Aji-sashimi and Katsuo-tataki with oatmeal

Aji-sashimi

Katsuo-tataki

Aji=horse mackerel
Sashimi=cut peaces of raw fish
Katsuo=bonito
tataki=one of cooking way of raw fish

- main dish
1) Aji-sashimi
  Aji-sashimi
  ooba(or ohba)=a beefsteak plant leaf
  wasabi=Japanese horseradish
  wakame=one kind of seaweeds
  julienne carrots
  long thin strips of Japanese radish
2) Katsuo-tataki
  Katsuo-tataki
  wakame
  julienne carrots
  long thin strips of Japanese radish

- miso soup
  miso
  wakame
  egg
  dashi powder

- spinach goma-ae
  boiled spinach
  sesame seeds
  soy sause and suger

- oatmeal

Wasabi and ooba are eate with raw fish because we think they have some effect of kill germ and toxic. And a radish may help digestion.

Sanma-shio-yaki with oatmeal

Sanma = Pacific saury(fish)
shio = salt
yaki = roast
Then to cook the Sanma-shio-yaki, add bit amount of salt on both surface of sanma, and leave two minutes before roast it above fire or hot coals. It takes about ten minutes to get ready to eat.

- main dish

  sanma shio-yaki

  grated daikon(Japanese radish) - good for stomach

  soy sauce

- spinach goma-ae

  boiled spinach

  roasted sesame seeds

  soy sause

  suger

- miso soup

  miso

  wakame

  egg
  dashi(stock made of fish or kombu)

- oatmeal

Autumn is a good season to eat sanma. Many Japanese people have sanma when Autumn has come. A town in Tokyo even have a festival for celebration of sanma fish.

Ton-Katsu with oatmeal

"Ton" is pork and "Katsu" is a deep-fried breaded cutlet of meat in Japanese. So to make the Ton-Katsu, you add flour lightly around a piece of pork, then dip it in egg before putting both side of it on bread crumbs, and fry it in hot oil.

- main dish
  Ton-Katsu
  potato salad(potato, cucumber, fish sausage, mayonnaise)
  sliced cabbage
  spinach butter saute
  tomato

- miso soup
  miso
  wakame
  egg

- oatmeal(about 200ml)

Many Japanese like Ton-Katsu. When you eat it, it'll be better to use a Ton-Katsu sauce which is specially made for "Katsu".

Curry-oatmeal instead of Curry-rice

Curry rice is one of very popular meal in Japan. Not only children love it, but also adult do.

<dinner of the day before yesterday>

- main dish
  sliced pork(50g)
  potato(10 cubes)
  carrot(10 cubes)
  onion(half)
  curry roux
  oatmeal(boiled)

- wakame soup
wakame
egg
chinese soup powder

When I had been in Ireland I found the Curry and Rice is popular meal in there too. One lady said the curry and rice is one of familiar  home-made dishes and she had been eating it from her childhood. You also can find the curry and rice on the menu in some pubs in Ireland.

Oyako-donburi with oatmeal

<last wednesday>
- main dish: Oyako-donburi(Oyako-bowl)
  chicken(50g)
  sliced onion(1/4)
  welsh onion(chopped)
  a egg
  donburi-tsuyu no moto(dasi+soi sauce powder)
  wartet(100ml)
  oatmeal

- mozuku-su
  mozuku*
  Japanese vinegar

- miso soup
  wakake

*mozuku is one of popular seaweeds in Japan.
 
<cooking steps>
① Boil water, then add tsuyu no moto and onion.
② After two or three minutes add chickens.
③ After two or three minutes(when color of chickens changed) add stired raw egg.
④ Stir egg in a pan with chopsticks. Stop boiling after egg getting firm. Finally put the contents of pan on boiled oatmeal.


 

Beef Stew with oatmeal

Beef stew

<Yesterday's dinner>

- main dish: beef stew
beef(about 10 cubes(1x1cm) )
potato(May Queen, 6-7 cubes(2x2cm)
carrot(10 cubes(1x1cm))
sliced onion(1/4)
beef stew roux

- miso soup
wakame*
egg

-oatmeal(200ml, simmered with the same amount of water)

*wakame is one of popular seeweed

Pork Ginger Saute with oatmeal

<Yesterday's dinner>

- main dish
pork ginger saute
spinach butter saute
salted boiled potato
sliced cabbage
tomato

- miso soup
wakame*
egg

- oatmeal (200ml)

*Wakame is popular seaweed