7/17/07 | Leftovers: Korokke & Somen
[ Currently Eating: Some Kind of Burrito ]
(Apologies, I spelled Korokke wrong…)
Not much progress to be found on the shoulder / back ailment lately. The only thing I’ve been able to do is limit my computer usage severely. That’s making me extremely sad, but what can you do. I’ve got an appointment to have it checked again, possibly get some kind of physical therapy lined up, but we’ll see.
Till then, I think posts are mostly going to consist of this type which is Leftovers for Lunch. I think I might have covered this particular one in the past, but I’m not sure. I really like to combine two different leftovers into one lunch where possible. This is part of a cold somen noodle lunch we’d made earlier plus a little fried korokke courtesy of the folks.
Once again, an important Cheap Eats tenet: Eat at the parent’s house whenever you can (If you like their food, of course).
“Korokke” is actually a japanese version of croquettes. My mom makes the version that doesn’t have cream or milk in it so it isn’t as rich. It’s basically mashed potatoes, ground meat (beef or turkey) and some spices. You form patties with them and use a flour, egg wash, panko mix to coat them, and then fry them up. Eaten with ketchup, hot sauce or tonkatsu sauce.
I put it with cold somen that is meant to be the kind that you dip in sauce and eat. Topped with any number of things - this time around it’s a sliced egg omelette, green onion and chopped lettuce. Yep, that cup is NOT filled with tea but with a soy sauce / mirin / bonito flake based sauce. Ordinarily, if you get this type of noodle at a restaurant it is brought out on these bamboo trays with slats that allow water to drain out the noodles. But we don’t have those, so I just put it in a bowl, slosh it in the cup of sauce, and eat it. Messy, but effective. Cold noodles like this make a great summertime lunch…
July 17th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
the korokke sounded pretty good. i googled for a recipe and it looks pretty easy. my kind of recipe! not sure about the cold noodles tho.
July 18th, 2007 at 9:15 am
That sounds delicious. I will definitely have to try that sometime.
July 18th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I saw this about a month ago and I’m wondering if it might be a solution for folks who have trouble typing at a desk with a keyboard.
http://www.alphagrips.com/
July 18th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
jim - somen is pretty easy, you should try it! boil up the noodles, rinse it, chill them (use ice if in a hurry). Make a dipping sauce of soy, mirin (sweet rice wine) and maybe some instant dashi (a fish-based type of seasoning that comes in a packet).
john - you definitely should, korokke isn’t that hard, but just time consuming to make - which is why I only get it from the parents…
cybele - thanks, that looks really interesting. I’m going into the dr. next week but I might look into that keyboard anyhow.
July 19th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
When I was a kid we would have left over samon croquettes the next night with some cold noodles. Very similar in an American sort of way. Looks tasty!
July 24th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Hi. Just want to say, I really enjoy all your posts. Sorry to hear about that shoulder and back problem. My right shoulder bothered me for about 2 years and tried a lot of different treatments. Never found relief until I hurt my back in Feb and the doctor put me on an arthritis medication for about 4 weeks. Didn’t do much for the back but worked wonders on the shoulder. It’s been almost pain free since April 1st. Let me know if you would like any info on it. Please try to keep up your great work.
July 26th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
What are those thick white things next to the korokke?
July 26th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
bradley - yum salmon croquettes sounds good!
dale - thanks for that tip, I have physical therapy scheduled, but I’ll ask about arthritis meds if it doesn’t work.
andrew - oh, uh that’s the somen noodles? unless you mean the sliced egg omelette?
August 5th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Omelette! Of course. Now it makes sense.