onglet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 4/21/2016 2:51 PM, Victor Sack wrote:
> >koko > wrote:
> >
> > > King Trumpet Yakitori
> > >
> > > Asian, vegetables
> > >
> > > 1 scallion, thinly sliced
> > > 1/2 cup mirin
> > > 1/2 cup sake
> > > 1/2 cup soy sauce
> > > 1/2 cup zarame sugar or raw sugar
> > > 4 small king trumpet mushrooms, trimmed,; halved lengthwise,
> >> cut crosswise into 2 inch piece
> > > 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
> >> kosher salt
> >
> > Where is the tori?
> >
> > "Yakitori" means "grilled chicken". The general name of this kind
> > of dish is "kushiyaki", grilled skewers. From what I gather, King
> > trumpet mushrooms are called "eringi", so, in this particular case,
> > the name would be "eringi kushi" or "eringi kushiyaki", I think.
> >
> > Victor
> >
>
> Wow a semantic niggle..on this...seriously?
>
> Dude, get a life.

Tori = chicken in Japanese. It's a possibly misnamed recipe.

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