Re: ODEN

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〉Hi, everyone. This is Hamako.
Hi, Hamako.
It's Cheeks again.
I'm having a quiet afternoon tea by myself because my lovely chatty daughter took off right away to a friend's house as soon as she threw her backpack exchanging only a few words with me who was waiting to hear her daily digest of her school life at home.

〉Have you already eaten ODEN this winter?
This ODEN story of yours gave me a warm feelings and inspired me to write how I feel now. I've just finished reading an amazing true story of a boy who survived such a harsh
childhood. This is one of the most shocking book I've ever read. "A Child Called It" is the title. It is a gift from one of my dearest friend who has become a social worker in the US.
She works for those people who suffer from DV and her husband is a counselor for children who suffer from physical as well as mental sickness at a hospital. Whenever I talk with her, I realize I take so many things for granted such as a yummy ODEN supper.
I don't mean that I should cry and feel depressed for all the darkside of human-beings but at least I should remember there are millions of small kids who have no idea what the joy or the security of life is in the world. What I can think of at the moment is to appriciate all the joy and happiness I have and embrace them as long as I can.

I'm sorry if I brought up some groomy subjects here when you are having such a joyful topic. I'm a bit overwhalmed by the story of the book and found a happy family life you are having is an extraordinary. And realizing and spreading such an idea of happiness seems
a great way to end all the sorrow little by little.

〉Yesterday, I made it for supper.

〉It was so yummy!

〉If you make it,
〉what do you take in it?
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〉・boiled many Gyu-Suji.
〉・sliced and boiled Japanese radish. (it was a very big one, with chamfered edges and Kakusi-Houtyo)
〉・boiled some eggs.
〉・sliced with Kakushi-Houtyo and boiled many Konnyaku
〉・boiled some potatoes.

〉・some pieces of rice cakes. I made it in another pot.
〉Because it had some powder. (We've already done mochi-pounting another day)

〉・some seaweed for make soup with a store-bought soup, sake, soy sauce, mirin.
〉(I usually use some dried sardines. But I forgot to buy it...)

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〉I wanted to add more foodstuff, Hiraten, sausage, etc.
〉but there was no space...

〉If you try to make ODEN, you may took a lot of trouble by precook.
〉But it has worth over any works.
〉Have some hot ODEN with familiar members, on a cold winter's night.
〉What a joyful event!
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〉Did you ask me what is our today's supper?
〉Of course ODEN!
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〉Have a nice ODEN(^^)

I think I'm going to have ODEN tomorrow and appriciate what I can have and share the joy with my family.
Thank you, Hamako for sharing such a brilliant idea for supper in winter.

Your story warmed me up a lot.

Cheers
Cheeks

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