{"id":2555,"date":"2015-04-12T14:12:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T05:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-04-12\/2555"},"modified":"2015-04-12T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T05:12:40","slug":"making-tofu-in-japan-with-an-80-year-old-farmers-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-04-12\/2555","title":{"rendered":"Making Tofu in Japan with an 80-Year-Old Farmer&#8217;s Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074818\" href='\/i\/JF4_074818.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074818_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Pre-Tofu soybeans, prior to becoming tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074818\"\ntitle=\"Pre-Tofu soybeans, prior to becoming tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 2500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074818.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074818.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Pre-Tofu<\/span>\n<br\/>soybeans, prior to becoming tofu\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074818.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Pre-Tofu soybeans, prior to becoming tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I had a fantastic experience on Friday, part of which included making\ntofu from scratch with an 80-year-old lady in her old farmhouse in northern\nShiga prefecture, about an hour from Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i075131\" href='\/i\/JF4_075131.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_075131_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Kimiko Sawai -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i075131\"\ntitle=\"Kimiko Sawai -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_075131.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_075131.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Kimiko Sawai<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_075131.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kimiko Sawai -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>She's five-foot-nothing of pure grandmotherly warmth, but was <span\nclass='nobr'>a bit<\/span> shy of the camera, so my photos of her don't\nreally reflect her incessant beaming smile. <span class='nobr'>I was\nthere<\/span> as <span class='nobr'>a photographer<\/span> on behalf of <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.lacbiwa.com\/'>Tour du Lac Biwa<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>a\ntour<\/span> company that arranges off-the-beaten-path <span\nclass='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>experience<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> tours in\nShiga prefecture, for English-speaking visitors. <span class='nobr'>It's\nthe same<\/span> tour company that <a\nhref='\/blog\/2015-02-21\/2527'><span class='nobr'>I\nappeared<\/span> on TV for<\/a>, and that arranged <a\nhref='\/blog\/2014-09-05\/2454'>this gargoyle-tile workshop\nvisit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Friday's tofu-making experience is part of <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.lacbiwa.com\/find-a-trip-1\/coastal-cycle-ride-rice-terrace-view-tour\/'>this\ntour<\/a> about taking life at <span class='nobr'>a slower,<\/span> countryside pace. Some of my photos\nwill likely find their way to that page.<\/p>\n\n<p>I was well paid for my photography work, leaving her house with <span class='nobr'>a belly<\/span>\nbeyond full with her simple, close-to-nature farmer's-wife cooking made\nwith the skill honed during 58 years of marriage and back-breaking by-hand\nmountain farming. The ultra-fresh hand-made tofu discussed in this post\nended up being just one little dish of the entire meal, but that's the\nsubject of <span class='nobr'>a later<\/span> post.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074821\" href='\/i\/JF4_074821.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074821_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Blending the Soy Beans -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074821\"\ntitle=\"Blending the Soy Beans -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 5600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074821.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074821.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Blending the Soy Beans<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074821.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Blending the Soy Beans -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I had no idea how tofu was made, but now I'm quite the expert, so let me list the ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>soy beans<\/li>\n<li>water<\/li>\n<li>small sprinkle of concentrated sea water (or other coagulant)<\/li>\n<li>hard work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The beans were apparently soaked in water overnight. <span class='nobr'>As I arrived<\/span>, she\nwas pouring off the water into <span class='nobr'>a big<\/span> pot, then blending the beans as seen\nabove.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074830\" href='\/i\/JF4_074830.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074830_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Almost As Ancient as the Cook her blender, a Panasonic MJ-140K, likely dates from the 70s. -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074830\"\ntitle=\"Almost As Ancient as the Cook her blender, a Panasonic MJ-140K, likely dates from the 70s. -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074830.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074830.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Almost As Ancient as the Cook<\/span>\n<br\/>her blender, a Panasonic MJ-140K, likely dates from the 70s.\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074830.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Almost As Ancient as the Cook her blender, a Panasonic MJ-140K, likely dates from the 70s. -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The pureed beans and the water they had been soaking in are then simmered for about half an hour\nwhile being constantly stirred.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074835\" href='\/i\/JF4_074835.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074835_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Kitchen Helper Hiromi-san, the president of the tour company, helps stir -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074835\"\ntitle=\"Kitchen Helper Hiromi-san, the president of the tour company, helps stir -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 35mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>40 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/10, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074835.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074835.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Kitchen Helper<\/span>\n<br\/>Hiromi-san, the president of the tour company, helps stir\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074835.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kitchen Helper Hiromi-san, the president of the tour company, helps stir -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074846\" href='\/i\/JF4_074846.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074846_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"My Turn to Stir photo by Hiromi-san -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074846\"\ntitle=\"My Turn to Stir photo by Hiromi-san -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074846.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074846.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>My Turn to Stir<\/span>\n<br\/>photo by Hiromi-san\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074846.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"My Turn to Stir photo by Hiromi-san -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>This is in the lady's private house that's been in her family for\ngenerations (though she married into it only 58 years ago). What you see is\nextremely typical of a <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>modern<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> old Japanese-farmhouse kitchen. Nothing's for show here.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074860\" href='\/i\/JF4_074860.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074860_sm.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Checking the Status with a well-practiced finger The lady in the foreground, Emi-san, is also an executive at the tour company -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074860\"\ntitle=\"Checking the Status with a well-practiced finger The lady in the foreground, Emi-san, is also an executive at the tour company -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>50 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074860.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074860.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Checking the Status<\/span>\n<br\/>with a well-practiced finger\n<br\/>The lady in the foreground, Emi-san, is also an executive at the tour company\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074860.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Checking the Status with a well-practiced finger The lady in the foreground, Emi-san, is also an executive at the tour company -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074863\" href='\/i\/JF4_074863.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074863_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"The Tide Can Not Be Held Back -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074863\"\ntitle=\"The Tide Can Not Be Held Back -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 44mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074863.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074863.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>The Tide Can Not Be Held Back<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074863.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"The Tide Can Not Be Held Back -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Despite that we were there to impose on her (she was doing us <span class='nobr'>a favor<\/span> by running through all this for the camera),\nher natural kindness as <span class='nobr'>a host<\/span> could not be curbed, so she insisted we stop helping and have tea. <span class='nobr'>I just wish<\/span> my photos\nwould have captured the warmth of her presence... she looks <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> severe in the photo above, but was anything but.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074864\" href='\/i\/JF4_074864.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074864_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"408\"\nalt=\"Light Snack -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074864\"\ntitle=\"Light Snack -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 4000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074864.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074864.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Light Snack<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074864.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Light Snack -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074871\" href='\/i\/JF4_074871.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074871_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Temperature Adjustment slowly adding cool water to adjust the temperature slightly -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074871\"\ntitle=\"Temperature Adjustment slowly adding cool water to adjust the temperature slightly -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 29mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 3600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074871.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074871.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Temperature Adjustment<\/span>\n<br\/>slowly adding cool water to adjust the temperature slightly\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074871.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Temperature Adjustment slowly adding cool water to adjust the temperature slightly -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074876\" href='\/i\/JF4_074876.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074876_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Filtering Out the Solids -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074876\"\ntitle=\"Filtering Out the Solids -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 26mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074876.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074876.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Filtering Out the Solids<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074876.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Filtering Out the Solids -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>After it had simmered for about 35 minutes, it was time to filter out the solids. <span class='nobr'>The hot liquid<\/span> at this point was now soy milk.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074878\" href='\/i\/JF4_074878.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074878_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074878\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074878.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074878.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074878.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074882\" href='\/i\/JF4_074882.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074882_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074882\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074882.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074882.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074882.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Did I mention that it was hot. Hiromi-san was trying to not get burnt, but\nKimiko-san (the old lady) just commented <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>yup, it's hot, isn't it<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>. She's done this before. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n<p>Usually she does it all by herself, but this time she had to accommodate <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>helpers<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074889\" href='\/i\/JF4_074889.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074889_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Every Bit Counts -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074889\"\ntitle=\"Every Bit Counts -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074889.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074889.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Every Bit Counts<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074889.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Every Bit Counts -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074896\" href='\/i\/JF4_074896.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074896_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Squeezing Out Remaining Soy Milk using the same spatula she's used for 58 years (she's using the spatula instead of her hands because the stuff is really hot ) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074896\"\ntitle=\"Squeezing Out Remaining Soy Milk using the same spatula she's used for 58 years (she's using the spatula instead of her hands because the stuff is really hot ) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 48mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074896.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074896.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Squeezing Out Remaining Soy Milk<\/span>\n<br\/>using the same spatula she's used for 58 years\n<br\/>(she's using the spatula instead of her hands because the stuff is <i>really hot<\/i>)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074896.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Squeezing Out Remaining Soy Milk using the same spatula she's used for 58 years (she's using the spatula instead of her hands because the stuff is really hot ) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074915\" href='\/i\/JF4_074915.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074915_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Sip of Fresh Soy Milk -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074915\"\ntitle=\"Sip of Fresh Soy Milk -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074915.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074915.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Sip of Fresh Soy Milk<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074915.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Sip of Fresh Soy Milk -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I tried soy milk before, from <span class='nobr'>a California<\/span> supermarket. <span class='nobr'>It was horrible<\/span>,\ntasting like what <span class='nobr'>I imagine<\/span> water wrung from <span class='nobr'>a tree<\/span>-hugger's old socks\nwould taste like.<\/p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, this warm, fresh soy milk was excellent. This was\nperhaps my biggest surprise of the day.<\/p>\n\n<p>Of course it's not at all related to milk, but <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>soy milk<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> sounds better\nthan <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>simmered-bean juice<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074899\" href='\/i\/JF4_074899.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074899_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"621\"\nalt=\"Precision High-Tech Instrumentation 66\u00b0C (150\u00b0F) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074899\"\ntitle=\"Precision High-Tech Instrumentation 66\u00b0C (150\u00b0F) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074899.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074899.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Precision High-Tech Instrumentation<\/span>\n<br\/>66\u00b0C (150\u00b0F)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074899.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Precision High-Tech Instrumentation 66\u00b0C (150\u00b0F) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The only time she used anything other than her finger and experience to\njudge the status was when she measured the temperature of the soy milk\nprior to adding the coagulant. <span class='nobr'>It had cooled<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> more than she wanted\n(too many cooks in the kitchen slows things down, <span class='nobr'>I guess<\/span>), but deemed it\nsafe to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074903\" href='\/i\/JF4_074903.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074903_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"A Splash of Concentrated Sea Water -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074903\"\ntitle=\"A Splash of Concentrated Sea Water -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074903.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074903.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>A Splash<\/span> of Concentrated Sea Water<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074903.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"A Splash of Concentrated Sea Water -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074941\" href='\/i\/JF4_074941.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074941_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; Natural Bittern &amp;#8221; I had to look up &amp;#8220; bittern &amp;#8221; . My dictionary says: &amp;#8220; a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater &amp;#8221; -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074941\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; Natural Bittern &amp;#8221; I had to look up &amp;#8220; bittern &amp;#8221; . My dictionary says: &amp;#8220; a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater &amp;#8221; -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 27mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074941.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074941.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Natural Bittern<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><small><span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> to look up <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>bittern<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>. <span class='nobr'>My dictionary<\/span> says:\n<br\/>\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><i><span class='nobr'>a concentrated<\/span> solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater<\/i><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/small>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074941.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; Natural Bittern &amp;#8221; I had to look up &amp;#8220; bittern &amp;#8221; . My dictionary says: &amp;#8220; a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater &amp;#8221; -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding this bit of salt causes the soy milk to coagulate, separating into tofu and water.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074906\" href='\/i\/JF4_074906.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074906_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Coagulation Is Not Photogenic but it's part of the story -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074906\"\ntitle=\"Coagulation Is Not Photogenic but it's part of the story -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074906.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074906.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Coagulation Is Not Photogenic<\/span>\n<br\/>but it's part of the story\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074906.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Coagulation Is Not Photogenic but it's part of the story -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>She then gently poured the tofu\/water combo onto <span class='nobr'>a filter<\/span> cloth set in <span class='nobr'>a colander.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074922\" href='\/i\/JF4_074922.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074922_sm.jpg\" width=\"502\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074922\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 31mm &mdash; 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<sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074925.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074925.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Gently Wrapping Wet Tofu<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074925.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Gently Wrapping Wet Tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074927\" href='\/i\/JF4_074927.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074927_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074927\"\ntitle=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 38mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074927.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074927.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074927.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074932\" href='\/i\/JF4_074932.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074932_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Slowly Draining -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074932\"\ntitle=\"Slowly Draining -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 56mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074932.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074932.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Slowly Draining<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074932.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Slowly Draining -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The newborn tofu swaddled tenderly in filter cloth, she set <span class='nobr'>a pan<\/span> on top\nand filled it with water. This provides <span class='nobr'>a gentle<\/span> pressure to slowly, gently\nsqueeze out more water. <span class='nobr'>She let it<\/span> sit like that for about 40 minutes while\nshe worked on other parts of the meal.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074997\" href='\/i\/JF4_074997.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074997_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Peeking at the Result -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074997\"\ntitle=\"Peeking at the Result -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074997.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074997.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Peeking at the Result<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074997.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Peeking at the Result -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i075002\" href='\/i\/JF4_075002.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_075002_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Fresh Tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i075002\"\ntitle=\"Fresh Tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 50mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_075002.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_075002.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Fresh Tofu<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_075002.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Fresh Tofu -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i075010\" href='\/i\/JF4_075010.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_075010_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"425\"\nalt=\"Ready to Eat just add garnish -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i075010\"\ntitle=\"Ready to Eat just add garnish -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_075010.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_075010.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ready to Eat<\/span>\n<br\/>just add garnish\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_075010.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ready to Eat just add garnish -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Unlike soy milk, which I'd tried the one time long ago then never again\nuntil today, I've had tofu many many times. Generally it has no taste, and\nis just <span class='nobr'>a healthful<\/span> delivery vehicle for garnishes or other tastes.<\/p>\n\n<p>This fresh tofu was different... it had <span class='nobr'>a sublime<\/span> soft deliciousness that's hard to describe,\nbut it definitely stood on its own as <span class='nobr'>a tasty<\/span> part of <span class='nobr'>a meal.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> want to spoil it with\n<span class='nobr'>a garnish,<\/span> but then Kimiko-san pulled out some home-made miso garnish... but that's <span class='nobr'>a story<\/span> for another time.<\/p>\n\n<p>By the way, after straining out the bits of bean pulp from the soy milk after simmering,\nthose bits of bean become <span class='nobr'>a sawdusty<\/span>-looking substance called\n<a href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okara_%28food%29'><i>okara<\/i><\/a>...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i074918\" href='\/i\/JF4_074918.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_074918_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; Soy Pulp &amp;#8221; \u304a\u304b\u3089 -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i074918\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; Soy Pulp &amp;#8221; \u304a\u304b\u3089 -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 3600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_074918.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_074918.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Soy Pulp<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>\u304a\u304b\u3089\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_074918.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-04-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; Soy Pulp &amp;#8221; \u304a\u304b\u3089 -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>It has a very short shelf life so commercial producers of tofu usually throw it away,\nbut it's highly nutritious, and not something <span class='nobr'>a farmer<\/span> is going to waste. (It's also\nthe answer to <a href='\/blog\/2015-04-10\/2553'>my soft not-foam-filling \u201cWhat am I?\u201d quiz<\/a> from\nthe other day.)<\/p>\n\n<p>We ended up making a dessert with it.<\/p>\n\n<p>(Note: if you visit Japan and want to take <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.lacbiwa.com\/find-a-trip-1\/coastal-cycle-ride-rice-terrace-view-tour\/'>this\ntour<\/a> with the specific intention of making tofu, be sure to mention\nthat because lacking <span class='nobr'>a specific<\/span> request, what the lady prepares on any\ngiven day depends on the season, what she has on hand, and perhaps her\nwhim. <span class='nobr'>So be sure<\/span> to mention specific requests. Some people specifically\navoid tofu, for example, due to allergy or simple dislike of the\nstuff.)<\/p>\n\n\n<p><i><a href='\/blog\/2015-04-17\/2556'>Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a fantastic experience on Friday, part of which included making tofu from scratch with an 80-year-old lady in her old farmhouse in northern Shiga prefecture, about an hour from Kyoto.<\/p> <p>She's five-foot-nothing of pure grandmotherly warmth, but was a bit shy of the camera, so my photos of her don't really reflect her incessant beaming smile. I was there as a photographer on behalf of Tour du Lac Biwa, a tour company that arranges off-the-beaten-path \"experience\" tours in Shiga prefecture, for English-speaking visitors. 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