☆NANAKUSAGAYU☆

Hello, everyone!!

Do you know "七草粥"(ななくさがゆ, NANAKUSAGAYU)!?

In Japan, there is a custom to eat "七草粥" in the morning on January 7!!
"七(なな)" means "７" in Japanese!!
"草(くさ)" means "weed, herb, grass"!!
"粥(かゆ・がゆ)" means "rice porridge"!!

Then, the reason why we call it "七草粥" is that...

We eat rice porridge putting "seven" herbs into it on January "７"!!
The custom comes from China!!
We hope perfect state of health by eating "七草粥"!!

Now, I'd like to introduce seven herbs!!
They are せり(dropwort), なずな(shepherd’s purse),
ごぎょう(cudweed), ほとけのざ(hawk's-beard),
はこべら(chickweed), すずしろ(radish) and すずな(turnip)!!
We cut these 7 herbs, and put them into rice porridge!!

We eat it as I said earlier, for hoping perfect state of health,
and also settling our stomach after eating traditional New Year dishes,
making up for the loss of nutrients in winter.

I think "７" is lucky number, too!!
So if we eat "七草粥" on January 7,
there are lots of 7 and very very lucky!!haha


Have you ever eaten “七草粥”!?


See you!!

pictures come from this site!!
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http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%83%E8%8D%89