THE FIRST BUTTERBURS ARE OUT

The first butterburs (fuki, said to be good also for hay fever and migraines) are out, found them on our walk this morning - just the early few - we'll tempura those for dinner tonight. We hope to get enough on Saturday to mash up in a mortar with a bit of brown sugar, then add soft miso and mix it all together into fukimiso for lathering on yaki-onigiri or sweet potato, whatever comes to hand that will go well...