SLA Junior Seminar 13: Bites of Britain, Tastes of Japan

'It is easy enough to blame the change on British food.' (p.100)

The author, who lives in Japan, get a job, has a family described just what he wanted to say to someone. He tells Britain and Japan have good points and weak points as well, so he takes some samples, some bites of Britain, some tastes of Japan. Today I am sharing with you a stories that I chuckled while imagining what he wants to deliver.

What do you have in your mind when it comes to traditional British bites? Fish and chips, English breakfast, meat pie, scones... any else? The native English man was shocked to read that the British people are now the fattest in Europe on account of the greasy, sugary and over-roasted food. Why do they have such dishes normally? Actually, it derives from the cold weather. In old England, they needed the fat and starch to keep them warm. Then, the typical eating habit became natural and common even people afford to have heating system and rich houses. Needless to say, it is no doubt they are getting soft and flabby. 

However, from other perspective, it is no trouble if they do workout and move more actively to consume calories they take. Or else, they are supposed to reconsider the process of cooking. At the end of the short story, he added that British people will never give up their food, because even if the rest of the world mocks. Like this, he gives us trivial topic that are so funny and common in Japan. If you want to bite the culture, why don't you open the page? 

Cheetham, Dominic. (2003). Bites of Britain, Tastes of Japan. Tokyo: NHK Publishing.