寿司ワークショップ / SUSHI workshop @229日目

[さぁ！これから巻きます！]
[Let’s roll !!]

[炊飯器を持参した（笑）/ We brought our rice cooker to his apartment]

[巻き寿司に挑戦 / We made maki roll]

[にぎりにも挑戦 / We made “Nigiri” too]

<日本語/Englsih>

今日は同僚のJuhani氏のお宅で寿司ワークショップをやることになった．Juhani氏は非常に料理が特異で，日本食にも興味があるとのこと．自身でも寿司を作ったりするそうだが，今日は僕らが寿司の作り方を説明するということになった．

炊飯器持参でお宅に伺って，お米の研ぎ方とか卵焼きの作り方などを説明した（うちの奥さんが料理して，僕が通訳）

Juhani氏に日本料理の本を見せてもらったが，かなり年季の入った素晴らしい本だった（著者は忘れてしまった）．そのため，僕らが説明した内容のうち，どのぐらいが有益だったのか気になったけれども，ともかく美味しいお寿司が完成し，みんなでおしゃべりしながらディナーを楽しむ事ができたので嬉しかった！

あと，今日の寿司の内容とはあまり関係ないけど，下のツイートの引用のところでチリ人のプログラマーさんの発言と言われるツイートを引用してあります．これは僕から，日本人の，特に学生さんに向けてお伝えしたいメッセージです．

こちらに来て感じたことですが，日本では「こうしないといけない」とか「こうするのが普通だ」という暗黙のルールというのか，見えない壁というものが存在しているように思えます．今は就職難ですが，就職できなかったからといって，人生が否定されたわけではありません．本当に常識の枠に捕らわれないようにして欲しいと思います．これは若い人だけではありません．大人，特に学校の先生にも知ってもらいたいと思います．大人から考えを変えないと，日本は変わりません．

少なくとも，僕が大学に戻ったら，この言葉をゼミのみんなに真っ先に伝えたいと思います．

Today, I went to my colleague Juhani’s apartment to have a Sushi work shop. I know Juhani is very very good at cooking, and interested in Japanese food. I heard he has made Sushi at home many times. We were afraid that our workshop is helpful for his family (he maybe already know everything!!).

We brought our rice cooker and rice, “海苔” nori, “卵焼き” egg cakes and “かんぴょう” dried gourd shaving. In his apartment, my wife cooked and I translated her action and explanation one by one. For example, many Westen people think “rice need wash”. Definitely in many cooking translation, I saw many “wash rice”. But it is not true. Rice is needed to “polish”. When you wash rice, not much water is not needed. If we put much water, rice swims in water and enable to polish. Put not so much waters, and grains of rice rub each other.

Anyway, we could make nice and delicious Sushi at last. We had a very good dinner indeed. Kiitos Juhani:-)

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And I quoted  other’s tweet (in orange color). This tweet is certain Chilean programmers comment. “Do you work after graduate school immediately, don’t you?!?! You are crazy!! Why don’t you travel all around the world for a year. Why don’t you talk and become friends with young girls in the world? After staring work at company, when are you able to have a 3 month holiday? What?? After 60 years old and retire your job!!?! DO YOU REALLY KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE IS ONLY ONCE!!!”

As you may know, in Japan, many young students are troubled in getting jobs. And many of them are fighting severe examinations. I think, many people tend to judge thing “What is usual thing”. But after come here, my mind were changed by Finnish culture. I want to say Japanese Students, please do not be so nervous. Definitely getting jobs is inevitable and important to your life. But I hope you remember this tweet sometimes.

I decide to tell my seminar students about it.

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