I'm of an age where I remember World War 11 extremely well. I do have to admit that I had never heard of Pearl Harbor until we were bombed. I actually had a wonderful uncle killed in Hawaii....
Why I'm on this tangent tonight is because I had a Japanese tasting party in my home today and it was really culturally interesting.
The hostess of our party, a charming middle-aged Japanese woman who came to visit for one week.
She wanted to shop, cook and feed us for a tasting party. Some of the ladies enjoyed the food...othes didn't.
I had the pleasure of collecting the plates with soup and noodles designed to enter my trash bag.
Most of it was very good...very healthy cooking with soy and beans mixed into interesting concoctions.
We all asked Kuniko different questions about her family life and her government. She admitted that she doesn't care for the emporer. I didn't know that he is the grandson of Hiroshima.
They watch CNN in their country and she drives a 17 year old small car. Gas is $7.00 a gallon..so I guess we shouldn't complain.
Everytime we asked her something, she thanked us over and over.
It was an enlightening day..and one I want to think about for some time.
The world has become very small...very global...and I guess we're all sisters.
2 comments:
i'm so glad you wrote this..since i wasn't able to attend...did get to meet her..what a beautiful woman she is....the left-over fairy visited my house later so my cousin and I could taste also...like the others, some we liked and some we didn't but it was interesting and i'm so glad i had that opportunity....(the dishes will be returned this morning!!!)
it was to typically nice of you to host that for her and all her friends
we were so impressed that she would want to go to all that trouble to cook all that lovely food, just to please ladies she didn't know..
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I want to thank you Hilda for including me..What a wonderful afternoon we had with Kuniko. It
was so nice of her to cook for all
the ladies and give us a sampling
of "true" Japanese food. I love the
Japanese culture and want to visit
Japan some day. I learned a few
words, Thank you, Hello and Goodbye. Wish I could have learned
more. She was a wonderful guest and
you were a wonderful host.
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