Recommended dish for new year’s Osechi  おせち料理 ⭐️栗きんとん クチナシの実で金色

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クチナシの実を使った栗きんとんは、鮮やかな黄金色がとってもきれいで、おせち料理の縁起物として親しまれています。

The origin of Kurikinton lies in the chestnut that the Japanese people have been eating since ancient times.

The history of chestnuts is very old, and it is recorded in the “Nihon Shoki” established in the Nara period (720) that the cultivation of chestnuts was encouraged by the Emperor.

At that time, chestnuts were mainly boiled or roasted, and were not considered as sweets, but later a process of “squeezing boiled chestnuts in a 茶巾Chakin was invented, giving rise to the prototype of the current 栗きんとんKurikinton.

The turning point in history came in the late Edo period. It was in Nakatsugawa (now Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture) that became the birthplace of Kurikinton.

At that time, Nakatsugawa, located along the 中山道 Nakasendo, one of the five major highways, was also one of Japan’s leading chestnut-producing areas. Taking advantage of this strength, many confectionery craftsmen in the area started making Kurikinton, and stores selling it were established one after another.

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作り方

https://www.kikkoman.co.jp/homecook/washoku/061/

金運上昇☝️

商売繁盛☝️

黄金色で財をなす

豊かな一年を願い今年もつくってみます

自家製のクチナシの実使って

こんなにきれいなクチナシの実。

こんなに美しい可憐な白い花 December

庭にて June

からこんな色の実ができるなんて 自然ってほんと不思議❣️

今日の庭からでした ではまた次回!

Recommended oisii shopping in Japan ⭐️Spice Curry

スパイスが効いてるし 梅干しが!
Taste for the first time
I can’t believe there are dried plums on top!
New Age Curry

新しい

暑い夏スパイス最高!

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https://www.matsuya.com/ginza/news/2023/0704/thecurryscramble2023-4/

7/9今日まで!

Yamabuki, bright yellow flowers

山吹の色って

きれい

黄色でもなく山吹色

万葉集 昔の人も

この花 愛でたんだ

素敵なつながり

昔も今も

ながれている

同じ心

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Yamabuki, with its bright yellow flowers, is the origin of the word “yama-buki” (meaning “mountain-buki color”). It is said to have been cultivated in Japan since the Manyoshu period. Legend has it that a gold coin dropped in a valley turned into yamabuki flowers around a stream.