A Happy New Year

あけましておめでとうございます。本年もよろしくお願いします。
今年もさらに自然と親しみ、作れるものは自分で作ってみたいと思っています。
今日は庭に出て材料を取り、七草粥を作りました。私の庭では、なずな、ごぎょう、はこべら、すずしろ、の４種しかなかったので四草粥でした。なずなの香りが、まさに春！そう言えば子供のころ、よく食べたなぁ、なずなのおひたし。
おいしくてすぐ食べてしまったので、写真を撮り忘れました。

Today, the 7th of January, is the day we eat "nanakusa-gayu" or seven-herb rice porridge. Seven kinds of spring herbs are put into this porridge. This is based on an old custom of new year, and eating this nanakusa-gayu is to be in good health through the year, and it also means to keep the evils away. Though I couldn't find all the seven kinds, I picked four of these grass in my garden and cooked this rice porridge. The flavour was good and it reminds me of my mom's cooking. She picked one of these grass, nazuna, in spring, boiled them and served it for us. The flavour of nazuna was a sign of spring.