Kakuma Nitsuke(Cooked Fern Shoots) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 stems boiled and sliced fern shoots
1 (3 3/4 oz.) can sardines
1/5 c. shoyu
1 Tbsp. sugar
dash of salt

Preparation

Boil
3 (1-foot long) fern shoots
(yellow
haired)
in water until skins turn brown and stems
become
tender.
Peel off skins,
cut stems into 2-inch lengths
and\tslice
thinly lengthwise.
Soak in water to rid off lye for 4 days, changing water
daily.
Drain
off water before
cooking.
Pour
small amount of cooking oil into pot until heated.
Put
the boiled, sliced
fern
shoots
into pot; cook for a\tshort
while.
Add water, if needed, then add sardines, shoyu, sugar and salt and cook until taste sets in.