What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 2

What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 2 | Fumi Fumi Yoshinaga

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Riding public transit home from work, totally absorbed in meal planning: that‘s why I love this #manga series about a gay Tokyo couple in their 40s. Much of the book is devoted to either grocery shopping, eating or step-by-step cooking. Even less happens in volume 2 than the first, but we do get some backstory on how Shiro and Kenji met. My only complaint is weird recipe #translation, like “1/3 oz of butter” instead of 2 teaspoons. #LGBTQ #Comics

Lindy Chicken bouillon; chicken soup base; chicken soup bouillon; chicken soup broth powder: four different ways to say it in one book—another example of irritating recipe translation. 6y

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What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 2 | Fumi Fumi Yoshinaga

I didn‘t get a good shot of my grip on the knife because I was using my other hand to take the photo, but I was taught to hold the nakiri (Japanese vegetable knife) between thumb and forefinger on the blade and my middle finger curled under the tang. There are many illustrations of Shiro holding his knife, always with one finger extended over the back of the blade. Do any of you hold your knife this way?

suzisteffen I hold it the way he does! (Thanks to some YouTube videos a few years ago that were like USE YOUR TOP FINGER TO GUIDE THE BLADE.) 6y

Lindy @suzisteffen Hmm. Obviously there‘s more than one way. I was taught in a kitchen knife specialty shop. I googled “proper way to hold a chef‘s knife” just now and the first video that comes up is one that demonstrates holding it the way I do. http://www.mooreapproved.com/2017/06/santuko-vs-chefs-knife-vs-japanese-nakiri-k... (edited) 6y

ReadingEnvy I've also heard the finger on top to control the direction thing but in the restaurant kitchens I've worked in there is no finger on top. 6y

Lindy @ReadingEnvy I‘ve been watching closely on Netflix cooking shows and I‘ve seen both ways. The Japanese style of knife handle (which I have) isn‘t designed to be gripped the same way as a European style handle, so pinching the blade is my best option. In this manga series, Shiro is shown using knives with European style handles. 6y

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