Hyorogan Military Rations

The Hyōrogan (兵粮丸) rations from the Rodanshu (老談集), written in 1846 by Yamamoto Kansuke, was something that I had made back in 2013 when I was working in demolitions, and then in arbourism. The whole recipe cost about $100 CAD, stored like Timbits, and tasted rather decent. I had almost exclusively ate them for a month with little degradation to my physical performance.

The recipe from Luke’s notes

The Recipe

• Hakurogan (White Pennisetum Alopeculoides)
• Glutinous Rice – 900ml
• Rice – 900ml
• Lotus Pips – 15g
• Japanese Yam – 15g
• Cinnamon – 15g
• Coix Seed – 15g
• Asiatic Ginseng – 15ml
• Crystallized Sugar – 900g

Mix the above with water and kneed well and steam in a basket steamer. Make small balls and consume five to seven of these a day. It is also beneficial to give them to horses.

 

Hyorogan in their final form.