Tomo = Friend
Choco = Chocolate
昨日は、娘がバレンタインデーに「友チョコ」として友達にあげるクッキーを作るのを手伝いました。
Recipes my daughter selected:
"Choco mori" (a single piece of chocolate with various decorations on it)
娘が選んだレシピ：「ちょこ盛り」（チョコ１ピースに色々の飾りを載せたもの）：
このレシピでは手伝っていません。娘が一人で飾りを全部つけました。
She needed major help in making the cookies.
クッキーを作るのには随分と手伝いました。
It's very easy to bake cookies in a toaster oven. You will need a sheet of aluminum foil. A few minutes after you turn on the toaster oven, just place a sheet of aluminum foil on top of the cookies to prevent them from burning.
It took 12-13 minutes to cook these cookies.
クッキーはオーブントースターで焼きました。
オーブントースターでクッキーを焼くのは簡単です。アルミホイルが一枚必要です。オーブントースターを点けてから数分後に、クッキーの上にアルミホイルを載せて、クッキーが焦げるのを防ぎます。
このクッキーを作るのに12～13分かかりました。
後で娘と100円ショップに行き、袋を買いました。
She gave me this one:
私にはこれをくれました：
今日（２月13日）食べました。言うまでもなく、クッキーも飾り付きのチョコも美味しかったです。
Very cute cookies! I don't celebrate St Valentine's Day. It is so commercial and recent (I have heard about it first as a teenager) in many European countries (like France or Switzerland) that it makes us both (me and my husband) rebel against it. Here they insist on the "love" side of St Valentine's (restaurants organise special, expensive meals for couples, so they make more money) and all those who live alone and don't even have a boyfriend/girlfriend feel particularly awful and lonely this day.
ReplyDeleteMy Japanese teacher has told me in Japan it also includes friends and, as I see, also the family :-) I think I would love St Valentine's Day if it was similar here.
Sissi: I think that your teacher will readily agree that Valentine's Day is as commercial as or even more commercial than in your country. Don't you think it's a good thing if the Day is limited to loving couples only???
ReplyDeleteThose chocolates and cookies are so cute! And how nice of you to help your daughter :)
ReplyDeleteYSC: Thank you. Valentine's Day has become such a strange day in Japan, making girls feel obliged to make some sweets by themselves and give them to friends...
ReplyDeleteLovely chocolates! In Canada, Valentine's Day is often celebrated by children giving (usually store-bought) cards to their classmates along with some candy. To be inclusive, everyone gives cards to everyone in their class. One of the most popular candies are Hersey Kisses, a type of chocolate, and also Cinnamon Hearts. I'm allergic to the cinnamon hearts so I dreaded receiving them from classmates.
ReplyDeleteNow that I'm out of elementary school, Valentine's Day is much easier on my poor stomach. Instead, my boyfriend cooks a home meal that is a little fancier than usual. Unlike Japan, Canadian Valentine's Day usually has the men treating their girlfriends/wives.
Joanna: Thank you for your detailed description of Valentine's Day in Canada!
ReplyDeleteIn Japan, boys and men will be busy in one month, because we have White Day then!
The cookies are very cute. A very unique design and there was even written Hiroyuki on your bag. In Germany Valentine is a day for romance. There are no rules but no cards and no gifts for friends - for lovers only. Some say Valentines day was imported for florists and chocolat producers. Members of the american army made it popular in germany after WWII. I like it. Received a DVD - film about a japanese tatoo artist and husband chocolat.
ReplyDeleteKiki: I wanted to say something about the name written on the bag. I'm her dad, not a friend, so I expected that she would write お父さん or something like that instead.
ReplyDeleteAnother Japanese DVD???
Hiroyuki, my teacher says it's very commercial in Japan, but somehow I imagined it cuter since not only couples are concerned... There are so many single people sad on ST Valentine's Day...
ReplyDeleteDo you have any recipes that are easy to make and that dont require a lot of materials cuz i live in a country that doesnt celebrate valentines day so there's limited shopping supplies available
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: Sorry, I don't, but you don't require many ingredients to make cookies or something, right?
ReplyDeleteAs they say, it's the heart that counts!