Karaage
(Early 2010s)
When I was a child, my mother's Karaage was my favorite. When I moved away from my parents and started living on my own, I wanted to try making it myself, so my mother taught me the recipe for Karaage. The recipe wasn't anything special, it was quite common. And I cooked it according to the recipe. But for some reason, it wasn't as delicious as my mother's Karaage.
Originally, karaage refers to a cooking method in which ingredients are coated with flour or potato starch and fried in oil, but when the word “karaage” is used in Japan, it generally refers to fried chicken.
About 10 years ago, my mother made Karaage for me for the first time in a while. And it was the last Karaage my mother made.
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Love and experience are very important to make something taste good. Even a recipe is often only just the start.
Of interest: single: burner propane stove, on-demand propane hot water heater above stove, newspaper laid down on floor in front of stove.
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