"The style of eating varies from household to household, and depended
on the prosperity of the family, and the status within the family of
the eater. . . .normal method of serving was for the whole meal
(except the rice) to be brought in on an individual lacquer tray,
typically four-legged, about 18 inches square, and standing some nine
inches high. This would be placed before the eater. On it were
arranged the preliminary items of the meal, those with which etiquette
allowed sake to be drunk, and which preceded the main nutritional bulk
of the rice that concluded the meal. . . .The bottom of the scale was
represented by a meal consisting of a soup of miso, some vegetables,
some rice or rice-substitute, pickles and tea."


>From "Everyday Life in Traditional Japan" by Charles J. Dunn  
Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

You might also try any of several books by Lafcadio Hearn (eg.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan) also pub. by Tuttle.


---Brandon Wallace <ranmakun@uswest.net> wrote:

If anyone had the ability to have an I.Q. lower than mayo, I
would be me.  And Kuno, but that is straying from the
point.  I need to know what the traditional Japanese
breakfast consists of.  I all ready know anout Miso soup, so
if anyone tells me about it, I will find them and kill
them.  Please respond privately, and soon.  I need this info
for my fic.
-Sel

 
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