“ The Fish Which Tells It’s Autumn. “

Saury is the fish which tells Japanese people that autumn has come. It is the fattiest and tastiest in autumn. The best season to get saury is during autumn. When we grill it and then eat it with grated radish and sudachi ( a kind of Japanese citrus) or sliced lemon, it tastes wonderful.

I heartily felt autumn has come when I ate it yesterday for the first time in this season. I think the four seasons are distinct in our country, that’s why we value the sense of each season; we also appreciate it in Japanese dietary culture.

Recently Japanese dietary culture has been Americanized and Japanese people, especially the young ones, tend to love Americanized food: hamburger, fried chicken, pizza and so on. We can eat strong-flavored dishes for 24 hours. They are delicious, easy to eat and not so expensive and so, we become accustomed to strong taste before we knew it. “Washoku “ (Japanese traditional food)  was listed as a world heritage and is appreciated by foreign people but locals patronize fast food nowadays.

 Japanese traditional foods are good and healthy , moreover they look sophisticated and have the great sense of season. I want to value Japanese traditional dietary culture even though it is a little troublesome to prepare and it takes a long time to cook. I also want to keep the idea in appreciating the sense of season in the food, and as a good example of this is the feeling we get when we eat saury in autumn.

 

 

value the sense of each season; we also appreciate it in Japanese