"Seki Seki" for winter hot pot dishes Full-scale harvest Akita Yuzawa December 5, 16:23
A traditional Akita vegetable that is indispensable for hot pot cooking in winter is harvested in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
“Seki Seki” is a traditional Akita vegetable grown in the Sanseki area of Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and is characterized by its ability to eat not only leaves and stems, but also roots that are more than 10 cm long.
In the coming cold season, demand for “Sanzeki Seri” will increase due to hot pot dishes, etc., and in this area, harvesting of house-cultivated soup has begun this month.
Among them, Yuichi Okuyama's farmhouse is housed by Mr. Okuyama and others, and after digging and harvesting carefully while holding the water up to the knee, the root part is washed and packed in a box. It was.
According to the local JA, the weather is blessed and the growth of the seri is well.
Mr. Okuyama said, “I want you to enjoy the goodness of the ingredients of the paste itself, because it is delicious not only for Kiritanpo nabe and potato soup, but also for the sauce pot.”
Harvest of “Seki Seki” will continue until the end of March next year, and will be shipped to the metropolitan area and Sendai, mainly in Akita Prefecture.