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- Season 1 Kyoto: Coloring the Season
- Season 1 Kakunodate: Stories of Old Families
- Season 1 Spirited Away to Tono
- Season 1 Japanese Towers, Memories Past and Present
- Season 1 Matsushima: Islands of Beauty and Prayer
- Season 1 Suwa: A Celebration Down Through Time
- Season 1 Niyodo River: Living with Japan's Clearest River
- Season 1 Mt. Fuji
- Season 1 Awa Dance: Obon Festival with 100,000 Dancers
- Season 1 Kamakura - Samurai and Zen
- Season 1 Itsukushima, Island of the Gods
- Season 1 Hand-Made in Japan
- Season 1 Dolls Bearers of Dreams
- Season 1 Tracing Rice in Japan
- Season 1 Blowfish - A Secret Taste from the Deep
- Season 1 Millennium Guardians The Buddhist Statues of Kyoto
- Season 1 Nights of Snow
Seasoning the Seasons - Season 1 Episode 15 Blowfish - A Secret Taste from the Deep
10.00 28 minutes The blowfish is an expensive delicacy in Japan that has been eaten here for thousands of years, judging from the presence of blowfish bones in prehistoric remains. The flesh is firm with almost no fat and mostly ignored in other countries. The fish is also highly toxic and even a slight error in preparation can kill. The Japanese, though, have come to love the quintessential flavor of its white meat and also the aesthetic of dining so close to death. Fugusashi - blowfish slices served raw - is a representative way to serve the fish. The chef slices the firm flesh extremely thin to obtain the perfect texture. The chefs of Shimoneseki City have developed special techniques for this through friendly rivalry with each other. Another is the fugunabe hotpot. The collagen which makes the flesh so firm becomes tender with boiling in this highly savory repast. We examine the development of Japan's food culture through the lens of the quest for the most delicious preparation of this white fish.
