Board scraps - Itakasu

Japanese: 板かす - いたかす
Board scraps - Itakasu

...In the Edo period, the technology for making shochu was introduced, and kasutori shochu was made by distilling new lees in a seiro. The lees were used as fertilizer for rice cultivation to increase rice yields, and were also used as a raw material for lees vinegar (see the entry for vinegar). The lees in the form of plates are called itakasu, and can be roasted and eaten as is, or dissolved in hot water and sugar added to make instant sweet sake, or made into lees soup with salted fish and vegetables. Seishu [Sugamama Seinosuke] [Matsumoto Nakako]. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "ita kasu" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…江戸時代に入り焼酎の製造技術が伝来し,新かすをせいろうで蒸留したかすとり焼酎がつくられるようになり,その蒸留かすは稲作の肥料として米収を増加させ,またかす酢(〈酢〉の項目を参照)の原料ともされるようになった。板状のかすは板かすと呼ばれ,そのまま焼いて食用とし,またかすを湯にといて砂糖を加え即席甘酒として飲んだり,塩魚や野菜などとともにかす汁にする。清酒【菅間 誠之助】【松本 仲子】。…

※「板かす」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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