Comments on: Bread and Spice: Hararyokaku Seven Spice Rusk Biscuit

By: Pens

Pens — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:17:16 +0000

My mom once brought this home form one of her travels from Japan, and after that I have been trying to figure out exactly how this taste! This thing is pretty awesome.

By: jorgebob28

jorgebob28 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:22:09 +0000

Rusk is originally from Holland and is round and about the thickness and diameter of an English muffin. Here in Seattle, we get the imported variety. It is sold in tubes of about a dozen pieces. You toast it lightly and spread butter and ungodly amounts of jam on it. The Dutch eat as much sweets as the Brits.

The Chiko-san brand of Japanaese rice crackers (US product) were probably influenced by rusk.

By: TK

TK — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:50:53 +0000

Seasons Greetings.

Totally agree with you with your opinions in this post.

Rusks are definitely overrated. Been there done that-not worth writing about. Funnily enough Kat (of http://katnsatoshiinjapan.blogspot.com) and I were in Osaka the other day and we saw a line of about 100 people waiting to get their mitts on some-poor sheep.

Shinshindo is definitely not a bakery I rush to either.

However talk to me shichimi and washoku and I’m all smiles.

All the best for the holidays.

By: Marc @ NoRecipes

Marc @ NoRecipes — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:24:38 +0000

Mmmmmm… I picked up a tin of the kuro shichimi when I was there, there aroma is truly magical. I’ve never heard of rusk, but that almost looks like a toasted slice of baguette?