Last night the doorbell suddenly rang, and it was Keiko and Niro, Kuniko’s parents, delivering some holiday vegetables. The unexpected visit sent us scrambling to organize the living room, as we are still in post-Christmas package shipping mode. The dropped off enough veggies to keep us and the rest of the neighborhood in greens for the rest of the month.
We spent some time talking with them and catching up with what’s new. Kuniko’s sister bought a house and will move in at the end of this month, so Kuniko’s folks had been out to Okayama to take a look at it. Keiko’s wallet was stolen from her purse inside a grocery store while she was putting things in a grocery bag (“they got my point cards!” she complained). And their cat is getting noisier and noisier in his old age.
After they left we got to work processing the produce. Their were lots of Japanese greens, chigensai, mizuna, and so forth, so I started to clean and chop some for a salad tomorrow. We had three heads of hakusai, so we kept one, and delivered the other two to neighbors. We also gave away some daikons and koimo to neighbors, but we’ve still got tons of food to eat. Tonight we’ll eat some oden that Kuniko’s mom brought over, and work on the salad. Unfortunately Kuniko gets home around ten tonight, so it’ll be a big, heavy dinner late at night. Lots of healthy, fresh food on the horizon, though!
