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アメリカ東海岸のレッドロブスター2013/05/29



レッドロブスターの日 去年のおにぎりの誕生日に。
レッドロブスターの日 今年の新年のお祝いに。

私たち日本人にとって身近な蟹を食べる時、比較的みんな黙々と解体してパーツごとに、ほじりながらむさぼるように食べるその姿はまるで共同作業している感覚で、一緒に食べてるだけで親近感が湧いてくる感じがする私なのだ。

来月のサンドイッチの誕生日に8人でレッドロブスターを食べるときはどんな雰囲気になるんだろうな楽しみ。

  英語だよ全員集合!

by sandwich "Lobster in America"
 
Lobster is a special food in America. When I was growing up my family ate lobster maybe once a year as a special treat. We were a middle class family, not poor but not rich either. Lobster is very expensive and costs 3 or 4 or 5 times more per pound than beef or pork or chicken. This is why it is a special treat for most people and most people do not eat lobster very often.

The only place lobster is not really expensive is in the state of Maine which is in the northeast corner of America. This is the state where most lobster are caught in America and because there are so many lobster the price is the lowest. My mother's side of the family lives in the middle of the country far away from the coast and the ocean. If they eat lobster there it must be even more expensive.

I grew up in New York state which is on the East Coast of the U.S. and about a day's drive from Maine where lobster is the least expensive. Later I moved to Massachusetts and my parents moved here to. We have lived in Massachusetts for many years. Many years ago, as a special treat, I started to have lobster for my birthday every year in June. I and my sons and Rice Ball now go to my mom's apartment in Lenox, Massachussets to meet for my birthday. My mom also makes me an angel food cake which is another special American food. We eat angel food cake with vanilla ice cream and strawberries. It is very delicious.

This year we will celebrate my birthday the at home of my son's wife's parents. It is also Father's Day on the same weekend as my birthday. So I will go to get my mom in Lenox and we will then be: Rice Ball and me (sandwich), my mom, my oldest son and his wife, my youngest son, and my son's wife's parents. So it will be a big lobster party and a lot of fun I am sure.