鰯のつみれ汁 Sardine meat balls in miso soup

 When I was little, my mom used to buy lots of sardines, and we used to clean them by hand and made hamburgers with shiso leaves, and meatball soup. Everytime we cooked in big quantities, I got better at it. Now I'd rather skip that process, I found sardines already made into paste, and mixed egg, flouer, onion, and ginger, and made miso soup. I don't really see sardine these days at stores.

子供の頃、母親が安い鰯を沢山買ってきては、手で捌いてつみれにしてしその葉を載せて焼いたり、つみれ汁にしました。毎回大量の鰯を捌くので、だいぶ上手になりましたが、今はその手間が惜しいので、すでにすり身になっているものに卵、小麦粉、ネギと生姜を沢山混ぜてつみれ汁に。鰯自体もあまり見かけなくなってしまったような気がします。