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Nigiri: Popularized at Edo's Street StallsVinegar, Shigoto, and Edomae
In 1804, vinegar made from sake lees began to be brewed in Handa, and nigiri sushi was born in Edo around the Bunsei era (accounts differ on who invented it). See nigiri as the fast food of street stalls, shigoto as a technique for keeping fish, how the word “Edomae” changed, and how the Great Kanto Earthquake helped spread nigiri across Japan.
Where this episode is told in the official textbooks: 寿司検定 二級 公式テキスト 第18章 ／ 寿司検定 一級 公式テキスト 第25章
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Hygiene, rice, fish, technique, and the history you have just watched: the official textbooks explain it all from the why, and the written exams for Grades 2 and 1 are set from them.