The technique of removing kamaboko, which is indispensable for New Year’s New Year’s dishes, from the board cleanly is attracting attention on Twitter.
On December 26, 2022, the food manufacturer Kibun Foods (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) introduced it, and users were surprised to hear, “I didn’t know!”
“You can use the back of a kitchen knife to remove it cleanly.”
There are a wide variety of kamaboko in various parts of Japan, but red and white kamaboko have become the standard for osechi ryori in recent years. Kibun Shokuhin introduced how to remove the red and white kamaboko with a photo.
“Kamaboko can be peeled cleanly using the back of a knife.”
In the photo, the board and the kamaboko stand upright, and a knife is passed between the meat and the board. It is not the blade part of the knife that is used, but the “peak” part of the back. The kamaboko comes off cleanly without leaving any flesh on the board.
By the evening of the 26th, this tweet had been viewed 3.93 million times, with over 13,000 retweets and over 58,000 likes.
In response to the question “Do you have any tricks?” from the user:
“If you insert the knife slightly diagonally and run it along the board, you can clean it!”
A video using this technique is also introduced in the reply column. In addition, to users who wanted to sell products without the board, he appealed the necessity of the board, saying, “The board absorbs excess moisture and keeps the taste!”
On Twitter, there were many comments such as, “I shaved it with a blade” and “I peeled it by hand.”
