Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@TeaCatherine I thought Onigiri was gonna be a godsend, but god must be a fish, cause my Onigiri tasted like the smell of fish. Didn't even have any fish in it. I think the smell came from the seaweed, but I'm not sure.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko As someone who made onigiri before, I usually just do salted rice with no filling and nori personally, sometimes a piece of imitation crab in the middle too. One tip I can give is, I usually use saran wrap to shape it. Lay the saran wrap over a mug (to make catching the rice easier), put some rice and filling in, and shape it with the saran wrap. Unwrap and then place the nori.

This is what I do, so providing it as a tip if you want to try it.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Probably. What's furikake?

@TeaCatherine Furikake is a Japanese spice that contains shredded seaweed and some other things.
@Sunsy I can't stand salt. Though, I'm gonna try something else the next time I make it, as my mom made me get two things of Nori packs of 10 sheets. I told her 1 pack would be more than enough, but because the packagaes are really thin cause Nori is thin, we goot two anyways. So the leftover nori from the first package I cut down into future Onigiri handles and put them in a plastic baggy, and the second bag is in its original packaging. And now I'm eating a burrito and some coffee, cause I'm a weirdo. By the way, am I the only person who's been drinking coffee since I was 10?

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko No, you are not the only one to have been drinking coffee since you were 10. But tea is better.

@Scooby-Doo Tea is pretty good. But I prefer coffee. I can even drink black coffee.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Nah, most of my siblings started drinking coffee at about that age too. By the way Scooby-Doo would not be happy to hear about that burrito, she has bad memories to do with burritos.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko ah that’s it then the furikake is too strong. On top of that, the nori is also pretty fishy.

A basic onigiri only really requires rice. The vinegar is used to make it less sticky, and the nori is just to give you a handle, so yes both are optional. Do experiment.

As for fillings, as far as I know onigiri can be filled with anything you want. From what I hear it’s often used as a way to finish leftovers.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko That's fine, you cook to your preference. It takes trial and error a lot of the times, I remember the first time I made onigiri, I made too much of it, lol. Having some as leftover, it just crumbles apart. Now, I usually make enough for me, since I'm the only one who eats them (ngl, I enjoy learning to cook Japanese food). I always have leftover nori when I make them so, I usually keep them in the pack, in a big ziplock bag to store them.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko I mean, I do prefer coffee to normal tea, but Earl Grey tea is the best hot drink.

@Scooby-Doo Hey, how are things at home? Remember, tomorrow get our annoying bother to get MGRR.

@Sunsy Yeah, I cut my leftover Nori into Onigiri sized pieces (They originally came in sheets and I had to manually cut them into little handles) I made Onigiri for my mom, my brother, me, and my neighbor.
@Eel I'm definitelly gonna still use Nori, I won't add vinegar as I want the rice to be sticky. Next time, I'm gonna come up with my own recipe. Maybe I'll use lemon zest or something, that sounds like it could be good. But I gotta get more rice first. And by rice, I mean the microwavable stuff cause I'm a little baby who can't cook rice properly.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Cool, sounds like your feeding the family and your neighbor. Hope you improve on making them. As @Eel said, experiment a bit. Over time cooking can really improve, and you end up with the best version of something you make when it comes out just right.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko The one time our mother made something Japanese (It might have been oden) I unfortunately accidently drowned it in soy sauce. Also, what are you planning to use the lemon zest for?

@Sunsy Yeah, maybe I'll get bigger hands too. My science class says that the more room you have to grow, the more an animal will grow, but explain to me how I'm the size of a 9 year old when I'm 13.

@TeaCatherine I wanna mix the lemon zest with the rice.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Ah, that sounds interesting. My crazy sister has put a Christmas song about cannibalism on for my nana. (If a Christmas song about cannibalism isn't crazy, I don't know what is.)
Have you tried hoisin sauce before, I get the feeling that would go well in a rice ball/doughnut.

@TeaCatherine We don't speak of the Pokemon dub.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko It might still taste good in a doughnut, though. If I can recall correctly, it's quite a sweet sauce.

@EllaTheKawaiiNeko Nice to see you got my joke.
@Scooby-Doo Seriously, get him to get MGRR.