3 November: Godzilla rises in Japanese cinemas, and a bowl of Irabu-jiru
Godzilla stomped into Japanese cinemas on 3 November 1954. For a monster from the sea, a soup from the sea: Okinawa's irabu-jiru, made with smoked sea snake.
Soup of the day
Irabu-jiru
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Irabu-jiru is an Okinawan soup of irabu, the smoked and dried Erabu sea krait, a banded sea snake of the warm western Pacific. The snakes are smoked until they are hard and dry, which keeps them for a long time, and before cooking they are soaked and simmered for hours until soft, giving a deep, smoky stock.
Read about Irabu-jiru and get the recipe →What happened
Toho's Godzilla is released across Japan (Godzilla Day).
Why this soup
Playful link: a Japanese sea monster and a Japanese sea-snake soup.
Sources
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