"Seven different pepper.". Seven spice powder. The exact spices used in this hot seasoning vary slightly by maker but usually include a combination of the following: powdered red chillis, black pepper, sesame seeds, dried mandarin orange peel, green nori seaweed flakes, prickly ash pods, hemp seeds and poppy seeds. It is sprinkled over noodle and nabe (a variety of communal one-pot meals) dishes and yakitori. Schichimi means 'seven different', and 'togarashi' means pepper.
Corbicula clam, grown in brackish waters, and highly regarded in Asia where it is eaten as being beneficial for the liver.
Brown beech mushroom. The true shimeji mushroom. which, in nature, grows on wood, often beech as its name implies.
