The importance of understanding food cultures.

Hiya, mates!

We tried to be vegetarian for 24 hours for the class.
How was your vegetarian challenge?
I think, everyone could learn how difficult to be vegetarian in Japan.
We ccoud be vegetarian inside of hose but could not avoid meat outside of house because there were few foods which was shown all ingredient in it.

For me, it was also good opportunity to feel other food culture.
I notice the importance of learning other cultures to have a respect for others through this challenge.
Today,  foreighner population is increased in Japan, it means we might have an opportunity to meet/to have communication with them everywhere in Japan. 

Q: what would you reply if you were a waiter in a restaurant, and Jewish customer asked you "Do you have some Kosher food?"

If you don know about their food culture, you cant reply and it means you cant come up to their expections.

We has been learning that language is not the only means of communication in our uni, and NOW I think we should learn more effective communication. We should know about other food culture in order to have better human relations. To know/feel about other's real food culture is one of the way to respect/care/think about others.


Enjoy your weekend and much prepare for Mondayyyyy!!
Im surew we can do it!! lol

Yu

What do you think about it?

Hi :)



I went to Nanoha near the Ieon with Saori. :)

Nanoha is "All you can eat" .

You can eat natural foods as many as you want ^^

We really recommend there.

Today I want to ask you guys a question.

I found a news about Kosher food and I think it is a kind of interesting article for us, so let me introduce. :)

reference: http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/06/03/37091.htm

It says Nevada Depertment of Correction decided to stop serving Kosher food to Jewish inmates ( people who are in a Correction.) so some Jewish inmate  filed a class action lawsuit.

so, What do you think about this matter?

At the first time I read this article, I felt kind of sympathy for them because I know Judaism is strict religion what they eat and they keep doing. But I became to think about it is natural. I don't know why Jewish prisoner did wrong,-murdered, however, Jewish believe they must go to hell after they die if they did wrong in their life. They did wrong even if they respect their religion, believe it. Its just my opinion, but I think they should not keep food low any more.

What do you think?

Yu :)

Kosher marks.

Hiya!

I DO want to introduce this awesome recipe!

I've finally met the best BUTADON ever..... :)

Oroshi butadon :)

 

ingredients (Serves 2) 
200g thin pork slices
15 cm grated Japanese white radish
warm cooked rice
sesame oil - for frying
sesame - as you like
chopped shiso(green perilla) or green onion
 [*sauce*]
*1.5 tablespoon (1tbsp=15ml)
*15 ml Mirin, Suger
*1 clove grated garlic
*wasabi - a little

process 
1. Make the sauce - mix them!
2.Heat sesame oil in a flying pan. Add the pork slices.
3.When the meat is cooked, add the grated Japanese radish and mix them together.
4.Add the delicious sauce with pork and grated radish in a flying pan.   
5.Ladle it over warm rice into the bowls and add the chopped green onion on the top.




Its better to mix when you have. Enjoy!




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You know, some religion such as  Buddhism, Judaism, Muslim forbid eating Pork.

Jewish has a food law called Kosher.

Think about a case if Jewish go to a grocery store in America and buy some processed food,  how Jewish know which processed food doesn't have a non-kosher ingredients in it? They should look a food label very carefully every time? If so, it's very inconvenient for Jewish.

But actually they shouldn't do that because they can make sure which is real kosher food by some kinds of kosher mark. Please look at this page if you have an interest. :)


Yu