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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Using geothermal resources to generate electricity is a divisive prospect in Japan, but there is little disagreement about another use for it: natural steam for cooking.<\/p>\n

The geothermal sources that make Japan a haven for hot springs or onsen are also used to produce a range of delicacies.<\/p>\n

There’s the “onsen tamago” – eggs cooked in geothermally heated water at around 65 degrees to produce a relatively firm yolk with a creamy soft white.<\/p>\n

And then there are small round cakes called “onsen manju”, a popular snack sold at the approximately 2900 hot spring locations across Japan.<\/p>\n

Stuffed with red bean paste, they are cooked with the steam that rises from onsen water.<\/p>\n

In Beppu, a small coastal town in Japan’s southwestern Kyushu, an abundance of natural hot springs has given rise to a local speciality: “jigoku mushi” or “hell steaming”.<\/p>\n

Customers can buy meat, fish and vegetables on site at an onsen, and cook them in containers connected directly to the steam emanating from a nearby natural hot spring.<\/p>\n

“This method of cooking was already being mentioned in local historical documents as far back as 200 years ago,” Hitoshi Tanaka, president of Hyotan Onsen – which offers “jigoku mushi” to its customers – told AFP.<\/p>\n

With steam at temperatures of 100-110 degrees Celsius, cooking generally takes no more than five to 10 minutes, “so the food retains its original colour”, Tanaka explains.<\/p>\n

The sulfur present in the steam imparts an “umami” to the meal, a flavour enhancer considered key to Japanese cuisine, and it contains iron, a trace element important for health, he added.<\/p>\n

“You savour it with your eyes, you smell the steam, you hear the sound of the source of the hot spring: so you appreciate the food here with your whole body.”<\/p>\n

The technique has another benefit: no need for electricity or gas at a time when Japan, like many other countries, is dealing with soaring energy prices.<\/p>\n

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