鰊にしん粕かす

noun

dried herring fertilizer; herring meal fertilizer

A traditional organic fertilizer made by boiling herring, removing the oil, and then drying and pressing the remains. Historically important in Hokkaido and other regions.

• かつて北ほっ海かい道どうでは、鰊にしん粕かすが貴き重ちょうな肥ひ料りょうとして使つかわれていた。

  In the past, dried herring fertilizer was used as a valuable fertilizer in Hokkaido.

• 鰊にしん粕かすは、ニシンを煮にて油あぶらを搾しぼり、乾かん燥そうさせて固かためたものです。

  Dried herring fertilizer is made by boiling herring, pressing out the oil, and drying and hardening the remains.