Christmas 1944 - I know it's going to happen, but I can't let it get me down
August 4, 2021
There is a way to prepare the abundant green and yellow vegetables in a way that is easy to do and goes well with rice, and is also very effective for intestinal health.
That's right. It's miso soup with lots of ingredients.
Bunapi, wakame seaweed, green onions, spinach... there are countless vegetables that can be used. All you have to do is cut them up and boil them properly, so even an elementary school student can make this dish.
Add some pork mince and you've got pork soup. Super easy. About 15 minutes.
Even the local supermarket in Seongju carries dashi stocks made from bonito, kelp, and dried sardines. They also stock miso pastes from famous regions like Zenkoji and Sendai, including white, red, and mixed varieties . They don't have Okazaki's Hatcho miso.
It's also fun to try different combinations of dashi and miso, and change up the vegetables to enjoy a different flavor every day .
Add to this some germ-polished rice with glutinous barley, homemade natto, and one or two protein-based main dishes with pickled vegetables, and you have a perfect meal both nutritionally and for intestinal health.
Well, this was the typical diet of Japanese people during the "rice-washing era."
In terms of content, people were much richer and healthier than they are today, and at the same time there were fewer lifestyle-related diseases.
The modern Japanese diet is not high in carbohydrates, but it is low in protein and dietary fiber and too high in refined sugar and fat.
There is a way to prepare the abundant green and yellow vegetables in a way that is easy to do and goes well with rice, and is also very effective for intestinal health.
That's right. It's miso soup with lots of ingredients.
Bunapi, wakame seaweed, green onions, spinach... there are countless vegetables that can be used. All you have to do is cut them up and boil them properly, so even an elementary school student can make this dish.
Add some pork mince and you've got pork soup. Super easy. About 15 minutes.
Even the local supermarket in Seongju carries dashi stocks made from bonito, kelp, and dried sardines. They also stock miso pastes from famous regions like Zenkoji and Sendai, including white, red, and mixed varieties . They don't have Okazaki's Hatcho miso.
It's also fun to try different combinations of dashi and miso, and change up the vegetables to enjoy a different flavor every day .
Add to this some germ-polished rice with glutinous barley, homemade natto, and one or two protein-based main dishes with pickled vegetables, and you have a perfect meal both nutritionally and for intestinal health.
Well, this was the typical diet of Japanese people during the "rice-washing era."
In terms of content, people were much richer and healthier than they are today, and at the same time there were fewer lifestyle-related diseases.
The modern Japanese diet is not high in carbohydrates, but it is low in protein and dietary fiber and too high in refined sugar and fat.