Name: Making Soba: Japan's Everyday, Special Occasion Noodle
Uploaded: 2020-03-21T08:30:37.000Z
Duration: 17 min 7 s
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I wanted to make a video about what I thought was the healthiest noodle in Japan: soba.

However, when I went to a soba maker and asked him to talk about how nutritious it was,

he didn't really have that concept in his mind.

I don't think soba is popular outside of Japan,

So today I'd like to tell you all about the noodle,

from how it's harvested, to how it's made,

First things first, despite having wheat in its name,

buckwheat is actually the seed of a flowering fruit

So it's not wheat and it's not related to grasses in the wheat family.

It also happens to be low on the glycemic index,

which makes it a good alternative to other grains that will more easily spike blood sugar levels.

Buckwheat is also a plant known for its honey.

I went to Aizu Wakamatsu and asked if I could go into the fields

I had wanted to see the modern day methods,

but they decided to bring me back to a simpler time,

To do this correcty, we would have used a proper rope instead of straw.

Because of this, when you grab the stalk, you just need to pull it.

You pick it up, and pull using the jagged edge.

Then from here, you take three pieces, "three".

With a machine it would only take 10 minutes.

When I found out about the harvesters, I asked if I could see one.

Unfortunately, there were none operating in the area,

but we had a lead that there might be one close by.

you've never seen a car so excited to see an unharvested field of soba before.

So let's just enjoy the harvester and its driver

it'll separate and then dry everything properly.

It turns out the farmer actually owns a soba shop,

the previous farmer we were manually harvesting with

which we were able to get a full tour of.

It started with seeing how the buckwheat flour is made into soba noodles.

To start off, soba noodles aren't always made from 100% buckwheat flour.

Towari soba is made with only buckwheat flour

As far as I heard, nihachi soba is popular in Kanto area.

This is a type of soba that contains  80% buckwheat and 20% wheat flour.

In the past, 100% buckwheat flour was hard to work with, because there's no gluten.

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Making Soba: Japan's Everyday, Special Occasion Noodle

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