There were also women samurai.

 

Today I learned something new: Samurai were women.

For centuries, history has told us that samurai were men.

But

DNA from remains found on Japanese battlefields complicates the matter.

Because

A report based on DNA testing of remains from the 1580 Senbon Matsubaru Battle in Japan, where female remains were identified on the battlefield. Source: Live Science (2011),

Some of the warriors buried were likely women—fighters, not spectators.

Not all samurai were women. But a significant number were erased, which proves one thing: women not only survived history, they fought in history.

So why were they erased from history?

Toast topped with Camembert cheese, new onions, and whitebait

 

Ingredients

* 1 slice of bread

* 20g new onion

* 1 tablespoon olive oil

* 20g whitebait

* a pinch of rock salt

* 1/3 Camembert cheese

* appropriate amount of Korean seaweed

Instructions

1. Thinly slice the new onion and let it air out to remove the bitterness.

2. Add olive oil and rock salt to the whitebait and mix. Once combined, add the sliced ​​new onion.

3. Place the mixture from step 2 and the cut Camembert cheese on the bread and toast.

4. Top with Korean seaweed after toasting.

Spinach with mustard soy sauce dressing

 

Ingredients for 2 servings]

* Spinach: 1/2 bunch

* Enoki mushrooms: 1 bunch

<Mustard Soy Sauce>

* Prepared mustard: 1/2 to 1 teaspoon

* Dashi soy sauce: 2 teaspoons

[Preparation]

* Cut off the roots of the enoki mushrooms.

* Mix the ingredients for the <mustard soy sauce> in a bowl.

[Instructions]

1. Quickly blanch the enoki mushrooms in boiling water, drain them in a colander, and cut them in half lengthwise.

2. Quickly blanch the spinach as well, transfer it to cold water, squeeze out the excess water, and cut it into 3cm lengths.

3. Add (1) and (2) to the bowl with the <mustard soy sauce> and mix well. Serve in a dish.