Imagine being the tuna up in heaven. God: "your videos got 2.6million views now" Tuna: "....what video?" God: "The video about the Japanese guy turning your ass cheeks into a knife."
The concept is less cool once you realize that all you have to do is sharpen a fish. But the video's cool because you'd never think to make a knife out of such a thing... And he did.
Katsuoboushi is proof that literally anything can be a seasoning. "What did you season that soup with? It's delicious." "Oh, just some flakes of dried smoked fish."
Something's off here... It felt like the video was... different, less... refined kinda, and then, it hit me! ... in the whole video, there is not. a. single. cucumber.! I looked the whole thing again, and got a second hit! No aggressive beat box from the gaz hob neither!!! And no cows! bruh, WTF?!
That's why ceramic blades get imbued with a small amount of iron so it doesn't pass in customs. Not sure if all manufacturers do this nor where it is mandatory by law but I remember seeing this on How It's Made some years ago.
It’s kind of fishy. It’s usually on top of takoyaki and okonomiyaki and such. You can also make a stock out of it, which tastes wonderful for udon soups
It’s truly awesome to see how katsuobushi is made. Apparently you can tell it’s moisture content by the sound they make when being tapped. Not sure if it was trails or Japanology but NHK did a program on it once. Dear God don’t cut yourself doing this 😣
