Variety meal - Variety meal

…The rice that was made thicker by adding such ingredients was called kagomeshi (rice braised in soy sauce). When the ingredients used to thicken kagomeshi were qualitatively altered to make it more palatable, it was called variegated rice, mixed rice, or seasoned rice. In the Kansai region, the word kayakushi-meshi refers to rice cooked or mixed with ingredients such as burdock, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and fried tofu as condiments, but this kayakushi-meshi originally came from the word kayakushi, which means something that helps, and is also said to mean an ingredient that adds volume. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "henrimeshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…こうした混ぜ物をして増量したものは糅飯（かごめし）と呼ばれた。糅飯の増量材を質的に変化させて嗜好（しこう）的なものにしたものが，変り飯，混ぜ飯，味つけ飯などと呼ばれるものである。関西でかやく飯と呼ぶのは，ゴボウ，ニンジン，シイタケ，油揚げなどの具を加薬（かやく）(薬味)として炊き込み，あるいは混ぜたものをいうが，この〈かやく〉ももともとは助けるものの意味の〈加役〉で，増量材の意ともされる。…

※「変り飯」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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