Travel Walnuts in Japanese Cuisine

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decmc

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Hey guys, I'm going to Japan in January and have a severe allergy to walnuts/ pecans (i can eat peanuts, almonds, cashews etc) and I was just wondering what food's to watch out for.

I found this on a previous thread:
ﾅｽ窶樞?堙哉段ﾆ鍛ﾆ団窶堙姑但ﾆ椎槌停?ｹﾆ樽窶堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙ｨ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。
Watashi wa nuts no arerugi ga arimasu. (I have an allergy to nuts.)

Which I will use when asking about food, or maybe I will use "Watashi wa nuts no arerugi desu. Kore o taberaremasu ka?"

I don't speak Japanese but I will keep those in my wallet at all times.

Thanks in advance!!!!!!

 

Glenski

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• 2 Dec 2013

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If you go to a bakery, they are pretty darned good about listing the ingredients. Walnuts are usually written in katakana as クルミ.

 

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decmc

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ah awesome ill definately keep that written down!

 

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decmc

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are there any types of food that are commonly paired with walnuts? ive read a bit and have seen miso and walnut come up quite a bit together

 

nekojita

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On the savoury side of things, there is くるみ和え (kurumiae)- vegetables (usually green veg spinach or similar) with a walnut dressing. In general you might want to keep an eye out for sauces/dressings which may have ground nuts in.

 

Glenski

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Walnuts are not commonly used. My wife said a special mochi in Sendai called kurumi-yubeshi is about all she knows. I saw whole walnuts on top of one cookie from Kanazawa, but it was so obvious that you couldn't miss it.

 

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ah ok that makes me feel a bit better, what nuts are commonly used in japanese cooking???