said that in addition to sushi, pilot combat rations include soda, lemon drinks, and even hot drinks such as black tea and coffee in small insulated barrels, which are generally placed in the hands of each crew before the flight.