I am putting away groceries and this is some of what I have bought:
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| Would your children fight over who gets the most of this? No? Huh... |
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| This seaweed wrapped rice cracker is our most popular snack next to shrimp chips - yes, that's what I said, Shrimp Chips. |
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| Lychee I love. They remind me certain people - rough and prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside with a core of steel. We love lychee season. |
This is Ochazuke. My kids will ask for this over French Toast for breakfast. Crazy, right? I don't even know what those long brown things are! I have found it is often best not to ask. This is my son enjoying his lunch today - it's a little hot. He did a happy dance when he found out he was having ochazuke for lunch. In case you were wondering, I had a delish turkey sandwich on whole wheat.
Does this look like the makings of comfort soup to you? No? Forget Chicken Noodle or Pot Roast. This is Oden. Again, not sure what most of the pieces are but I think the term "fish cake" covers most of it. The good news is we put hard-boiled eggs in our oden and I make extra for yummy deviled eggs - for me...I don't even offer to share anymore.And what is weird is that I know my family will be crazy excited to see all this. They will act like it's Christmas. Like they have entered Nirvana and as long as they have some dried fish heads they will stay there. They love Uwajimaya shopping day. I sadly don't enjoy the seaweed, dried fish heads and most of the fish bits (I have tried so hard but it just isn't in my DNA to appreciate seaweed). In this way I am very alone in my family. I am the only one who melts at the sight of fried okra and deviled eggs and always will be. I accept that (sort of). I find joy in bringing these foods to my family who enjoy them so much. But there eventually comes a time when I experience surreal moments of eating my scrambled eggs in the morning with chopsticks and I find that the need to make the universe right again is overpowering and this is how I do it:
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| Food of the Gods |
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| Nectar of the Gods |
Can I get an Amen?
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." Joseph Campbell
You are an excellent mom to get your family the food they enjoy, even if you don't totally understand it. In our house, it was reversed. When my mom made pancakes, they were literally cakes made in the pan, the whole pan. I mean, why make four or six, when you can just make one giant one? And how to explain to mom the joy of Lucky Charms and Captain Crunch? ;0)
ReplyDeleteI know right lucky charms are amazing!! But honestly my mom won't get the joy of the all powerful lure of actual breakfast cereal! Buutt noooo she gets the "supposedly" yummy cheerios. I say we go on strike to this tyrany!! This message is all for those who's mothers denied good food! This is the daughter signing off
ReplyDeleteMy kids enjoy many of the same foods and we don't even have the Japanese blood to account for it. I still shudder at the thought of a "nana-meat sandwich". Just know you are not alone in your out-of-place feelings as to your food preferences.
ReplyDeleteI hear you, Aubri. When I was in my twenties and thirties I loved all the differences - and a part of me still does. But I think since hitting forty a part of me is taking a reckoning of my life. I sit back often - with my eyes really open - and just think, "How in the world did I get here?" Love you and can't wait to see you!
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