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Salad
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I love salads and eating every day.
I am especially fond of lettuce, and can be finish a whole ball by myself in two days.
This is why people call me caterpillars.
However, the price of vegetables soared in late September due to unseasonable weather.
The prices of lettuce and cucumbers almost doubled compared to previous years.
Lettuce from Nagano Prefecture, normally priced at 180 to 200 yen per ball, gone up to 435 yen.
Cucumbers from Fukushima Prefecture went from about 50 yen per cucumber going up to 95 yen.
Spinach, cabbage, radishes, and eggplants also skyrocketed in price, so we managed to make do by reducing the volume of salad.
Cloudy weather since Obon is the reason for the price hiked of tomatoes and eggplants from Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures.
Haku-sai (Chinese cabbage) and lettuce produced in Nagano Prefecture suffered from hail damage in early September, which was the reason for the price hiked.
However, as of October 22, lettuce has settled down to 104 yen per ball and cucumbers to 48 yen per cucumber.
That’s why I started eating more salad than usual.
(Y.O.)
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Steak Meat
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The other day, I grilled some meat in the garden.
The main was American steak meat.
The meat was inexpensive, but it turned out delicious and was well received and enjoyed by our guests.
There are four points that I pay attention to when I cook steak meat.
① Defrosting the meat to room temperature.
If you grill meat that has been cold in the refrigerator, only the surface will be cooked and the inside may be raw.
If you try to cook it all the way through, you will overcook it and it will become dry.
Therefore, let it come back to room temperature before you heat it.
② Cutting strips
Make a few slits and prick the whole meat with a fork.
This will result in a tender meat texture.
➂ Sprinkle salt and pepper just before grilling.
Shaking the meat with salt draws the moisture from the inside of the meat to the surface.
If the time between the sprinkling of salt and the grilling is too long, the water inside the meat will drain away along with the flavor components.
Therefore, salt should be sprinkled just before grilling.
➃Short time heating over high heat
Do not cook for a long time to avoid overcooking the center.
The key is to use high heat for a short time to brown the surface and make it tender.
(S-Samurai)
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Fishery Damage
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Serious damage to fisheries is said to be spreading along the east coast of Hokkaido this fall.
The cause is believed to be 【 RED TIDE】.
Damage to fisheries, including mackerel, autumn salmon and salmon roe, is estimated to be in excess of 4.5 billion yen.
Among them, the purchase price of sea urchin has jumped to almost three times that of previous years.
The restaurants in the market can’t afford not to deal with the popular sea urchin, so they purchase expensive sea urchins from the four northern islands at a loss.
It’s regrettable because the state of emergency has been lifted and the area had just started to get crowded again.
Since we also deal in imported sea urchins, we will be watching the situation closely as it is expected to affect us towards the end of the year.
(S.N.)
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The back figures of two retiring baseball players
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On October 19th, the retirement game of Daisuke Matsuzaka, the ace pitcher with the number 18 on his back, was held at Seibu Dome stadium.
Pitcher Matsuzaka’s registered number for this season is 16.
As long as the day of his retirement game, I was able to catch the last glimpse of Matsuzaka on the mound with his number 18 on his back.
Matsuzaka, who has been injured for many years and is rehabilitating, has a full body injury.
The five pitches He threw that day were only 118 km/h at his fastest.
It was far from his prime.
The other is Yuki Saito, the number one pitcher of the Nippon Ham Fighters, known as Prince Handkerchief.
He pitched in the top of the 7th inning of the Sapporo Dome retirement game.
His opponent was Fukuda of the Orix team, and the last pitch was a ball off the outside corner and four balls a walk..
He was never a good professional baseball player.
The thing that left the strongest impression on me was the sight of him taking a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiping away sweat on the mount at Koshien when He was in high school.
In my mind, there is no one better than Yuki Saito in terms of coolness.
(T.C.)
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Pistachio Nuts
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Recently, I have been seeing pistachio sweets in many stores.
Pistachios are known as the “Queen of Nuts”.
It has a luxurious taste and flavor, and most of its main component, fat, is a high-quality fatty acid.
It also contains a good balance of B vitamins, dietary fiber, and potassium.
These nuts are also popular among health-conscious people as a snack because of their low sugar content.
It has a slight sweetness and richness, yet it is savory and delicious!
According to the Japan Nuts Association, the climate in Japan is not suitable for growing pistachios, and the United States and Iran are the main producers.
According to trade statistics, the import volume of “pistachios removed shells” has been increasing in recent years.
In 2019, they imported 500 tons, the most since they started keeping statistics in 2012.
There are two main types of pistachio imports: “in the shell” and ” removed shell”.
The shelled ones are mainly sold as snacks, while shells removed ones are imported as confectionery ingredients.
In addition, according to statistics from Kobe Customs, a comparison of 2019 and 2012* the year with the highest import volume, shows that
Imports of “removed shells” have increased by about five times, and imports nationwide have increased by about 2.3 times, according to the report.
*The year statistics for “removed shells” began.
In the past, pistachios were thought of as something to be eaten as a snack with alcohol.
However, the pale green color called “pistachio green” is very photogenic and is gaining popularity among young people who want to post pictures of their sweets on Instagram and other social networking sites.
Indeed, this unique green color, not too fluorescent and not too light, is fashionable.
What’s more, this “pistachio green” is also popular in hair color, nail polish and fashion.
I searched on social media and found #pistachio green, #pistachio ash, #pistachio glaze… and many derivative colors (?). I found a lot of derivative colors.
It is more feminine than khaki green and more mature than mint green, so it seems to be popular among people of all ages.
I think it is typical of Japan that trendy food influences fashion as well.
(O.M.)
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There’s nothing you can’t do
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When I was watching a digest of the Paralympics.
I was shocked when I saw an Indian table tennis player, Ibrahim Hamato (48), play.
Of course, it’s certainly impressive to see the other players play.
He holds the racket in his mouth, holds the ball with his toes, swings his legs high, shakes his head sharply, and hits a sharp serve.
He lost both his arms in a train accident when he was 10 years old.
When he was about 13 years old, kids his age told him that 【there was no way he could play table tennis with that kind of body.】
He was so determined to overturn those words that he became a Paralympic athlete.
I couldn’t stop the tears falling.by his weighty words and his extraordinary effort to appear the Paralympics.
Mr. Rehm of Germany, who hit 8m18 in the long jump with a blade on one foot.
He said, “I hope that one day we will be able to do the Olympics and the Paralympics together.”
These words made me cry even more.
Humans tend to distinguish between what they can do and what they cannot do.
Watching the Paralympic athletes made me realize that there is nothing we can’t do, and once again made me want to keep challenging myself in everything.
(F.S.)