tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815496833501076027.post1063006979895630310..comments2023-11-03T07:53:50.205+00:00Comments on Breakfast Club: Beanz meanz minesbreakfastladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697894378605767602noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815496833501076027.post-69826122961681739062013-01-05T12:57:44.112+00:002013-01-05T12:57:44.112+00:00I've worked with a lot of Japanese people over...I've worked with a lot of Japanese people over the years (1st as a teacher and then in language publishing) - back in the day they used to tell me that westerners smelled of milk, but I guess they won't notice that any more if they all eat yogurt for breakfast! breakfastladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697894378605767602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815496833501076027.post-85681466730994355972013-01-05T11:21:26.250+00:002013-01-05T11:21:26.250+00:00Well, as a matter of fact, this morning I made an ...Well, as a matter of fact, this morning I made an ultra typical traditional Japanese breakfast for my son, but these days the Japanese have become very westernised.<br /><br />So today my son had<br /><br />grilled salted salmon (a weeny, weeny piece)<br />tamagoyaki, which is a kind of sweetened, rolled omelette<br />pickled cucumber ( pickled plums are more traditional, but he doesn't like them)<br />rice<br />miso soup -- main ingredient today was nameko mushrooms, which are a little bit slimy, for want of a better word. The Japanese love slimy food. It had a little very finely sliced raw Japanese leeks in it.<br /><br />I had run out of dried seaweed, or he would have had that with the rice.It sounds involved, but in fact it is really quick to make all that.<br /><br />However these days Japanese people eat a lot of bread for breakfast, to the great despair of the Rice Marketing Board, which every now and then runs a poster campaign trying to persuade people to eat more rice. I am a high school teacher (girls school) and often do impromptu surveys of what they eat for breakfast. They are generally a skinny lot, but are always on diets. Most popular is yoghurt, and maybe something left over from the night before. I hear accounts of pizza for breakfast, curry and rice, spaghetti!<br /><br />Tomorrow is Sunday and I am doing a full English, except for black pudding! I have been forced to make many things from scratch here over the years, even tried Kippers once (never again! The smell! And they weren't any good anyway -- all soft and gungy), but I draw the line at Black pudding!Elisabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815496833501076027.post-50865347486333654022013-01-05T10:18:09.643+00:002013-01-05T10:18:09.643+00:00They were pretty similar, yes - a bit less sweet a...They were pretty similar, yes - a bit less sweet and obvisouly they have the bacon too. I found another recipe somewhere (needless to say, I've forgotten where...) that looked even closer to canned beans so I'll try and find it and have a go at that one too.<br />What is a typical Tokyo breakfast like? Miso? breakfastladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697894378605767602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8815496833501076027.post-178501133530955002013-01-05T06:28:06.309+00:002013-01-05T06:28:06.309+00:00How did they taste, Breakfast Lady? Similar to Mr....How did they taste, Breakfast Lady? Similar to Mr. Heinz's best? I ask because a big tin here in Tokyo of imported BMH (beanzmeanzheinz) costs an absolute bomb, and I miss them!<br /><br />ElisabethElisabethnoreply@blogger.com