{"id":179,"date":"2008-11-06T04:46:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=4"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:46:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:46:55","slug":"riceballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/riceballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Food: Riceballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: auto 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">My students always get confused with the difference between onigiri (<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">)\u00a0 riceballs and ohagi (<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">)\u00a0 riceballs.\u00a0 These two snacks are similar in name, but that\u2019s where the similarities end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: auto 0in;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Onigiri (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">)\u00a0 riceballs are usually triangular in shape and wrapped in nori (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u6d77<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) or green seaweed.\u00a0 Oftentimes the onigiri (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) is filled with a salty or sour filling, such as umeboshi (<\/span><\/span><a title=\"\u6885\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E6%A2%85\"><strong><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">\u6885<\/span><\/strong><\/a><a title=\"\u5e72\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E5%B9%B2\"><strong><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">\u5e72<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">or dried plum and katsuobushi <strong>(<\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304b\u3064\u304a\u3076<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) which is a type of smoked tuna.\u00a0 Hence onigiri (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">)\u00a0 riceballs have a salty taste to them, which is very different from the taste of ohagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">)\u00a0 riceballs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chroniques-nippones.net\/images3\/onigiri2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Ohagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) riceballs are sweet tasting and take more time to prepare than onigiri (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) riceballs.\u00a0 Ohagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">)\u00a0 riceballs are served in the autumn season and accordingly named after a Japanese flower called Hagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u8429<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) which bloom in the autumn season.\u00a0 Ohagis (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) are often filled with anko (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u9921<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u5b50<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) or red bean paste.\u00a0 The exterior of the ohagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) is made of sticky glutinous rice.\u00a0 Food coloring is added to make the ohagi look like Hagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u8429<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) flowers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">So while both the onigiri (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) and ohagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) riceballs are consumed as snacks, the onigiri (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) is consumed more as an appetizer\u00a0 or snack while the ohagi (<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u304a\u306f\u304e<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">) is consumed more as\u00a0 dessert.\u00a0 Both are very tasty, but it\u2019s good to know the difference between the two, because they satisfy very different taste buds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: auto 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Onigiri (\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a)\u00a0 riceballs are usually triangular in shape and wrapped in nori (\u6d77) or green seaweed.\u00a0 Oftentimes the onigiri (\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a) is&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/riceballs\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[70,2821],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-food","tag-riceballs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My students always get confused with the difference between onigiri (\u304a\u306b\u304e\u308a) riceballs and ohagi (\u304a\u306f\u304e) riceballs. 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