{"id":760,"date":"2008-03-12T22:31:27","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T13:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-03-12\/760"},"modified":"2008-03-12T22:31:27","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T13:31:27","slug":"homemade-kinako-soybeans-a-mortar-pestle-and-a-five-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-03-12\/760","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Kinako<\/i>: Soybeans, a Mortar, Pestle, and a Five Year Old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nProduct Inspection<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Soybeans are the building blocks of nature. Lower on the periodic table\nthan even hydrogen, all matter in the universe is made from some form of\nsoybeans. When roasted, they are not only useful for driving out demons<\/a>, they\ncan be ground into a fine,<\/span> tasty flour called kinako<\/i>. I've mentioned\nkinako in passing before (in Aburi-Mochi<\/i>: Grilled\nMochi on Skewers<\/a>, and in Preschool Mochi\nProduction<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

Today, Anthony and Mommy made some kinako, just for fun.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 500 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nMortar and Pestle<\/span>borrowed from Fumie's folks\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nYou Just Know<\/i> a 5-Year-Old Enjoys This<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nEarnest Toil<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nPicking out the Shells<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The roasted beans have a thin, brittle shell\/husk\/skin(?) that one\nnormally eats with the beans, but which pops off when you grind them in the\nmortar. It made for<\/span> a bit<\/span> of a mess<\/span> because they could sometimes fly fairly\nfar.<\/p>\n\n

You can sort of see them in the shot below, which I took<\/span> of some\nchopstick holders that happened to be sitting on the table. There wasn't\nmuch light, so I was<\/span> at f<\/span>\/2 or wider most of the\ntime (f<\/span>\/1.6 in the shot below), resulting in very\nlittle depth of field....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.6, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nChopstick Holders<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nHalfway There<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nMommy Makes Quick Work of the Balance<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nShould Be Tasty With Strawberries<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Indeed, it was. It's amazing<\/span> how the ground up roasted beans tasted\ndifferent than the roasted beans. We dipped<\/span> the strawberries in, and it was\ngood.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nHe's Five, What Do You Expect?<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soybeans are the building blocks of nature. Lower on the periodic table than even hydrogen, all matter in the universe is made from some form of soybeans. When roasted, they are not only useful for driving out demons, they can be ground into a fine, tasty flour called kinako. I've mentioned kinako in passing before (in Aburi-Mochi: Grilled Mochi on Skewers, and in Preschool Mochi Production).<\/p>

Today, Anthony and Mommy made some kinako, just for fun.<\/p>

The roasted beans have a thin, brittle shell\/husk\/skin(?) that one normally eats with the beans, but which pops off when you grind them in [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}