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Onigiri and Miso Soup
Onigiri and Miso Soup
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Challenge: Recipe (Food) III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Date: Jul 15, 2008
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2008

 Onigiri
1. basically make sticky rice and make a ball around pretty much any filling you like.
Some examples are: any cooked fish, canned tuna with mayo, pickles, a meatball, a fried egg. Ive seen almost anything inside those.
2. Take a sheet of nori seaweed and wrap it around the rice.

Miso Soup:
Make an amount of Dashi Soup Base (see below)
Heat it up and add things you might like in the soup making sure you put things that take longer to boil into the base first. My favorites are radish, spinach, and tofu. But you can add potato, any root veggie, clams or anthing els you like.
As it is cooking add 1 Tbs miso paste for every cup of stock you have into a bowl.
When everything in the soup base is cooked turn off flame and ladle some soup base into the bowl with miso paste. break up and dilute the paste. Then add the diluted miso paste into the pot. garnish with chooped up spring onions and serve.

Dashi Soup Base
I get ready made usually cause its takes too long. There are two main types, one with dried bonito flakes and one from dried sardines. I like the bonito type as it has a nice smokey flavor
so heres a link to site which explains how to make your own
Dashi 1
Dashi II

I might not be the best at describing how to makes this, so feel free to ask me for details

Statistics
Place: 80 out of 134
Avg (all users): 5.3548
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.2653
Avg (non-participants): 5.3869
Views since voting: 723
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 186
Comments: 10
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 08/09/2008 11:42:05 PM
Very nice shot - could do well as a stock shot or in a restaurant.
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 08/09/2008 08:20:58 PM
I think it's elegant, but a bit dull (then again, I find the whole challenge idea to be dull). And the rice isn't sharp enough to be DPC friendly.
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 07/23/2008 04:25:57 AM
This shot kicks ass Pete... hard to be objective, but really prob my fav of the lot.
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 07/22/2008 11:20:37 PM
This was one of my faves of the challenge. Go figure that I like the arty, low-scoring photos. lol! I think it's outstanding - beautifully composed, very much in keeping with the energy of miso soup. Excellent image. You were the only one I gave a 9.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/22/2008 08:37:51 AM
minimalist. very nicely shot.7
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 07/19/2008 07:29:21 AM
Well, this is my first "10". I can't add anything to what this composition doesn't already tell the viewer. It's brilliant in every way. DOF, lighting, the tonal qualities stun me. I love it. Well done.
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 07/17/2008 07:16:38 AM
nice love the shine given off by the rice, the surface of the onigiri
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 07/16/2008 06:11:46 AM
I like the black crockery and the side angle but, it does mean I can't see that miso soup at all.
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 07/15/2008 10:51:24 PM
lacks focus
 07/15/2008 08:57:44 PM
Great choice! lol This is so beautiful - good luck!
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