Recipe#24989

Title: Fresh Ichiban Dashi

From: Lisa Clarke 
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 10:15:48 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
      3    Inch square piece kelp
      1 c  Preflaked katsuobushi
 
  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