１１月１７日（金曜日）２０２３
北大で研究の傍ら教鞭を取り、その後東北大へ、内閣府の仕事もして、今は滋賀に戻られた高校の同級生が近く海外からのお客様を迎えるにあたって、ご案内先としてうちを選んでくださり、昼食の試食を兼ねて見えて、お土産に北海道から送られてきたという「じゃがいも」のお裾分けをいただきました。見ると６種類もの品種！それぞれの袋に名前とそれに合う料理が書いてありました。私が長くいたボストンにも結構な種類のじゃがいもが店頭に並んでいましたが、今回男爵以外は聞いたこともない名前ばかり。シチューや炒め物、コロッケやスープ、はたまた肉じゃがやサラダにとそれぞれ書いてあります。
週末は小学生のチビッコたちが我が家でお弁当を食べる予定なので、子供達が好きなフライドポテトにこのじゃがいもを使おう！と思いついたものの、さて、どのポテトを使ったらいいのか....？
My high School classmate who was in Hokkaido Univ. doing research as well as teaching, then moved to Tohoku Univ., and worked at the Cabinet Office as well after retirement, is now settled in Shiga. He said he wanted to bring his friend and his family from Brazil to my cafe and have lunch. The other day, he came to visit me for lunch beforehand and gave various kinds of potatoes from Hokkaido which he received from his relatives. There were six kinds of potatoes in six bags and each bag had names of the potatoes with recommended ways of cooking such as good for salad,stew, etc on the labels.
