Osech-ryori are special side dishes eaten on the first three days of the new year.. Tiered lacque boxes are abundantly loaded with multi-hued side diehses, grilled or boiled dishes and vinegared dishes.. It appears that present-day osechi-ryori was developed with the parituclar practice of keeping it as is for a while, because it is splendid to look at, and also out of consideeration for reducing housewives' work for three days.. There are some regional differences but osechi contents are essentially fixed.
Those contents are respectively charged with wishes; for example,, sea bream(tai) is "auspicious"(mede-tai), herring roe (kazu no ko) indicates "the prosperity for ones descendants", and sea tangle roll (kobu maki)means "happiness"(yoro-kobu)
by the book "Traditional Japanese Culture & Modern
Japan"
BTW, I COOKED SEVERAL ,,, NOT ALL ,,LOL.
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Lokacid 78 months ago | reply
wowthis looks so yummy !! and thanks a lot for the explanations, it's so nice to know about different traditions :)
hanabi. 78 months ago | reply
わあ、おいしそうなおせちですね。
今年もよろしくお願いいたします。
Purrrpl_Haze 78 months ago | reply
These look absolutely delightful, Suika!
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AUS 77 months ago | reply
あ～、おいしそう！
今頃になっておせちを見てるなんて遅いですね、私。