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Japanese breakfast
Do you eat breakfast everyday?
I think I can work well with sensible breakfast, and rice is the best breakfast for Japanese. Our standard combination is rice, miso soup, pickle, and some side dishes such as natto, roasted laver, eggs, roasted fish. In the past rice was protein source for Japanese, and protein of soya bean covered amino-acid lysine, which was not included in rice. I guess the perfect combination of rice and miso soup was created by this theory. We have to be careful not to take too much salt. Of course we drink green tea after meal.
A dining etiquette of Zen Buddhists is "1 SOUP AND 1 SIDE DISH". It means they simply eat rice, miso soup, pickle, and a side dish (vegetables). Pickle is not counted as a side dish. Additionally they have some restrictions. Meet, fish, and egg are forbidden to eat due to ahimsa. We usually use bonito flake for miso soup, but it's strictly forbidden as well. Chivee and garlic are not used because of the strong smell. This is definitely a vegetarian life.
Nowadays our society is full of food, but I don't wanna waste them, and I don't wanna forget compliments for all.
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Posted: 7:38 PM, Apr. 12, 2007 |
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