Japanese Immigrants
By Carter
Why the Japanese immigrated here
In the 1870s and 1880s Japan was going through a transitional time. Japan was trying to change to a modern economy. This caused a lot of unemployment and bankruptcy. At the same time, the sugar industry boomed in Hawaii. Many Japanese immigrated to Hawaii to find work.
Recipe for Onigiri
Ingredients :
4 cups uncooked short-grain white rice
4 1/2 cups water
1 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 sheets nori (dry seaweed), cut into 1/2-inch strips
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1/4 cup filling (anything even meat)
Instructions for Onigiri
- Wash the rice in a mesh strainer until the water runs clear. Combine washed rice and 4 1/2 cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer rice until the water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Let rice rest, for 15 minutes to allow the rice to continue to steam and become tender. Allow cooked rice to cool.
- Combine 1 cup water with the salt in a small bowl. Use this water to dampen hands before handling the rice. Divide the cooked rice into 8 equal portions. Use one portion of rice for each onigiri.
- Divide one portion of rice in two. Create a dimple in the rice and fill with a heaping teaspoon of your filling choice. Cover with the remaining portion of rice and press lightly to enclose filling inside rice ball. Gently press the rice to shape into a triangle. Wrap shaped onigiri with a strip of nori. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Repeat to make a total of 8 onigiri.
Interesting Facts
Pidgin
Pidgin is the language that emerged in the Sugar plantations in the 19th century. It was the result of so many immigrants trying to work together. Japanese, Chinese, Philipino, native Hawaiian and English all blended together to create this language.
pidgin_identity_HD.wmv
why I did this
I did this because I thought of my cousin who studies Japanese likes reading Japanese comics and she showed me a couple and I liked it I would rate it a 7 because it has really good pictures it did not have color though because its bigger then the Harry Potter books so they only had like 9 pages with color. But I still liked it right now I'm on the 4th book of its series and there are at least 12.
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