Watching the movie, maybe you developed another gastronomic skill.
The Japanese movie "Little Forest" is like this, you can learn the method of cake in the winter and spring chapters, and you can learn the method of sticky rice sake brewing in the summer and autumn chapters.
Under the ordinary life, it is a small happiness accompanied by ordinary but delicious food.
The film is based on the original manga "Komori Eating Light".
Small villages without shops, small places where vegetables are completely self-sufficient, this is a quiet place away from city life.
She is the only one in the life of the heroine at home, and occasionally friends will come over to enjoy a meal together.
After the mother left home (the play did not explain why she left home), farming, cooking, cleaning the room are all done by the heroine, it looks a little monotonous, but it is the heroine's return after experiencing the city life, and she admires the heroine for being so capable.
This should be another form of independence, which is somewhat different from the regular independence of making money on your own. In this era, it is rare for girls to be able to farm on their own and live alone.
Winter and Spring: The first dish is Christmas cake, a cream cake made of red and green made by mother, and a cream cake made by the heroine of black rice and pumpkin.
The second dish is the natto glutinous rice balls from the rice cake mashing conference, and the Japanese seem to have a fondness for natto.
Looking closely at "Little Forest", it is almost looking at the daily diary records of the heroine.
The third course of food is frozen radish soup, which is light and flavorful. Simple and delicate daily dishes, it is the source of the daily life satisfaction of the heroine. Among them, the dried persimmons are cold mixed with radish shreds, sweet and sour, and are very appetizing side dishes, and the hostess and friends are directly used as refreshments.
The fourth course of food is the ryoli egg roll, and even when living in the city, the taste of the food is still the memory of the small village.
The fifth course is a decompressed homemade sweets, fried red bean cake, steamed red bean bun, red bean cake, red bean drink. That's right, it's a small sweet tooth related to red beans.
Shoveling snow back, a bowl of noodle soup is the heroine's favorite.
The sixth course of baked pancakes is easy to make and crunchy to eat.
The seventh course of pickled bracken, a very refreshing side dish, a delicious raw material from the mountains.
This Japanese drama makes you feel like you are reading the personal life diary or vlog of the heroine Ichiko when you watch it, and it is like a recipe image. Life and food, the two are intertwined, there are these small delicacies in life, and there is a small life in the cuisine, and there is no need for special separation.
Under the quiet of the city is the beauty of the snowy landscape and the reflection on one's own life.
Of course, it also teaches you a Japanese-style family meal, a simple and lifelike delicious food.