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夫がいたころは、枝豆大好きだった夫から、「店に出ているかぎり毎晩でもいいから」と言われて、夕食にゆでたてを出していた。晩酌(注１)がまずくなるからと、昼食も控える(注2)ときもあったくらいで、ましておやつに枝豆など考えられなかったであろう。その習慣で私も枝豆は夕食のものと思い込んでいた。 独りになってからの私は、一人でお酒は飲まないので、いつの間にかおやつに枝豆を食べ始めた。冷やした枝豆の味も覚えたのだが、同じ枝豆でも、お酒と一緒のときと、ひたすらお豆を楽しんで食べるときの味は別のように思う。環境が変わると、ものの食べ方まで変わるものなのだと気がついた。 今夜は、チリメンジャコを少し入れ、しょうゆ味の枝豆ご飯を炊くことにしよう。
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English
When my husband was still with me, he loved edamame so much that he used to say, "As long as they're in stores, I'd have them every night." So, I always served freshly boiled edamame for dinner. He even refrained from lunch at times so as not to ruin his evening drink, so having edamame as a snack was completely out of the question. Because of that habit, I also assumed edamame was something to be eaten with dinner.
After I was left on my own, since I don't drink alcohol alone, before I knew it, I started eating edamame as a snack. I also learned to appreciate chilled edamame, but it seems to me that even with the same edamame, the taste is quite different when eaten with alcohol compared to when simply enjoying the beans themselves. I realized that when your environment changes, even the way you eat food changes.
Tonight, I think I'll add a little bit of dried baby sardines (chirimen-jako) and cook some soy-sauce-flavored edamame rice.
Multiple Choice Questions (1)
Question 1「おやつに枝豆など考えられなかったであろう」とあるが、なぜか。
