Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House - Vol. 7 Ch. 73 - Bamboo Sprouts War

[MangaDex]

 

[kuma]

kiyo is such amazing cute, innocnet, and silently powerful!

 

[mage_goo]

...you can eat bamboo sprouts like that?
I mean, I've seen it used as some sorts of gyoza's filling, but just boiled like that?
Is it tasty?

Looks like pineapple though.

 

[innova]

This chapter reminds me alot of my mother. She made a stew (like a curry, with coconut milk), or spring roll (sauted bamboo sprout as a filling).
FYI, I am Indonesian.

 

[tickub]

i'm willing to die for her

 

[miyako19]

@mage_goo You can see she had to simmer them in rice bran first since there is a toxin called hydrocyanic acid in fresh bamboo shoots and rice bran can neutralize it. It is a popular Asian food and it absolutely doesn't taste like pineapple or fruit but more similar to asparagus. In my country, we usually cook it in a soup with pork feet or chicken.

 

[Fitz]

So cute.

 

[reika]

I've eaten bamboo sprouts but I can't remember what they taste like, lol. I think they have to be eaten fresh so I rarely get to eat any.

 

[kuma]

@reika what? no you didn't eat it fresh... it's has low toxin and when not fully processed created urea which can smell like urine.... it can made your tongue iritated... it usually slightly boiled before served to neutralize the toxin.. some kind of stronger toxin bamboo sprout need a full night fermentation to made it edible (which usually also has stronger taste, or just like this chapter show, using rice, tho my family usually simply boiled it till become smooth then throw away it water that can be hours to do).... it's just only grew when peak of rain season, which not come everyday...

 

[orochijes]

Yah! Bamboo fiesta!

 

[reika]

@kuma Fresh isn't the same as "raw." I mean there's no canned, frozen, dried, or otherwise preserved bamboo shoots here, they are fresh. Fully processed? Afaik, it's just boiled... just like other food that needs to be cooked before you eat it.

 

[jellu]

Kiyo is so cute. I love her innocent and positive energy.