My wife made a soup with my pak chois which I harvested today and sausages.
The soup was so simple that my pak chois were boiled only in consommé soup. Salt coming out of sausage can add mild taste. That simple recipe can make the best use of the taste of fresh pak chois.
I love the pak chois which absorbed soup. Oh,yummy.
Today I went to the day-care center of my daughter for picking her up.
The director of the center has enthusiasm for educating kids through gardening activities. The staffs and kids grow various kinds of vegetables and flowers in their gardening plots.
Today my daughter showed the carrots which they grew there and carrot pancakes they made.
Cooking is one of the director's policy in education.
Thanks to the director's enthusiasm, my daughter get interested in cooking and she is eager to help my wife cooking.
At a corner of the playground I found many planters which were filled with
many flowers. All of them are also raised by the kids.
Today's harvest is shown below. A bunch of spinaches.
Today I thinned them out and brought them to my parents.
Spinaches remind me of Fukushima, where is not only devastated by the earthquake and nuclear crisis but a major production area of spinaches in Japan. The Japanese government announced that radioactivity has been detected from spinaches and milk produced in the area. All distribution of spinaches and milk have been limited with the nation's emergency policy.
I feel it very sad that the farmers in the are will suffer not only from less profit but from harmful rumors saying the goods would be radioactive-contaminated.
The detected radioactive is actually higher than the standard set by the Japanese government but it's still so weak that it's not harmful for human beings yet.
I understand consumers could be sensitive to the rumor but we have to act on accurate information for avoiding unsubstantiated panics.
I found a noteworthy article about devastated Japanese from a viewpoint of an CNN reporter.
I think the article might give you a hint for understanding what Japanese character is like.
Today I thinned out my pak-chois and harvested some of them.
My pak-chois were a bit crowded even after thinning them out twice so I had to dare to pick out some bigger pak-chois. I wonder how big the rest of them will be but temperature in Osaka will be warmer this week so I believe they will grown well.
Eventually, the thinned out pak-chois turned to "today's harvest". My wife boiled them in broth with tofu.
As you know through TV or other source, the largest earthquake in the Japan's recorded history happened on March 11th and massive tsunamis, which were triggered by the earthquakes, swallowed the whole of cities in the Northeastern of Japan. The death toll will be expected over 1500 according to the announcement by the Japanese government.
And more serious concern have been reported. One of nuclear power plants in the devastated area reportedly had exploded and many people around the plants are directed to evacuate keeping away from the explosion site.
Even rescued or evacuated people will be forced to spend hard days in shelters without their houses, foods, water, and their loved ones.
If you have opportunities to find in your local areas any governmental teams, authorities, Non-Governmental-Groups, the Red Cross and other available group which request you donation, fund-raising drives and charitable activities, please corporate with them for helping those who are devastated people in Japan.
