September 7, 2022・Unknown purpose The Engel coefficient is the proportion of food expenditures in consumer spending. In a free magazine, I saw a breakdown of food expenses for a certain expatriate family. A typical model family with a father and mother in their 30s and two small children. What? $...

The "jewel of Toyama Bay" refers to the local specialty, white shrimp. Unlike red shrimp (ama shrimp) which have a tingling throat, it is small and smooth in appearance . Furthermore, she has the complexion of the invincible Miss Alps at the peak of her beauty, a well-bred, lustrous cherry blosso...

August 3, 2022 The genetic background of Japanese people is farther away than one might think from Koreans, who are thought to be close, and even more so from the majority of modern Chinese people. Nearly 40% of the Japanese DNA comes from the Jomon people, who are said to have lived in the Ja...

When I returned to Earth and weighed myself... Amazingly, he gained 3.2 kg in just 12 days! ... Inazo is a man of his own, and despite his sloppy appearance even when naked, he lives a frugal and modest life, which is rare for a middle-aged man working away from home. I rarely eat out. I hardl...

It was common in gymnasiums in the Showa era for girls to collapse from the principal's long speeches . Anemia is caused by iron deficiency. Iron, along with other proteins, makes up the hemoglobin in red blood cells. Oxygen binds to the iron and is transported to cells, where it reacts with glu...

Negroids are black because they have a high level of melanin, which protects them from ultraviolet rays. On the other hand, Caucasians are white because their pigment is thinner, making them more susceptible to absorbing ultraviolet light. Modern humans, Homo sapiens, have become hairier over th...

June 1, 2022 ・Chemical fertilizer Nitrogen makes up 78% of the atmosphere. Plants use this as a protein-like nutrient to grow. However, plants cannot take up nitrogen directly through their roots or leaves, so fungi and microorganisms that live on the roots convert it into compounds that can be...

June 1, 2022 Table salt is made by extracting only the chlorine and sodium from seawater, which contains the same minerals as blood . White sugar is made by first squeezing the juice from sugarcane, then boiling it down and crystallizing it to create pitch-black "raw sugarcane sugar . " Raw su...

May 18, 2022 Recently when I go to the supermarket, I find myself thinking, "Huh, did I really buy this much?" Japanese people probably buy raw eggs to eat, but those have also gone up to $5.20 per pack. Seongju eggs are almost entirely produced in Seongju, but the corn they use as feed is now 2 ...

May 18, 2022 When entering Japan, (1) Proof of a negative test result within 72 hours (2) Airport PCR Testing If I have to go through an airport inspection, I won't be able to make my connecting flight to the other region. If I test positive here, I'll have to think of Job, who was tested by G...

May 5, 2022 ①Continued miso Many people have tried various things like rice bran pickles, miso, natto, soy sauce koji, and salt koji, but they just can't keep it up and find it easier to just buy it! Unfortunately, the generic products sold at supermarkets are of low quality. The ingredients are ...

April 22, 2022 If people do nothing after turning 30, they will lose 1% of their muscle mass each year. Also, after the age of 40, the capillaries that run throughout the body stop functioning properly. Blood flow supplies nutrients to every corner of the body and removes waste products. When ...

April 21, 2022 Paprika is a modified variety of chili pepper. It's a cute name in Japanese, but it means "spice" in Hungarian, the language of its origin. It's like a Hungarian person would say "Oh, that sounds cute" when they hear the Japanese word "koushinryo. " I also checked at Seongju Sup...

March 23, 2022 ・Bean sprouts I'm sure there are many salad lovers, but what about bean sprout salad? Japanese bean sprouts are one of the four great crowd-drawers, along with rice, eggs, and milk. At 25 yen per bag, producers are in tears. But for students with no money, cup ramen with a raw eg...

(1) Prologue There was a sauce served at a restaurant in the Spanish port city of Mahon , made by a descendant of Monsieur Richelieu, the final boss of the French literary novel "The Three Musketeers." This was so tres biens that His Excellency named the sauce "Mahonnaise," which means "Mahon-st...

November 17, 2022 (1) Chaos The husband doesn't know why his wife is in a bad mood. So, like Chibi Maruko-chan's dad, he says something unnecessary. The atmosphere in the room froze in an instant. The body is honest. "Oh no!" my husband realized and broke out in a cold sweat. At that moment, l...

November 29, 2022 Oh no, I'm starting to feel a bit uneasy these days that the company might go bankrupt lol . This obvious small-scale, petty-mindedness is truly embarrassing. The following is a delusion. After the bankruptcy and his return to Japan, he became a kept man...or rather, a house ...

December 15, 2022 As you get older, don't you worry about things like menopause? People in their 30s probably don't want to admit they're getting old yet. However, if you are in your 40s and have already given up and accepted it, or if you are comfortable with someone, it's not something that ...

December 29, 2022 Until the Edo period, the day was divided into 12 periods, called the Hour of the Rat, the Hour of the Ox, etc. 24 divided by 12 means that 1 hour is about 2 hours, and the hour of the Rat is from midnight to 2 o'clock... you'd think so, right? Actually, the day was divided i...

Sugar = sweet = fattening = enemy of dieting However, there are probably many women who tend to reduce the amount of rice they eat in order to eat sweets . I'll be honest, I started drinking hot water from Nambu ironware. "I'm not getting tired as easily. I wonder if it's because of the iron." M...

January 25, 2023 (1) Cain's ancestor Pan Genesis. The first son born after man knew Eve was Cain, and the second son was Abel. Cain became the ancestor of farmers, and Abel became the ancestor of nomads. Wheat is the grain of the Middle East, and Cain, an agriculturalist, must have thought abo...

February 8, 2023 (1) Multi-talented Ever since he discovered that rice could be used as a substitute for wheat, he has been busy processing and tasting rice with his ovens running at full capacity. Rice is 1. Machining shape 2. A "binder" for mixing with water and kneading 3. Additives like bak...

February 23, 2023 Noto's sun-dried salt from Suzu, Yuasa soy sauce from Wakayama,rice oil from Yamagata Tendo...And the fourth installment of the seasoning series, next up is sugar.That said,Inazo prefers "oligosaccharides."Speaking of oligosaccharides, "galacto-oligosaccharides" are abundant not...

March 8, 2023 Popular oils such as soybean and corn oils contain mostly omega-6 linoleic acid. Because they are "essential fatty acids," they must be obtained through diet, but modern people tend to rely too much on these. In the body, lipids combine with phosphorus to form phospholipid cell...