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Daily Menu - June 2005

2005-06-30 Thu

Dishes we've left for Tomi --- gohan | vinegared yam and cucumber | vinegared octopus and tomato | simmered vegetables | boiled potato and broccoli | fried bean sprout | deep-fried tofu | sauteed sweet pepper | soymilk jelly
LUNCH (Peco and Poco) --- lunch box of the food floor of department store | tea
DINNER (Peco and Poco) at Japanese bar --- simmered whelk | vinegared mozuku seaweed | grilled ayu fish | fried bitter gourd | salad of asparagus and uncured ham | spring roll | deep-fried fu | chilled udon noodles | rice ball | beer and sake

Post a card of self-service and shopkeeper have gone to Edo (Tokyo).

2005-06-29 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (cabbage) | boiled potato and broccoli (bacon and shimeji mushroom) | grated yam and natto | soymilk jelly
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup | deep-fried tofu with boiled spinach | sauteed sweet pepper (minced chicken and shiitake mushroom) | tomato | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- fruit jelly | coffee
DINNER --- grilled rice balls | sauteed konjak and karashimentaiko | cucumber with sakekasu | vinegared celery | simmered vegetables (as yesterday) | vinegared leek and squid (as left) | dressed okra with ume plum paste (as left)

Tomi and Peco who are a craze for a Dragons went to watch a baseball game with grilled rice ball.

2005-06-28 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spiach and egg) | grilled saury with grated radish | fried bean sprout (Chinese pickles, leek, maitake and pork) | pickles (radish, cucumber and eggplant)
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup | grilled salmon | simmered vegetables (fried bean curd cake, radish, carrot, burdock, konnyaku and dried shiirake mushroom) | vinegared tomato and octopus | pickles | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- fruit cake roll | coffee
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at sushi restaurant --- good sushi and sake
DINNER (Poco) --- various leavinges | bread and cheese | wine

Today's sweet was cake roll of good repute.

2005-06-27 Mon

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (tofu and spinach) | grilled pickled herring with grated yam | fried cabbage | dressed okra with ume plum paste (yam, fish paste cake and natto) | cucumber with sakekasu
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup | boiled broccoli with starchy sauce of mushrooms and scallop | sauteed rooled asparagus with pork and eringi mushrooms | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | coffee
DINNER --- chilled tomato | grilled gyoza | vinegared leek and squid | vinegared yam and cucumber | various leavings | bread and cheese

The rainy season has come and sultry damp air wraps us.

Very good ume plum this year (third days)
( 2005-06-27 / Poco )

2005-06-26 Sun

BRUNCH at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
DINNER --- grilled gyouza (Tomi) | vinegared yam and cucumber | soy milk jelly | soaked summer vegetables in vinegared sauce (as yesterday) | bread and cheese | water melon

After we swim at the pool, we have soba noodles for lunch. In the evening, as it get already late and it's very hot day, we have a light meal.

2005-06-25 Sat

BRUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (tofu and wakame seaweed) | soaked summer vegetables in vinegared sauce (eggplant, pumpkin, sweet pepper and eringi mushroom) | vinegared leek and halfbeak | chilled tomato | fried radish's leaf with miso | pickled cucumber | melon
DINNER --- simmered radish and rib (shimeji mushroom, dried shiitake mushroom and radish's leaf) | grilled squid | grilled rice ball | various leavinge | lightly-pickled eggplant and cucumber | water melon

Summer has come before the rainy season. We say hot hot, but we have a good appetite.

2005-06-24 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (asari clam) | simmered cabbage and deep-fried tofu with egg (shimeji mushroom) | grilled asparagus | grated yam and natto | chilled tomato | plum
LUNCH --- gohan | griiled salmon | freid komatsuna and scallop (tofu, shiitake mushroom and ginger) | vinegared celery | pickled cucumber | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | shiso juice
DINNER --- cold soy milk soup with tomato | simmered potato and wienerwurst with tomato souce (carrot, celery and onion) | simmered sweet potato and raisins | fried celery and baby sardine | bread and cheese | wine

White rice after a long time dazzle. The first shiso juice make an appearance. And Peco begins preparation for soft pickled plum.

There are a sweet smell of plum all over the house.
( 2005-06-24 / Poco )

2005-06-23 Thu

BREAKFAST --- glutinous rice boiled with red beans | miso soup (tofu and enoki mushroom) | natto omelet (spinach and dried radish) with tomato | melon
LUNCH --- red rice | simmered potato and cake of pounded fish with egg (onion and eringi mushroom) | Chinese jellyfish and cucumber salad | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- sweet jellied adzuki-bean paste | tea
DINNER --- boiled sweet corn | chilled tomato | vinegared celery | sweet-and-sour pork | boiled bean sprout and leek

At last there are no single rice in the rice bin and I cooked festive red rice !?

2005-06-22 Wed

BREAKFAST --- bread with rhubarb jam | soy milk soup of potato and onion with grilled eringi mushroom | fried cabbage and wienerwurst | chilled tomato | pickled cucumber | golden kiwi
LUNCH --- rice cooked with octopus and ginger | miso soup | simmered sweet potato with raisin with apple juice | tofu paste (spinach, konnyaku, carrot, bamboo shoot and grilled maitake mushroom) | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | coffee
DINNER (Tomi) at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
DINNER (Peco and Poco) at sushi bar --- sushi

Breakfast was very rare bread. Lunch was cooked rice with octopus using the last rice.

2005-06-21 Tue

BREAKFAST --- glutinous rice cooked with wild vegetables and deep-fried tofu | miso soup (tofu and enoki mushroom) | grilled saury | chilled tomato | lightly-pickled eggplant and cucumber | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant)
LUNCH --- somen noodles | glutinous rice (as breakfast) | sweet-and-sour pork (pork, onion, carrot, sweet pepper, shiitake mushroom, bamboo shoot, tomato and pineapple) | boiled bean sprout and leek (Chinese pickles and shimeji mushroom) | pickles | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | coffee
DINNER --- croquette and breaded pork cutlet | grilled eggplant | ohitashi - spinach and kiriboshi-daikon | fried somen noodles (tomato and kimuchi) | glutinous rice (as breakfast) | vinegared celery | pickles

full-summer day. Sour taste is good.

2005-06-20 Mon

BREAKFAST --- rice cooked with pea | miso soup (potato and pea) | asparagus with sesame paste | grated yam and natto | cake of pounded fish | pickles
LUNCH --- rice cooked with pea | sashimi - fugu fish | sauteed eggplant and green pepper with miso | spring roll | pickles (radish, cucumber, eggplant and carrot) | tomato | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- Japanese sweet | coffee
DINNER --- grilled horse mackerel with sweet miso | sashimi - octopus | salad of cucumber and Chinese jellyfish (tomato, enoki mushroom and wakame seaweed) | fried celery and baby sardine | pressed sushi with grilled mackerel | water melon and melon

As we have scarcely any rice, we boiled rice with glutinous rice this morning. And unexpected things often happen, it's a good.

2005-06-19 Sun

BRUNCH at udon noodles bar --- udon noodles | rice ball
DINNER --- somen noodles (shuredded nori and grated ginger) | chilled tomato with shiso | simmered radish and chicken ball | scrambled tofu | various leavings | water melon | melon

It's a day of devoting our life to the pursuit of our faith without a word.

2005-06-18 Sat

BRUNCH --- simmered red zuki and kipper | vinegared cucumber and octopus | pickled eggplant | sauteed okara | grilled sweet corn | flat cake of Japanese parsley and squid | chilled udon noodles
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at Japanese bar --- oden (konnyaku, taro, cake of pounded fish and baked tofu) | baked potato with butter | deep-fried ground fish meat | deep-fried loach | grilled ayu fish | rice ball | pickles | miso soup of fish | a lot of sake
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at sushi bar --- sushi | plenty of sake
DINNER (Poco) --- vinegared cucumber and octopus | pickled eggplant | sauteed okara | water melon

My father came home completely smashed at about two o'clock this morning.

2005-06-17 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (wakame and enoki mushroom) | grilled horse mackerel and salmon | boiled spinach and natto | boiled sweet corn | pickles
LUNCH --- gohan | scrambled tofu (bamboo shoot, carrot, pea, corn and dried shiitake mushroom) | grilled pickled yellowtail in miso | pickles
BETWEEN-MEALS --- banana jelly and milk pudding | coffee
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at sushi restaurant --- good sushi and sake
DINNER (Poco) --- flat cake of Japanese parsley and squid | sauteed okara | fried qinggengcai and pork gristle with sweet vinegar | kimuchi | sushi

As we eat heartily everyday, we happen to notice rice bin has been empty.

2005-06-16 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (tofu and mitsuba) | fried dropwort and squid (maitake mushroom) | chilled tomato | pickled cucumber
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (spinach) | simmered soybean, carrot, burdock, dried shiitake mushroom, konnyaku and konbu | fried qinggengcai and pork gristle (bamboo shoot, eringi mushroom and pineapple) | pickles (radish, carrot, eggplant and cucumber) | cherry
BETWEEN-MEALS --- soy milk jelly with bean-jam | coffee
DINNER --- broiled and soaked pumpkin, sweet pepper and eggplant | croquette and deep-fried sardine | dressed boiled fish paste and mitsuba with wasabi | warabi sandwiched between sheets of kelp with sweet miso | melon and uncured ham | bread and cheese | pickles

Today is a clearance sale of ingredients in the refrigerator. We have made full use of ingredients this week, too.

2005-06-15 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (wakame seaweed and tofu) | grilled sardine | simmered fu with egg (dried shiitake mushroom and mitsuba) | bpiled wild vegetables with sweet miso paste | grated yam and natto | pickled cucumber | cherry
LUNCH (Tomi) at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
LUNCH (Peco and Poco) --- gohan | simmered (as day before yesterday) | spinach with sesame paste | pickles | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- bean-jam pancake | coffee
DINNER (Tomi) --- gohan | simmered mackerel | vinegared eel and cucumber | simmered vegetables (as above) | spinach with sesame paste (as above) | pickles | melon | soy milk pudding
DINNER (Peco and Poco) --- boiled bean sprout and leek (Chinese pickles and corn) | vinegared eel and cucumber | sugar flavored kidney beans | various leavings | grilled rice ball (Peco) | pickles | cherry

At stall of pickles shop in the basement of department store, Peco brightened.

2005-06-14 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan with dropwort | starchy soup of pea | grilled dried saury | salad of okra and boiled fish paste (myoga)
LUNCH --- gohan | grilled salmon | simmered radish and chicken ball (dried shiitake mushroom) | boiled potherb mustard (yuba, shimeji mushroom and white sesame) | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant)
BETWEEN-MEALS --- sweet jellied adzuki-bean paste | coffee
DINNER --- grilled beef | soaked deep-fried eggplant in the soy sauce (grated onion and ginger) | potato salad (carrot, green pea, corn and cucumber) with tomato | various bread and cheese | red wine

Iwate-grown beef was simply and refined taste.

breakfast early in summer
( 2005-06-14 / Poco )

2005-06-13 Mon

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spinach and fu) | simmered potato and onion with egg (dried shiitake mushroom and mitsuba) | natto and finely chopped molokheiya | pickled small cucumber | water jelly with raw sugar sauce
LUNCH --- rice cooked with pea | miso soup | fried komatsuna and scallop (tofu, shiitake mushroom and ginger) | grilled squid | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- Japanese sweets | coffee
DINNER --- simmered vegetables (Japanese butterbur, dried shiitake mushroom, carrot, konnyaku, taro and fried bean curd cake | sashimi - whelk | grilled Japanese rockfish | chilled tomato | cucumber with sakekasu | rolled sushi

Cucumber with sakekasu appear on the table and summer is coming nearer and nearer.

The first try picture scroll sushi. "Rose" I mean
( 2005-06-13 / Poco )

2005-06-12 Sun

BRUNCH --- melon and uncured ham | cod roe spaghett (nori seaweed) | salmon and soy milk spaghett (enoki mushroom and mitsuba) | bread | cheese
DINNER --- rice cooked with pea | simmered greens and deep-fried tofu | vinegared leek and squid with sweet vinegar miso | simmered whelk and konjak

Peco went to buy one ginger and came home in glee with two big bags which was closely packed with vegetables and fruits and one box of pea.

We all love pea
( 2005-06-12 / Poco )

2005-06-11 Sat

BRUNCH --- gohan seasoned with soy sauce and boiled with shijimi clam and ginger | dressed boiled potato and mitsuba with ume plum | vinegared leek and squid with sweet vinegar miso | garden bean with sesame paste | natto and finely chopped molokheiya | grilled asparagus | fried potato, sweet pepper and pork | pineapple
DINNER --- grilled squid | simmered whelk and konjak (shimeji mushroom | tomato salad | warabi sandwiched between sheets of kelp and sweet vinegar miso | hot somen noodles | grilled rice ball

When I wrote , there were full of dish which dressed with miso or other sauce.

Two dishes from Today's brunch
( 2005-06-11 / Poco )

2005-06-10 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (tofu and wakame) | grilled sardine | fried leek and egg with natto | lightly-pickled cucumber and cabbage
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup | grilled salmon | fried lettuce and mushrooms with starchy sauce | simmered Japanese butterbur and deep-fried tofu
BETWEEN-MEALS --- Japanese sweets | tea
DINNER --- deep-fried squid ring | grilled Japanese rockfish | sashimi - yellowtail | grilled asparagus | vegetables soy milk soup | grilled Halloumi cheese | grilled rice ball

I'll make this! and Peco deep-fried squid ring.

2005-06-09 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (tofu and wakame seaweed) | grilled sardine | fried leek and egg with natto | lightly-pickled cucumber and cabbage
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup | grilled salmon | fried lettuce and mushrooms | simmered Japanese butterbur and deep-fried tofu
BETWEEN-MEALS --- Japanese sweets | tea
DINNER --- deep-fried squid ring | grilled Japanese rockfish | sashimi - yellowtail | grilled asparagus | soy milk soup of vegetables | grilled cheese | grilled rice ball

I'll make this! and Peco deep-fried squid ring.

2005-06-08 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (radish's leaf and deep-fried tofu) | yuba with starchy sauce | warabi sandwiched between sheets of kelp and sweet vinegar miso | boiled spinach and natto | pickles
LUNCH (Tomi and Peco) --- gohan | miso soup | fried saury with vinegared ginger and lettuce | simmered dried gourd shavings with egg (shiitake mushroom and konnyaku) | pickles | pineapple and strawberry
LUNCH (Poco) at Chinese restaurant --- gohan | Chinese pickles | clear soup (shiitake mushroom, egg, bean-starch vermicelli and greens) | fried tofu with hot sauce | boiled gyoza | oolong tea
BETWEEN-MEALS --- cake roll | coffee
DINNER at sushi restaurant --- sushi

The breakfast was just like a Japanese-style hotel's one (we often use this expression).

I'm treated phantom at last
( at Chinese restaurant / 2005-06-08 / Poco )

2005-06-07 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (warabi and deep-fried tofu) | grilled mackerel with grated radish | dressed leek and scallop with sweet vinegar miso | pickled Chinese cabbage | melon
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (radish's leaf and wakame seaweed) | simmered pumpkin | grilled white meat with grilled leek | chilled tomato | pickles (carrot, cucumber and eggplat)
BETWEEN-MEALS --- cake | coffee
DINNER --- grilled cake of pounded fish | grilled pickles radish | Chinese jellyfish and cucumber salad (tomato) | boiled bean sprout and leek (mushroom and corn) | grilled rice ball | pickles | melon

As it's very hot and humid today, we have leghtly meal with grilled and boiled dish at dinner.

2005-06-06 Mon

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (fu and wakame seaweed) | fried pea and small tomato (shimeji mushroom and egg) | grilled horse mackerel | natto | cherry
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (radish's leaf and wakame seaweed) | tofu paste (spinach, konnyaku and dried shiitake mushroom) | grilled salmon | lightly-pickled eggplant and cucumber | cherry
BETWEEN-MEALS --- soybean flour bun with a bean-jam filling | coffee
DINNER --- rolled sushi (egg, spinach, dried gourd shavings and vinegared ginger) | tempura (wild vegetables, sweet potato, chestnut and squid) | dressed udo with miso | sauteed udo's peel | sugar flavored kidney beans | simmered vegetables | grape

We have sizzle tempura using wild vegetables from Meh.

2005-06-05 Sun

BRUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (potato and pea) | simmered vegetables ( butterbur, carrot, burdock, dried shiitake mushroom, konnyaku and fried bean curd cake) | vinegared leek and mackerel with sweet vinegared miso | sauteed Japanese butterbur's leaf with miso | blueberry
DINNER --- simmered spring vegetables (same as day before yesterday) | chilled tofu | yuba | udon noodles (Peco) | lightly-pickled eggplant and cucumber | melon

Today is the birthday of Peco and this web site. Celebrate by simmered vegetables which star cook in person.

2005-06-04 Sat

LUNCH (Tomi and Peco) at Itarian restaurant --- Itarian dishes
LUNCH (Poco) --- oymilk soup of burdock (grilled eringi mushroom) | maitake mushroom curry | cereal rice | pickles
DINNER --- many kinds of tofu, yuba, sesame pudding and deep-fried tofu (broiled and dip in ginger soy sauce) | stewed butterbur in soy sauce | grilled asparagus | pickles (cucumber, eggplant and carrot) | pickled red turnip and pickled Chinese cabbage | melon

There was an array of soy bean products.

2005-06-03 Fri

BREAKFAST (Poco) --- banana, cherry and blueberry | tea
LUNCH (Poco) --- simmered spring vegetables | bread | coffee
BETWEEN-MEALS --- dumpling | tea
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at Japanese restaurant --- special dishes
DINNER (Poco) --- fried leek, and shimeji mushroom | cold noodles with kimuchi

As Tomi and Peco travel on business, closed today.

2005-06-02 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spinach and egg) | fried leek, and shimeji mushroom | salad of octopus and tomato | pickles (cucumber, eggplant and carrot) | simmered pickled nozawana
LUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (radish's leaf and wakame seaweed) | simmered spring vegetables (cabbage, onion, potato ad carrot) | braised hijiki | vinegared leek and squid
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | coffee
DINNER --- grilled asparagus | simmered flounder and burdock | sauteed okara | fried garlic's stem and pork with oyster sauce | rice gruel with salmon | tsukudani | bread, cheese and red wine | melon

It's a clearance sale of ingredients in the refrigerator today. but there were rich in variety dishes on the table.

2005-06-01 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (turnip's leaf) | deep-fried tofu (grated cucumber) | grilled purple asparagus | pickles
LUNCH --- cooked rice with roasted soybean and ume plum | miso soup (wakame and radish's leaf) | fried garlic's stem and pork with oyster sauce (eringi mushroom) | grilled salmon | pickles (red turnip, radish, greens)
BETWEEN-MEALS --- bean-jam pancake | coffee
DINNER --- rice ball of eice of lunch | somen noodles | simmered mackerel (Tomi) | grilled pumpkin | sauteed okara (burdock, carrot, corn, soy bean, dried shiitake mushroom, minced chicken, squid and leek) | egg jelly | orange jelly (Tomi)

The purple asparagus which we bought at the vegetable store in an old shopping street is so sweet.