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World fermentation food


Hongeohoe[South Korea]
Origin of word:(Korean)

Sliced raw ray(raw shore dinner) It is made from fermented ray. It is made by having ray fermented. It is eaten as an indispensable dish at marriage ceremonies in the are of Jeollanam-do. It is slied thinly,and in the South Korea wrapped in park,lettuce,etc. And eaten. It has strong ammonia order. It is famous for being the second most stinking food in the world.
Mianma [China]
Origin of word:(Chinese)Dried bamboo shoots

Lactic acid fermentation of bamboo shorts called Taiwan Giant Bamboo occurs in the ground.
It is often used as a topping for ramen noodles in Japan.
Nata de coco [Philippines]
Origin of word:(Spanish nata de coco) A creamy coconut

Nata de coco is a common flavor of fruit punch or yogurt. This is a fermented food made by adding sugar and acetic acid bacteria to the fruit juice of the sterilized coconut. By making it ferment, a film forms and it takes on a peculiar texture.
Tempeh[Indonesia]
Cobweb mold wound around the soybean which was boiled or steameds and be fermented.
It is a fermented food similar to Japanese fermented soybeans.
Nample[Thailand]
Origin of a word : (Thai) fish sauce There is various kinds of fish sauce in Southeast Asia, and nampla is also one of them.
Materials are the fish which are living in fresh water. It is made to ripe for half year or one year.
Injera [Ethiopia]
Origin of a word :Amharic - the meaning of "missing" Materials are grain called TeX like a rice. It is the food similar to crepe and it is the staple food of Ethiopia.
The powder which pulled TEX melt with water and fermented. We burn it, and wrap and eat a dish.
Kiviak[Northern Canada]
It is the food eaten as precious sources of supply such as vitamin in the cold district which cannot take vegetables. A seabird is filled in the belly of a seal.
Next, it is buried in the ground and will be fermented for few years.
It not only tastes then, but also it is used as a seasoning.
Tequila[Mexico]
Origin of a word : From a plant called agave azul tequilana

Alcohol content is 35 to 55%.
It carries out natural fermentation of the juice of the root of the plant called the agave similar to an aloe, or ferments them using a yeast fungus, and it is distilled.
Anchovy [Europe]
Origin of a word : It is a fish called the anchovy which serves as materials from the first.

After making small fish preserving in salt and ripening , canning and bottling are used together with olive oil.
It is a fermented food similar to fish sauce.
Sauerkraut [Germany]
Origin of a word : The meaning of a cabbage sour in German

Make a cut cabbage preserving in salt and it is natural fermented by the lactic acid bacteria in the air. It is used for a garnish of a sausage and various dishes.
Vegemite[Australia]
It is the food of the brown shape of salty paste and the fermented food which fermented malt.
It is spread to bread and it is eaten in Australia.
Pickles [Europe]
Origin of a word:　Pickles

They are the pickles which fermented vegetables.
Not only vegetables but fruit and an egg are used as pickles.
Various spices are used for pickling juice. It differs from Japan.
Surstromming [Sweden]
Origin of a word: (Swedish "Sur stromming") Sour herring

This is the food which fermented in the pipe the herring made preserving in salt. It is the food most called smell in the world.