5/11/2012

Lunch Pack Collection:
Apricot Jam & Whipped Cream


Apricot from Nagano prefecture is used in the jam.

*bits of knowledge*
Shinshu, Nagano pref. as we know it today, started setting out production of apricot early in Edo era.

Back in those days, Toyo-hime princess from Iyo Uwajima clan (current Aichi pref.) married into Matsudai clan.

She ordered nursery tree from her hometown to remember where she grew up, which is said it's the beginning of the cultivation.

After that, it became a suggested product and now approximately 50% of the production is from Nagano pref.

信州のあんず生産は江戸時代初め。
松代藩に、伊予宇和島藩から嫁入りした豊姫が、故郷を忘れないように苗木を取り寄せたのが始まりと言われている
栽培が推奨され、現在では全国生産量の5割以上を占める

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