Seaweed Shabushabu - A Day in the Life of a Seaweed Farmer
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Do you wanna use clothespins to hang (the seaweed) to dry?
At my house, I actually think we have the racks for hanging seaweed to dry
Wow...
Alright. Cut it up like this.
Put the ends out of the basket, so they're easy to divide up later
Is that mekabu?
Yup
"Fucoidan"
"Fucoidan?"
It's a nutrient called fucoidan
Where am I supposed to cut from?
Master Yumiko!
Please teach me the way
Just slice this part off like this
This part right here is mekabu
(In the background) I was doing seaweed aquaculture up until last year. I'm taking a little break now
Ah, I see
So I just lift it up like this, and then cut a few at a time?
Hold it like this?
Then what?
We're gonna eat the mekabu too, so you gotta cut underneath the that part.
Here?
But the rope is in the way
So put a slit in it, and then you should be able to do the rest with your hands
Yumiko was doing this like it was so easy
It is easy!
Whatchu talkin about? Of course, Yumiko's a pro!
It won't break off. Like, at all.
Put some muscle into it, homie
He says to put some muscle into it!
Make sure you're cutting the seaweed and not your hand, though, ah!
Is it okay if I get on the stand in my boots?
Yeah, don't worry about it
We're assembling a rack to dry the seaweed
Yo Nishant, do some work!
You don't think this rust is gonna get on the seaweed?
It probably will... haha
Nishant, what are you doing now?
Hanging up some seaweed, homie!
Drying the seaweed!
These are "kugi"
How do you say "kugi" in English?
Nail.
Eh?
Nail.
Nail?
May-oh?
May-oh?
N-A-I-L
Nail!
Ainame is "ne-uh"
"Ne-uh!"
"Kugi" is "nail!
Ainame (like the fish??)
I don't know what Ainame is called in English
It's called "ne-uh?" Ainame in English?
It's the local dialect, right?
Oh, it's not English!
Of course not!
Ainame is already Japanese. Why are there two ways of saying it?
It's just the dialect
Dialect, ah?
Hanging up the seaweed we harvested this morning
This is seaweed (wakame)
I'm gonna try to shabushabu it!
Oh look! The color changes!
GOD HAND (resistant to heat)
I'm gonna use chopsticks
The color is completely different
It looks good!!
I think it's better to put it in for a bit longer
I think it should be good
It looks good!
It looks hot...
(unintelligible)
It's really big. Too big.