tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post114935001504778487..comments2024-02-17T19:56:14.419+09:00Comments on Obachan's Kitchen & Balcony Garden: Burnt Jamobachanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149566381874544372006-06-06T12:59:00.000+09:002006-06-06T12:59:00.000+09:00anonymous commenterMy parents experienced extreme ...<B>anonymous commenter</B><BR/>My parents experienced extreme hunger in their childhood after the WW II, and the majority of residents in my hometown are elderly people who believe, being brought up in a small fishing and farming village, that wasting food is a sin. Being in such environment, when someone in my family ends up making a not-so-successful dish, we try to find a way to consume it obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149514819865834092006-06-05T22:40:00.000+09:002006-06-05T22:40:00.000+09:00ALSO, I THINK YOUR MOTHER (AS DOES MINE) MAY COME ...ALSO, I THINK YOUR MOTHER (AS DOES MINE) MAY COME FROM THE GENERATION THAT HATES TO WASTE ANYTHING.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149475193251712032006-06-05T11:39:00.000+09:002006-06-05T11:39:00.000+09:00The moment the jam was burned and ruined, the oran...The moment the jam was burned and ruined, the oranges, sugar (and her mother's time) were wasted. It seems Obachan's mother was trying to make her daughter compensate for the waste her mistake created.<BR/><BR/>For me, there is something more important than being logically correct and that's respecting others enough not to make them pay the price for your mistakes. Kindness goes both ways. You Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149472442447737642006-06-05T10:54:00.000+09:002006-06-05T10:54:00.000+09:00ghanimaGo for it! Follow where the baking spirit l...<B>ghanima</B><BR/>Go for it! Follow where the baking spirit leads. ;)<BR/><BR/><B>anonymous commenter</B><BR/>The point is not wasting the terrible amount of sugar and oranges used for the jam, and saving a family member from emotional distress, knowing how much time and efforts she made for making the jam and also knowing how much efforts it takes to grow/harvest the oranges. Perhaps we do not obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149427536676501952006-06-04T22:25:00.000+09:002006-06-04T22:25:00.000+09:00RIGHT, YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE. SOMETIMES MISTAKES...RIGHT, YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE. SOMETIMES MISTAKES TURN OUT WELL AND OTHER TIMES--NOT SO MUCH! NOW, YOU CAN DEFINITELY CROSS BURNT ORANGE JAM OFF YOUR LIST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149395037598728852006-06-04T13:23:00.000+09:002006-06-04T13:23:00.000+09:00They do look good but what's the point of having s...They do look good but what's the point of having something sweet which you don't enjoy as much as possible? Since there is only pleasure in sweets (and rarely much nutritional value), having burnt jam which you don't particularly like on them seems illogical.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you're a cold-hearted daughter. In fact, I don't think your mother should not have given you something she burnt andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1149381784209025512006-06-04T09:43:00.000+09:002006-06-04T09:43:00.000+09:00They look fabulous, Obachan! You're really firing ...They look fabulous, Obachan! You're really firing up my baking spirit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com