季節の話題。

10月ってHalloweenって日本で定番になったのはいつだろう?私の子供の頃、トリックオアトリートしたこと無いんだけど、この歳になって毎年何回も(笑)してる。ラッキー

美味しいパンプキンパイを作ってきてくださったので、皆で温かいお茶飲みながら、季節を感じる英語サロンで今日もスタートでした。

Thursday 10-11:30 session with Henry and Sam. Today we talked about Halloween traditions, 

sports we have played, bizenyaki and the cook book “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Elements of Good Cooking” by Samin Nosrat.

grow

Did you grow the pumpkins yourself?

What do people do for Halloween in Japan?

Carve 

Do they carve pumpkins?

I am not sure why we carve pumpkins or dress up on Halloween

What did they dress up as?

Costume

Haunted house

My neighbor would do a haunted house?

Make his house into a haunted house

To scare kids

Hang a fake body from a tree

corn maze 

Borrow

Borrowing money from the bank to buy this house

What would be your perfect weekend?

Atami onsen in shizuoka ** 12 day mediation retreat

Mentally healthy

posture 

I want to work on better posture

Donation based

Free or however much you wish to give afterward

How do they celebrate Christmas in Indonesia

Religion

It depends on their religion

It is common to celebrate Christmas even if you are not Christian 

World series

National teams playing

Japan will play Taiwan, Canada, and Mexico

I played baseball when I was younger, but not for a long time.

Softball

For 12 years I played softball

Did you play sports when you were younger?

Bowling

Shoes are 350 yen to rent

Where is the bowling center?

From 5 o'clock to 10 o'clock it is free to bowl for 2 hours

It usually costs 2,000 yen for two hours.

There are 10 rounds in one game. 

Concentrate

What did you do yesterday?

We walked around town

What is your favorite piece of pottery that you own?

I do not have a favorite

I don't like bizen pottery I like colorful pottery

My children made pottery in elementary school

My friend's husband is a pottery artist

Element

Ingredient

Fat, Olive oil, butter, cream

Salt, soy sauce, sea salt, miso

Acid, lime lemon vinegar

Heat, peppers 

Yesterday I was chopping sardines, then frying them in a pot