Posted on 12/07/2016 6:40:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
Chanko nabe is consumed daily for strength
What does it take to become a sumo wrestler? Turns out, a whole lot of soup. The traditional sumo diet includes an abundance of chanko nabe, a meat and vegetable soup of which wrestlers consume about 10 bowls per day. One Japanese chef is trying to make the general public more aware of this so-called "sumo soup," and this video tells his story.
"All sumo wrestlers eat this soup to build up their bodies and become big," Satoshi Kitayama, who operates Sumo Wrestler Cuisine Kotogaume in Tokyo, says in the video. "'Chan' means father and 'ko' means child, since a father and his children eat together. It is a very well-balanced soup that has both meat and vegetables."
Kitayama goes on to explain why he was inspired to open a restaurant that showcases sumo cuisine. Watch the video above for the full story.
I’ve eaten it too. My daughter got to meet the sumo wrestler Tamanowashi in Tokyo this summer.
If you’re going for the Fat B******d look, why not just gobble box after box of Krispy Kreme donuts?
The ones with chocolate icing.
sumos gourge themselves on some kind of milk too- saw a special on their training awhile back-
You can call it a soup all you want, but Nabe is a hot pot in Japanese and they are usually full of carbs and protein and a lot of liquid fat to make it all yummy...
I thought shabu shabu was Japanese hotpot.
Because that is not all fat.
Sumo wrestlers are very strong and they are in good health despite their size.
Think more "guards and tackles in football" not "guy who hangs around the comic book store".
If you say so. All the ones I’ve ever seen look like big tubs of goo.
Famous Mean Joe Green Coke commercial;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8
Japanese version of it with a sumo wrestler( starts @ 6:42);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQONaLqbxc
They routinely throw three or four hundred pounds around and some don't understand the American sense of humor.
Tried it once in Japan; rich and delicious, but couldn’t finish even a single bowl.
They drink something like a case of beer a day too. The beer and rice really are what packs on the pounds. It looks like the soup is the protein and veg part of the diet, and probably not the biggest part of the weight gain.
I’ve always considered hotpot a crock with a lid.
Shabu shabbu is where they give you meat and veggies on a platter and you swish it around in boiling water - the name comes from the motion and sound. You compete with everyone at the table to get access to the water pot :)
Yaki niku is the same thing but you grill or fry it. You compete with everyone at the table to get better access to the grill/pan :)
Nabe is typically a big crock with a lid (typically really thick pottery or cast iron - what I think of as a hotpot). Everything in it boiling (sometimes baking) and then when they bring it to the table everyone competes to get their favorites after the lid is taken off. A lot of times they’ll keep it boiling at the table and continue to add additional things as items are consumed.
the best part of all three is taking the leftovers the next morning and adding rice and a little sugar to the mix - makes something called zou sui (spelling?). This little piece of heaven is sorta a porridge. They often will make it for people who are sick due to the high calorie content.
wow, thanks for the breakdown!
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