The New Years Dishes/Osechi-ryori
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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tobym (66 months ago | reply)
Happy New Year, suika!!
*SuiKa* (66 months ago | reply)
ahh, toby, Happy New Year !!!
georgesr58 (66 months ago | reply)
Sound's Like Great Food We All Need !!! Fine Capture. And Have A Great 2007 To You And Your Family.
gardinergirl (66 months ago | reply)
Mmmmmmm . . . .It all looks delicious & I love those red boxes for serving the food!
Don Baird (66 months ago | reply)
Wow.... that looks awesome. I want some.... lol.......... :)
crime scene (66 months ago | reply)
I'm not a big fan of roe and etc, but I adore the presentation, it's marvellous!!!
Beautiful colours of the food and the lovely partitioned serving boxes.
It looks so very edible!
Pink Hibiscus (66 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image. And thanks for sharing the information. Happy New Year to you!
.margarida. (66 months ago | reply)
they all looks so delicious!! Happy New Year!
jude (66 months ago | reply)
the presentation is beautiful - i would like one but all vegetarian! :)
elvy (66 months ago | reply)
Lovely!! Happy New Year Suika!! :-)
Neville_S (66 months ago | reply)
looks good.....now you got me hungry = )
Dr Tao (66 months ago | reply)
Oishiso! Tabetai desu!
Douzo, Suika-san, Guten Tag-group-ni happyo-kudasai!
.. eugénia .. (66 months ago | reply)
Oh, my, they are really wonderful to look at! And must be also very delicious.
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*SuiKa* (66 months ago | reply)
I thank you for all of your visiting and commenting. :)
Dr Tao, thank you for your invitation!
Lokacid (66 months ago | reply)
wowthis looks so yummy !! and thanks a lot for the explanations, it's so nice to know about different traditions :)
hanabi. (66 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 (66 months ago | reply)
These look absolutely delightful, Suika!
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AUS (65 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。
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