CHIBA☆

Hello♪

Summer vacation will come soon!!
It's too fast!!!

This week, I'll tell you about special products in Chiba.


Chiba is famous for peanuts, you know.
"miso-pi" is our soul food.


But, not only peanuts!!!


Loquat(biwa) is also famous product.
At souvenir shop, you can see biwa-chocolate, biwa-jerry, biwa-caramel, biwa-...many thing.
However, I think some of them are not nice...but this is my opinion, so you can try.


Also, marine products are famous because, Chiba prefecture is surrounded by the sea.
Please check map later if you didn't know.
I like bonito(katsuo) from Katsuura city.

If you have a chance, try to eat these foods!

Annual Event

Hello, how are you?

Did you eat rice cake at tanabata?
I did't eat it because I didn't know the custom:(

I'll introduce Japanese annual events;)

Spring

The day before the beginning of spring(setsubun)
We scatter beans to drive out bad luck, and eat the beans the same number as our age.
Until several years ago, eating ehoumaki was the custom only in Kansai area, but recently, this custom spread out all over Japan. Eat it with family quietly looking the certain direction at night.

The Doll's festival(hinamatsuri)
Eating clams(hamaguri) soup is the custom. It wishing to see good partner in her life.
I like eating hinaarare.

Spring equinox(syunbun)
Eat rice cake to wish rich harvest.

Summer

The Boy's Festival(tango no sekku)
Eat kasiwamochi(rice cake covered with an oak leave) and chimaki.

the Star Festival(tanabata)
Eat rice cake in many parts of Japan.

dog days(doyo)
We eat ells at doyo no ushino hi.
Also, eat clam(shijimi) soup.

Autumn

Full moon night(zyugoya)
It's the lunar 15th August night, eat rice cake looking at full moon.

the equinoctial week(ohigan)
Put rice cakes covered with bean jam(ohagi) in this week.

Winter

the winter solstice(toji)
Not to catch a cold, eat pumpkin(nankin) and put yuzu(a kind of mandarin) in a bath.
Also, eat kinkan, ginnan, renkon, ninjin, daikon, udon etc...to invite un(luck).

New Year's Eve(oomisoka)
Eat the buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year's Eve(toshikoshi-soba) is popular custom.
Also, eat salmon in the Eastern Japan, yellowtail(buri) in the Western Japan and sardine(iwashi) in the Southern Japan.

How many did you know?
I knew about half.
I learned Japanese people had eaten rice cake, rice cake, rice cake....in the old days!!!
Please try these customs this year!!

Food Poisoning

Hello;)

I can't attend class because of careing experience this week.

I wrote about heat injury last week, but I want to tell you one more disease.
It's food poisoning.

I think you know O157, it's one of the food poisoning.

In summer, bacteria increase because of the hot temperature and very high humidity.

So, many people are suffering from food poisoning:(

The peek season is summer, you know, in July, August and September.

Stomachache, vomit, diarrhea, fever,chills......but, in the worst case, you will die from food poisoning!!
Besides, some bacteria cause paralysis of nerve.

It's so dangerous, isn't it?

According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to avoid being food poisoning,

1. check the shelf life(× best before ○ used by), and get fresh food
2. put into fridge as soon as possible
3. wash your hands and cookwares(kitchen knife, cutting board, etc...)
4. cook enough with your clean hands
5. eat them with your clean hands
6. keep the leftover with clean container, and reheat


To avoid norovirus, heat over 85℃ at least 1 minute.

Be careful!!
Let's enjoy summer:D