Once when Truth or Dare games were very popular,
There is a kind of big adventure that I still want to come to,
It also makes Philistine shiver, that is:
To know something like mustard,
For the first time, as long as a small bite,
You may be choked up and dizzy,
Tears welled up...
Someone was choked up and down on the spot!
Someone desperately covered his nose,
Don't let people see their irrepressible snot!
This is the scene,
I just want to use Jay Chou's new song,
Come and spit out the bitterness in your heart...
So some people can't help but wonder:
What kind of masochistic mentality is it,
The Japanese want to invent something like mustard?
We all know that
During the Zhou Dynasty, the ancients loved dipping sauce when eating,
Even Old Master Kong said:
And in the crowd of sauces at that time,
Someone grinds mustard seeds into powder as a condiment,
This is the earliest "mustard".
And this yellow mustard taste is softer,
It is still eaten by many people,
For example, it is used on hot dogs.
But the kind of wasabi that "choked to make you cry",
It is also the green wasabi, which is indeed Japan's own invention.
It is said that in ancient Japan, because of the lack of preservation technology,
Both fish and rice are very perishable.
In order to extend the shelf life of food,
The Japanese found a plant called wasabi,
Isabi contains propylene isothiocyanate,
Able to remove fishy and bacteriostatic,
This allows food to remain fresh for longer.
But maybe even the wasabi himself didn't think of it,
The taste of choking that I have evolved for self-defense,
Although repelled countless animals,
But they couldn't stop the Japanese!
The Japanese people are strongly in love with this feeling of pain and happiness.
This slightly masochistic enjoyment,
Maybe it has something to do with Japan's long-standing Bushido.
The Japanese have always believed that true manhood,
Must be able to withstand the most intense pain.
Of course, green mustard is indeed a good thing,
It is also very important for the japanese diet life,
Because Japanese people love seafood very much,
And they have a persistent pursuit of umami,
My favorite way is sashimi.
But we all know that whether it is seafood or river fresh,
all carry certain parasites,
Therefore, Japanese people like to eat sashimi when dipping mustard,
They believe that mustard can not only go fishy,
It also kills residual parasites.
In addition, the Diet of the Japanese has always been relatively light,
Hence the strong stimulus brought by mustard,
Often let them have a different experience,
Nature is addictive.
Japanese people are very particular about eating wasabi sauce,
Like on-site grinding live eating,
Because wasabi contains isothiocyanate,
The aroma and spicy taste it brings are easily volatile,
It must be ground and eaten fresh to maintain flavor.
And because of this,
Authentic wasabi sauce is actually difficult to preserve for a long time,
This also leads to its expensive price.
So someone said:
No mistake,
So actually the mustard sauce we eat in China,
Basically not authentic wasabi sauce,
It's a copycat version of it: horseradish sauce!
Horseradish is native to southeastern Europe and Western Asia,
European countries are often used as condiments for dishes such as roast beef,
Because its taste is similar to that of wasabi root,
And the output is large and the price is cheap,
Therefore, it became a material that imitated wasabi sauce.
So in fact, many domestic Japanese food stores of free tubular mustard,
It's actually horseradish sauce.
There's nothing wrong with it, it's also in the punishment game,
The culprit that makes you miserable.
In fact, whether it is yellow mustard sauce,
Or wasabi sauce or horseradish sauce,
All have their own flavor,
Choose according to your own preferences.