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Japanese term referring to rare food delicacies
Chinmi: Salt-pickled mullet roe (karasumi)
Chinmi (珍味) is a Japanese term meaning literally "rare taste", but more appropriately "delicacy". They are local cuisines that have fallen out of popularity or that are peculiar to a certain area. Many involve pickled seafood.[citation needed][1][unreliable source][failed verification] [2][unreliable source][failed verification]
- Hizunamasu
- Ikanankotsu – Cooked soft bones of squid
- Kankai – Dried Komai fish. It may be eaten as is, or broiled and eaten with a sauce made by mixing mayonnaise and soy sauce and sprinkles of red pepper powder.
- Kirikomi
- Matsumaezuke
- Mefun
- Saketoba – A smoked salmon
- Tachikama
- Uni
- Awabi no Kimo – Ground internal organs of abalone
- Donpiko – The heart of a salmon. As only one can be taken from a fish, it is very rare.
- Hoya – sea pineapple
- Momijizuke – Shreds of fresh salmons and Ikura pickled together
- Tonburi – A speciality of Akita prefecture. The dried seeds of the hosagi plant.
- Ankimo – Either fresh or steamed liver of an Anko fish
- Kusaya – Dried and pickled fish of Izu islands
- Tofuyo
- Umibudo – A type of edible seaweed with tiny seeds that hang from its stems