【海外の反応】イギリス「日本に奪われた…」イギリス生まれのモノが日本のおふくろの味となり世界が大絶賛w【日本のあれこれ】

I can't believe this dish was born in the UK! Hello, everyone. I'm Yuri of Personality. When you're fat, you want to eat as much as you can. Homemade food has such a charm, and sometimes it's described as the taste of a mother. According to a survey conducted by Cookpad, the symbol of the taste of a mother is simmered food and miso soup. It seems that many people feel nostalgia for the dishes that used traditional Japanese seasonings, such as miso and soy sauce. Today's theme is the taste of a mother. What is the taste of a mother in Japan that impressed English students? English people love the taste of Japanese mothers. Hello. I'm Charlotte, a high school student from the UK. Actually, I'm going to Japan for a high school exchange program. In Japan, I'm going to stay at home with my family, go to high school in Japan, and go sightseeing on my days off. I'm still not fluent in Japanese. I'm not sure if I can do well in Japan. I was a little anxious, but I didn't have time to worry about it. The day of departure came so quickly. After arriving in Japan, it was a series of surprises. First of all, unlike the UK, Japanese high schools have to change their shoes indoors. In other words, you have to prepare shoes for indoors. It took me a while to get used to this culture. Also, the climate in Japan is completely different from that in the UK. I came to Japan in early June, but the summer in Japan is very hot and humid. Even in summer, it's relatively cool, and it's very different from the British climate. In the meantime, I was happy that the host family at the homestay welcomed me warmly. The host family lives in a house in the outskirts of Tokyo. In Japan, air conditioners are common in general households, and the host mother turns on the air conditioner from a time zone that is not so hot in the morning. When I asked her why she turned on the air conditioner when it wasn't hot, she said it was to lower the humidity. In the UK, there are no air conditioners in households, so I felt the difference here as well. In addition, in Japan, not only in households, but in all buildings, there are air conditioners, especially in convenience stores, supermarkets, and trains, where the temperature is so high that you feel cold. Even in the UK, air conditioners have recently started to be installed in some public facilities, but there are no air conditioners on subways and buses. The host mother is well prepared for the harsh cold of winter, but since it is cool in summer, she may not have the idea of installing an air conditioner. And one of the things that impressed me when I came to Japan was Japanese food. During my study abroad, I had lunch at a cafeteria in high school, and I ate the meals prepared by the host mother in the morning and at night, and all the meals prepared by the host mother were very delicious. Before I came to Japan, I was worried because I was not used to Japanese food, but it was very easy for me to get used to Japanese food. The host mother's food is like meat one day, fish the next day, and the menu is completely different every day. It was the first time in my life that I ate such a variety of menus. Because British people eat pasta and sandwiches every day, the contents of their meals are almost the same. And I was surprised at the variety of dishes prepared for one meal. It's Japanese style to eat various dishes little by little. Every meal, every meal, it's wonderful to make so many dishes with so many ingredients. What the host mother often makes is Japanese soup called miso soup. It's a soup based on miso, but it has different ingredients every day. Vegetables and seaweed. But what I especially like is miso soup with tofu. Japanese tofu is soft and delicious. Tofu is also sold in the UK, but British tofu is hard and not very delicious. And tofu is not just a miso soup ingredient. You can eat it as it is, stir-fry it, or boil it. It seems that you can use it in various ways. I was completely obsessed with Japanese food. One day, the host mother asked me, Do you have any food you want to eat? I said, I want to eat Japanese potato dishes. Sometimes potatoes are used in the food of the host mother, but it seems that potatoes are not used as often as in the UK in Japan. In the UK, potatoes are a staple food, and potatoes can be said to be the national food of the UK. In the UK, potatoes are lined up on the table every day, and the representative dish is the so-called fried potato, chips. It is also included in the famous fish and chips, and chips are indispensable for meat dishes and bean dishes. When I was a kid, I brought chips to my lunch box. In the UK, there is also a food called crisp sandwich with chips sandwiched between bread. Both adults and children love chips. As a result, there is a corner in the UK supermarket called the potato sales corner, which sells only potatoes, and various types of potatoes are sold there. For example, the characteristic of a type of potato called Fluffy is that when boiled, the inside becomes a fluffy texture. It is also delicious to use baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, and creamy flavors to make potato soup. I also recommend a type called Waxy. It is a sticky texture and juicy potato. In the UK, it is known as a salad potato, and as the name suggests, it can be boiled, steamed, and eaten as a salad. It is also perfect for stewing, taking advantage of the characteristic that it is difficult to break down. There is also a type called Smooth. This is characterized by a smooth texture, and the characteristic is that the contents are hard and difficult to break down even when boiled. It is often used in the classic crisps with skin and gratin with potatoes in the UK. There are so many types of potatoes, so it is easy to imagine that the UK is the world's largest potato consumer country. Although it is a little old data, the annual consumption of potatoes per capita in the UK in 2002 was 112 kg. The world average is 33 kg, Germany is 72 kg, and France is 66 kg, so you can see how much the UK consumes potatoes. By the way, Japan is 24 kg. British people eat 4 times more potatoes than Japanese people. So, why are the potatoes from South America so widespread in the UK? It is related to the British Industrial Revolution. Potatoes came to the UK in the second half of the 16th century, and after that, they began to be cultivated in London. At first, potatoes were not so popular around London. However, in the second half of the 18th century, when the Industrial Revolution began, potatoes became a cheap and high-nutritive food and became very popular among the working class. Well, it's a long story, but did you understand how much the British were passionate about potatoes? On the other hand, in Japan, potatoes play a supporting role. According to Host Mother, there are only two types of potatoes in Japan, which are male and female queens, and even if you look at Japanese supermarkets, there are no wide potato stalls like in the UK. On the night I said I wanted to eat potato food, what was on the table was a white salad. Could this be... Yes, Host Mother made me a potato salad. But actually, I don't really like potato salad. In the UK, many people think that potatoes are eaten as a warm dish, and there are not many people who hate potatoes as a cold dish, such as potato salad. But since it's a dish that Host Mother made in response to my request, I decided to eat it gratefully. When I ate it, it was more delicious than I imagined. British potato salad is a simple dish of mashed potatoes, but the potato salad made by Host Mother had a lot of ingredients such as carrots, cucumbers, ham, and boiled eggs, and it was very colorful. I've never seen such a cute potato salad before. When I go back to the UK, I definitely want to make it. Yes, I was also impressed by potato salad, but the potato dish that impressed me the most while studying abroad was Nikujaga. Host Mother made Nikujaga for dinner one day, but I didn't know there was such a delicious potato dish until now. Nikujaga is a flavor that is not found in the UK, so you can taste the goodness of potatoes to your heart's content. I thought there was no country in the UK that was better at potato dishes, but I lost to Japan. The ingredients of Nikujaga are potatoes, beef, carrots, and onions. It seems that the Japanese style uses thinly sliced beef. It's a type of beef that is not sold much in the UK. First, stir-fry the beef, potatoes, carrots, and onions lightly in oil before adding the soup stock. After simmering for a while, when the soup stock is reduced, add seasonings such as sugar and soy sauce. When the soup stock is reduced further, turn off the heat and leave it for a while. By doing this, the flavor of the seasonings will be well absorbed into the vegetables and it will be delicious. In Japan, Nikujaga is also called the taste of a mother. But according to the host mother, the roots of Nikujaga are in the UK. It was the Japanese soldier Togo Heihachiro who created Nikujaga. He studied in the UK in the 1870s. At that time, he couldn't forget the taste of the beef stew he ate in the UK. After returning to Japan, he ordered the military chef to make beef stew. However, the chef at the time had no overseas experience and did not know how to make beef stew. So, he relied only on the hints of beef, potatoes, carrots, and onions, and he created Nikujaga as he imagined. Nikujaga spread in a blink of an eye, and it was said to have become the standard of home cooking. But there is a continuation to this story. In Japan, it is generally thought that Nikujaga was born because of Togo Heihachiro, but in fact, it is said that the story is a rumor. What does that mean? In the era of Togo Heihachiro, the Japanese navy already had a menu called stew and hayashi rice. Considering this contradiction, I think it's a fable that Togo Heihachiro created Nikujaga. And I was impressed by the deliciousness of Nikujaga, so I decided to investigate Nikujaga after eating. And I found out that there is a similar dish in the UK. It's called scouse. I didn't know either, but it seems to be a famous dish of Liverpool, a port city in the UK. Scouse is a dish like beef stew with beef, mutton, potatoes, and other vegetables. Originally, it was a home-cooked dish with leftover vegetables and meat. There is no recipe called this because it is a home-cooked dish, but it tastes like beef stew and Nikujaga and is delicious. I'm a British person, but I'm a little embarrassed that I don't know this. My study abroad period ended in no time. The first thing I want to do when I return to the UK is to actually make Nikujaga that my host mother taught me. I wonder if I can make it well. Please support me! Foreign Reaction When I went to Japan a long time ago, I ate Nikujaga, but it was very delicious. And I heard that the roots of Nikujaga are in the UK. When I thought that the English recipe might have been stolen from Japan, we did something very wasteful. When I looked at this Nikujaga recipe in detail, I realized that it was almost the same as curry rice. I like curry rice, but I've never heard of Nikujaga. I want to make Nikujaga someday. Today, my host mother made Nikujaga for me. It was not beef, but pork, but it was very delicious. Garlic and ginger are the secret ingredients. This Nikujaga is similar to the Uzbek dish, Dimlama. Dimlama is a dish like adding cabbage to Nikujaga. You can also add fruits. I love Japanese-style potato salad. I don't like American-style potato salad, but I'm attracted to Japanese potato salad. It's great to add ham and cucumber to the ingredients and sprinkle sesame oil at the end. Nikujaga is not a gorgeous dish, but when you put it on the table, you feel at ease. The charm of Nikujaga is that it is warm. By the way, the origin of Nikujaga is that Heihachiro Togo ordered his subordinates to make it. According to one theory, the story of Nikujaga is still believed to be the origin of Nikujaga. According to the investigation of the subordinates, the name Nikujaga first appeared in the Japanese recipe book in 1977. The theory that Heihachiro Togo was involved in the birth of Nikujaga is highly likely to be false. Nikujaga is not only for Japanese people, but also for foreigners. Potatoes, vegetables, meat, etc. can be made with ingredients that are easy to get anywhere in the world. This is one of the charms of this dish. How was it? I would be happy if you could tell me your impressions in the comments. Please give me a high rating and subscribe to my channel. Thank you for watching until the end. See you in the next video.