What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 4 | 
Manga are 50% off today! I bought the entire What did you Eat Yesterday? series! #nook #kindle #comixology
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Manga are 50% off today! I bought the entire What did you Eat Yesterday? series! #nook #kindle #comixology
pick“Itadakimasu” is what Japanese people say to express gratitude before they eat. In volume 4 of this cooking/slice of life #manga, a gay couple in Tokyo continue to grow in their appreciation for each other. In this issue, their respective bosses use them as sounding boards. Shiro hasn‘t yet conquered his fear of coming out, but he does overcome his fear of making tempura. #LGBTQ #comics #translation
While the translation is sometimes awkward, I am continuing to enjoy Shiro Kakei‘s culinary adventures in this series. He wants to become adept at making tempura, but he‘s intimidated by the task. (I am too!) His mother‘s advice is that he needs “derring-do” to be successful at it. Bravery is not one of Shiro‘s strengths.
“I gotta use up the ketchup.” What? Weird! I don‘t use ketchup myself, but I was under the impression that it keeps for a long time if it‘s in the fridge. Also puzzling is that in Shiro‘s recipe, he just adds a little squirt of ketchup, not a lot, so it‘s odd that it‘s the dish he thinks of when he needs to use up the ketchup.
Shiro is sick and so Kenji is in the kitchen for a change. I was delighted to realize that he‘s making shiraae, which I tasted for the first time (several times!) on my recent trip to Japan. I made it when I got home and my fussy 10-year-old niece told me she loved it. And proved it by eating a lot of it. 😊
