funazushi
Sign in to savethumb|300px| Funazushi cut into bite-sized pieces and served on a dish, Maibara, Shiga. What appears white is lactic acid fermented rice. The orange color is the egg.
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- Country of origin
- Japan
- Material used
- Carassius auratus grandoculis
- Image
- Funazushi.jpg
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- Shiga Prefecture
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9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Method of manufacture
- Biochemistry
- History
- Ancient China
- Ancient Japan
- ''Funazushi''
- References
- See also
thumb|300px| Funazushi cut into bite-sized pieces and served on a dish, Maibara, Shiga. What appears white is lactic acid fermented rice. The orange color is the egg.
Funazushi is a type of nare-zushi, an ancient Japanese type of sushi. It is a local dish of Shiga Prefecture (formerly Ōmi Province), where it has been made since ancient times using Lake Biwa's nigorobuna (Carassius auratus grandoculis) and other fish as the main ingredients.