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Butterfly Just Danceさん、今年は年末年始休暇は取らないの？
と思われているかもしれませんが。
今年ですね、私の毎日は年中バタバタしていたんです。
それでその内バタバタも終わるだろう、終わるだろう、と過ごしていたんですが、12月に入ってもバタバタしていたので、数日前に、今年はもうこんなだからバタバタしておこう、と決めまして、今年は普段通りにブログを動かします。
上記の写真は、Temuで購入したアナログタイプの電話です。
このタイプは、現代のプッシュ回線やLineに対応可能機種です。
1930年代ビンテージモデルなんだそうです。 5384円でした。
もっとクラシカルなタイプも合ったんですが、大正時代くらいのスタイル・細身で、昔の旧制高等学校（今の大学校）の教授室に置いてあったような、美しいカーブを持った細い受話器が乗っている電話。電話機と書いたほうがいいでしょうか。
そういうのもありました。倍の値段がしますが。気になる方は、一度Temuで見て確認されては如何でしょうか？
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| ストーブで鍋を煮る |
30日は、買っておいた豚肉のブロックを煮豚にして、ストーブでコトコトと炊いていました。
豚のブロック肉はスーパーで500円から800円くらいです。
パックで売っています。
安い時や食費に余裕がある時に買っておいて、冷凍して作りたい時に使います。
角煮を作ったり、 甜麺醤（テンメンジャン）を塗って野菜で巻いて食べる為に茹でたり、今は煮豚を作るのが私の旬です。
こちらのレシピは随分前にレシピノートに控えていたんですけれど、元のサイトが探し出せませんでしたので、レシピノートの記述を出します。
この煮豚はさっぱりした味で、出来上がりをスライスして辛子をつけて頂きます。
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| 弱火で30分程似た状態 |
醤油煮豚（しょうゆにぶた）のレシピ
豚肩ロース肉（ブロック） 500g〜
八角 1個
出汁昆布（だしこんぶ） 1枚
調味料
酒（焼酎でもジンでも）100ml
醤油 大さじ1
塩 小さじ1
辛子は、チューブでも美味しいが、粉辛子（こなからし）を水で溶いて、食べる度に使うとフレッシュで美味しい。
1. 肉がかぶるくらいの水を入れ、鍋を中火にかける。灰汁（あく）が出てきたら、1度湯を捨て、鍋と豚肉を水で洗う
2. 1の鍋に水1リットル、出汁昆布1枚、調味料全部を入れ（1リットル+調味料です）、弱火で1時間煮る
3. 1時間後、豚肉を取り出し、粗熱（あらねつ・此処では豚肉の熱）が取れるまで冷ましたら、水気をキッチンペーパーで拭き取り、スライスする
💫 粉辛子はスーパーの胡椒等が置いてある棚に、大体有ります。粉辛子をひと袋、冬の始まりに買っておくと、日本では2月頃から並ぶ、春を告げる菜（さい）・菜の花の辛子和え（なのはなの からしあえ）の時に大活躍します。
私は通常の暮らしのリズムでは、菜の花の辛子和えは10回は作ります。皆さんも同じ筈です（笑）
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| apple music ベルリン・フィルハーモニー ベートーヴェン 交響曲 5番 |
交響曲5番という組曲の中の、シンフォニー9番が正式名称です。
それで第九番の略で「第九（だいく）」と呼ばれています。
想像ですが、きっとクラシックに詳しい方々の呼び方が、世の中に出たんでしょうね。
私は大晦日の過ごし方として、ミドル世代に入った頃からまたベルリンフィル・ハーモニー・オーケストラを聴くようになりました。
指揮者は「ヘルベルト・フォン・カラヤン」が好きです。
ラジオのベルリンフィル・ハーモニー・オーケストラのプログラムを待って居たり、今年のようにアップル・ミュージックで探したり。
「シンフォニー9番（第九）」をかけると、不思議と大晦日の夜が艶のあるビロウド色に染まります。
室内の空気が清らかになったような美しさが、部屋中に満ちるんですよね。
何か煮炊きして居ても、ゆっくりコーヒーを飲んで居ても、シャンパンを静かに飲んで居ても、それは同じです。
今年は何だか和風だけでは無い、知的な柔らかさと氷点下の毅然さを漂わせたいな、と思う方は、良かったら試してみてください。
ちなみに、O.先生から教えて頂いたんですが、ベルリンフィルのニュー・イヤー・コンサートはユーチューブでも観れるんだそうです。
フォーマルな雰囲気を覗けるので、静々とゴージャスな新年の過ごし方を好まれる方は、1月2日のYouTubeプログラムを調べて見て下さいね。
以上、煮豚と音楽でした。
年越しの挨拶やお正月の挨拶はしないでおこうと思います。
しても良いんですけど、何だか今年はセンチメンタルな気分を込めてしまいそうで、気が進みません。
なので、自分に従います。エナメル.
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Butterfly Just Dance, you might be wondering if I'm taking any time off for the New Year holidays this year.
Well, this year, my days have been hectic all year round.
I kept thinking the chaos would end eventually, but even by December it was still hectic. So a few days ago, I decided that since it's been like this all year, I'll just keep going with the chaos. I'll run my blog as usual this year.
The photo above shows an analog-style phone I bought on Temu.
This model is compatible with modern push-button lines and Line.
It's apparently a vintage model from the 1930s. It cost ¥5,384.
This model is compatible with modern push-button lines and Line.
It's apparently a vintage model from the 1930s. It cost ¥5,384.
There was also a more classical type available—a Taisho era style, slim and elegant, with a beautifully curved, slender handset like the ones you'd find in the professors' offices of old-style high schools (equivalent to today's universities). Should I call it a telephone set?
That one was available too. It cost twice as much. If you're interested, why not take a look on Temu and see for yourself?
That one was available too. It cost twice as much. If you're interested, why not take a look on Temu and see for yourself?
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| Cooking a pot on the stove |
On the 30th, I simmered a block of pork I'd bought earlier into braised pork, letting it bubble away on the stove.
A block of pork costs around 500 to 800 yen at the supermarket.
It's sold in packs.
I buy it when it's cheap or when I have a little extra in my food budget, freeze it, and use it when I want to cook.
I use it for making kakuni (braised pork), or boiling it to spread with sweet bean sauce (tenmenjan) and wrap in vegetables. Right now, making simmered pork is my thing.
I jotted down this recipe in my recipe notebook quite a while ago, but I couldn't find the original site, so I'll share what's written in my notebook.
This simmered pork has a light flavor. Once done, slice it and enjoy with mustard.
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| Simmered on low heat for about 30 minutes |
Pork shoulder roast (block) 500g~
Star anise 1 piece
Dashi kombu 1 sheet
Seasonings
Sake (shochu or gin also works) 100ml
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Mustard is delicious from a tube, but dissolving powdered mustard in water and using it fresh each time is even better.
1. Add enough water to cover the meat and place the pot over medium heat. Once scum appears, discard the water and rinse both the pot and pork with water.
2. Add 1 liter of water, 1 piece of kombu dashi, and all seasonings (1 liter + seasonings) to the pot from step 1. Simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
3. After 1 hour, remove the pork. Let it cool until the heat subsides (referring to the pork's heat here). Pat dry with paper towels and slice.
💫 Ground mustard is usually found on the shelf with pepper and other spices at the supermarket. Buying a bag of ground mustard at the start of winter comes in super handy when making mustard-dressed rapeseed flowers (nanohana no karashi-ae) – a dish heralding spring that appears around February in Japan.
In my normal routine, I make mustard-dressed rapeseed flowers at least 10 times. I bet you all do too (lol).
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| Apple Music Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven Symphony No. 5 |
When someone mentions the Ninth, my heart sighs reluctantly and looks away, but apparently it was actually a pretty new invention at the time—a piece called the “Ode to Joy.”
Its official name is Symphony No. 9, part of the Symphony No. 5 suite.
That's why it's called the Ninth(In Japan "Dai Ku", short for Symphony No. 9.
I imagine it must have been the way classical music experts referred to it that caught on with the general public.
As for how I spend New Year's Eve, I started listening to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra again around the time I entered middle age.
I particularly like Herbert von Karajan as the conductor.
I'd wait for the Berlin Philharmonic's radio program or, like this year, search for it on Apple Music.
When I play Symphony No. 9 (the Ninth), strangely, New Year's Eve night is dyed a lustrous velvet color.
A beauty, as if the air in the room had become purified, fills the entire space.
It doesn't matter if I'm cooking something, sipping coffee slowly, or quietly drinking champagne—it's the same.
If you're someone who wants to infuse this year with not just Japanese tradition, but also an intellectual softness and the resolute calm of sub-zero temperatures, please give it a try.
By the way, I heard from Prof.O. that the Berlin Philharmonic's New Year's Concert is also available on YouTube.
It offers a glimpse into that formal atmosphere, so if you prefer a quiet, luxurious way to spend New Year's, check out the YouTube program for January 2nd.
That's all for "braised pork and music."
I think I'll skip the New Year's greetings this year.
It's fine to send them, but somehow this year I feel like I'd end up pouring sentimental feelings into them, and I just don't feel like it.
So, I'll follow my own instincts. Enamel.
Its official name is Symphony No. 9, part of the Symphony No. 5 suite.
That's why it's called the Ninth(In Japan "Dai Ku", short for Symphony No. 9.
I imagine it must have been the way classical music experts referred to it that caught on with the general public.
As for how I spend New Year's Eve, I started listening to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra again around the time I entered middle age.
I particularly like Herbert von Karajan as the conductor.
I'd wait for the Berlin Philharmonic's radio program or, like this year, search for it on Apple Music.
When I play Symphony No. 9 (the Ninth), strangely, New Year's Eve night is dyed a lustrous velvet color.
A beauty, as if the air in the room had become purified, fills the entire space.
It doesn't matter if I'm cooking something, sipping coffee slowly, or quietly drinking champagne—it's the same.
If you're someone who wants to infuse this year with not just Japanese tradition, but also an intellectual softness and the resolute calm of sub-zero temperatures, please give it a try.
By the way, I heard from Prof.O. that the Berlin Philharmonic's New Year's Concert is also available on YouTube.
It offers a glimpse into that formal atmosphere, so if you prefer a quiet, luxurious way to spend New Year's, check out the YouTube program for January 2nd.
That's all for "braised pork and music."
I think I'll skip the New Year's greetings this year.
It's fine to send them, but somehow this year I feel like I'd end up pouring sentimental feelings into them, and I just don't feel like it.
So, I'll follow my own instincts. Enamel.
