October 10 Is Canned Food Day! Enjoy Canned Saba Together With Sake

Canned Food In Japan

日本罐装食品

It's cheap, it's long-lasting, and it's convenient. Canned food can be found in supermarkets throughout the world and it ranges from fish and meat to vegetables and fruit. However, Japan has taken canned food to a whole new level. You can find pretty much everything in canned form: fried chicken (yakitori), wild animal meat, sushi and even classic dishes such as nikujaga shrunk down to can size. It should also come as little surprise then that one of the latest crazes to hit the Japanese foodie scene is gourmet canned foods.

它便宜，持久，方便。在世界各地的超市中，罐头食品随处可见，有鱼和肉到蔬菜和水果罐头。然而，日本将罐头食品提升到了一个全新的水平。你可以找到几乎所有罐头形式的食物:炸鸡(日式烧鸡)，野生动物肉，寿司，甚至是经典菜肴，如缩小到罐头大小的日式煮。因此，最近美食罐头在日本吃货界掀起一股热潮是也就不足为奇了。

October 10 is "Canned Food Day" designated by the Japan Canners Association to commemorate the completion of Japan's first canning factory (Ishikari Cannery in Hokkaido) by the Meiji government in 1877. On October 10 of that year, canned salmon was first produced from salmon caught in the Ishikari River, and mass production of canned salmon began in earnest, which led to the establishment of Canned Food Day to commemorate this event.

10月10日是日本罐头工业协会指定的“罐头食品日”，以纪念明治政府于1877年建成的日本第一家罐头工厂(北海道石卡里罐头工厂)。当年10月10日，首次使用石狩河捕捞的三文鱼生产出了三文鱼罐头，并正式开始批量生产。为纪念这一件事而设立了“罐头食品日”。

Try Canned Saba (Mackerel)

试一下鲭鱼罐头吧

One of the most common canned items in Japan is fish. Despite the abundance of tuna, salmon, and other species, mackerel has recently taken center stage. You can find countless versions of it on the shelves today since it was rediscovered as a healthy food a few years ago. The most common flavors are plain, soy sauce, and boiled in miso.

鱼是日本最常见的罐头食品之一。尽管金枪鱼、鲑鱼和其他鱼类数量众多，但鲭鱼最近却占据了中心位置。自从几年前它作为一种健康食品被重新认识以来，你现在可以在货架上找到无数版本的它。最常见的口味是原味、酱油和煮味噌。

On this Canned Food Day, we invite you to open a can of saba and enjoy it together with a cup of sake. Fish contains umami, and that, combined with delicious sauce, will help bring out the taste of the sake. Canned saba is perfect for busy days, when you just want to relax with a cup of sake and a quick snack. 

在这个罐头食品日里，请你打开一个鲭鱼罐头，搭配一杯清酒一起享用它。鲜美的鱼，再加上美味的酱汁，清酒的味道刷爆你的味蕾。当你只想喝一杯清酒和吃一份快餐的时候，罐装萨鲭鱼搭配清酒是忙碌的日子里的完美选择了。

Recommended sake is Kinokuniya Bunzaemon Namacho which is made from carefully selected sake rice and natural water from local mountain ranges in Wakayama prefecture in Japan. It pairs great witha any seafood dish!

本次推荐的清酒是紀伊国屋文左卫门生贮酒，它是由精选的清酒大米和日本和歌山县当地山脉的天然水酿造而成。它和任何海鲜都是绝配!

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