Monday, December 31, 2012

Japanese red been soup

Oshiruko is Japanese red bean soup. Taste of the soup is sweet and it include Mochi (Japanese rice cake). In Japan, Oshiruko is eaten when Japanese celebrate new year. In the past time, red been was quite expensive and so people could eat it when they celebrate new year. Nowadays, some scientific research shows that red been gives human body good effect and the Oshiruko is often eaten as dessert. Basically sugar is used to make sweet taste but sometime salt is also used. it is said that salt strength sweetness of Oshiruko. Especially older people like this food and Mochi sometime stuck their throat and airway and kill them. We can find a news about older people's death because of Mochi about this time every year. It shows how older people like this food. They want to eat it even if they are killed by it.
File:Oshiruko with genmai mochi.jpg
File:Oshiruko with genmai mochi.jpg

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