Memorial Day Onigiri Party

Following Haruka's lead (amd with lots of her help), we hosted an onigiri party on Memorial Day.  Onigiri is a Japanese rice ball that rivals the American sandwich.  Making onigiri takes some practice, but the concept is pretty simple.  First, you put a piece of saran wrap on your hand, put some white rice on it, add some filling and then form a ball or triangle out of the rice around the filling.  Finally, you can sprinkle salty sesame seeds or wrap some nori (seaweed) around the rice ball.  Traditionally, onigiri are filled with sour plums or some kind of salty seaweed or fish.

Haruka preparing rice

At our party, we provided all of the ingredients and everyone had to make their own onigiri.  We had some plums, seaweed, salmon, spicy tuna, and then some not so traditional fillings such as Spam, peppered pork, cucumbers, corned beef hash, avocado, and pickled radish.

Spicy fish ovaries

Some ingredients