Tatami iwashi

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Tatami iwashi (タタミイワシ) is a Japanese processed food product made from baby sardines or shirasu (白子 / しらす) laid out and dried while entwined in a single layer to form a large mat-like sheet. Typically, this is done by drying them in the sun on a bamboo frame, a process that is evocative of the manufacture of traditional Japanese paper.

Tatami Iwashi can then be cut to various sizes and used in different ways. Common serving styles include use as an ingredient in soup or cut into small pieces for use as a snack or accompaniment to sake or beer drinking, known as sakana.

This food item is named for its resemblance to a straw tatami mat common in traditional Japanese-style rooms or houses.

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The process of making Tatami Iwashi (with Japanese text) can be seen here on the website of Japanese manufacturer Hamato.

Dried fish and seafood

Dried fish	Bacalhau Baccalà Balyk Bokkoms Boknafisk Craster kipper Dried and salted cod Dried shredded squid Fesikh Gwamegi Jwipo Katsuobushi Kipper Kusaya Maldive fish Mojama Piracuí Sanyaa Stockfish Tatami Iwashi Vobla

Dried seafood	Conpoy Dried shredded squid Dried shrimp

Misc.	List of dried foods

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Tatami iwashi

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