"Matsuo Super" (Sotogahama-cho, Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture, TEL 0174-22-2057 ) began selling "Mama" rice balls made with the local food "Yakiboshi" on September 2nd. I started.

"Yakiboshi" is a preserved food made by removing the internal organs and heads of sardines and baking them to dry. The ``Yakiboshi Meshi'' (220 yen) has green onions and grilled pork mixed into rice cooked using Yakiboshi soup stock. It comes with ``furikake'' which is powdered dried yakiboshi. Only sold on Saturdays and Sundays.

Akisami Ishioka, president of Matsuo Super, said, ``In February of this year, we sold a hot dog called ``#Matsuo Ichigeki,'' which uses scallops, and we also thought of a limited-time parfait.We thought of a new product using local produce. Then, I came up with ``yakiboshi,'' which was also made in Sotogahama.''

``The rice balls are large at 200 grams, and we added sprinkles of dried yakiboshi to give people a different taste.It is only at our restaurant that we are able to use plenty of yakiboshi, which is a high-quality ingredient.''

President Ishioka said, ``Yakiboshi was once produced in the Mutsu Bay area, but now the production volume is decreasing year by year due to poor catches of sardines and a lack of successors. Opportunities to eat yakiboshi are also decreasing. , I hope you will come to Sotogahama.''