Shirako — Japan
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Shirako (白子) (literally "white children") is a culinary delicacy of Japanese cuisine composed of the sac containing milt — the sperm — of fish. These are sacs of sperm and seminal fluids of fish and mollusks.
Shirako also translates as "milt" or "soft roe" ("Fischmilch", fish milk in German).
In Japan, the most common fish sperms are those of cod (鱈 (tara)), anglerfish (鮟鱇 (ankō)), salmon (しゃけ (sake)), squid (烏賊 (ika)) and pufferfish (河豚 (fugu)).
Shirako is a Japanese specialty served raw or fried, over rice, in tempura, in sushi or as an accompaniment.
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Where this version sits
A single, final coordinate: Japan. Another version of the same dish, elsewhere, gets its own point.
Photo: Arashiyama — CC BY-SA 3.0
