Recipe#24988

Title: Fresh Ichiban Dashi

From: Lisa Clarke 
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:34:15 EDT 
From: Ferd
  Date: 09-13-96 (23:46)
  The Polka Dot Cottage, a BBS with a taste of home. 1-973-822-3627

Yield: 1 Servings
 
  3 1/2 qt Water                               1 c  Preflaked katsuobushi
      3    Inch square piece kelp         
 
  Take 3.5 quarts water and bring to a boil.  When boiling add a 3" square
  piece of kelp.  Return to heat, and when it boils remove the kelp.  Add
  1 c  preflaked katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes), and turn off heat
  Allow to sit for two minutes and then strain through cheesecloth
  More authentic, but more troublesome than the prepackaged