【Reading】ふとまきずし

【English Name】Futomaki (Thick Sushi Roll)

Futomaki-zushi is a sushi in which several kinds of ingredients are rolled with vinegared rice using one or more sheets of nori, with a cross-sectional diameter of about 5 cm or more. It is eaten cut into rounds of 2-3 cm. The standard ingredients are tamagoyaki (rolled omelet), kanpyo (dried gourd strips), shiitake, koya-dofu (freeze-dried tofu), sakura denbu (sweet fish flakes), grilled conger eel, cucumber and the like, varying widely by region and household. Its first literary appearance is the "makizushi" in "Ryori Sankaigo," published in 1750, and a record using nori is found in "Shinsen Kondate Buruishu," published in 1776. The "ehomaki," bitten into whole at Setsubun, originated in Osaka and spread nationwide in the late 1990s. The "futomaki matsuri-zushi" of Chiba is a regional dish in which patterns of flowers or characters appear on the cut surface, certified in 2007 as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' "100 Selections of Regional Cuisine."