枝豆 Edamame

 

枝豆です。

おいしくて、栄養たっぷりなのが嬉しいですね。

ちゃんと指で豆を押し出して食べるべし。

Edamame is a preparation of immature soybeans in the pod.

The pods are boiled in water  with salt, and served whole.

We eat the beans inside, not the pod.

You may need some skill to push the beans out !

納豆 Natto

Natto

Natto on the hot rice

納豆です。
言わずと知れた発酵食品。

食中毒などになったら、昔は抗生物質代わりに納豆を食べたのだとか。。
納豆菌が腸の働きを助けるのですね。

Natto is a traditional Japanese food made from soy beans fermented with Bacillus subtilis.
It is health-enhancing,
an extract from nattō containing nattokinase is available as a dietary supplement.
Nattō contains large amounts of vitamin K.

Nattō is said to have an antibiotic effect,
and its use as medicine against dysentery was researched
by the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II.