Nanakusagayu, Seven herb rice porridge/ 七草粥/

At breakfast of 7^th of January, I eat Nanakusagayu, Seven herb rice porridge. It is a Japanese custom with ancestors’ wisdom for resting our stomach which can be tired from the feasting and drinking of New-year’s holidays and replenishing nutrient and vitamin by young herbs in cold winter.

今日は７日、七草粥を頂きます。お正月のご馳走で疲れた胃袋を癒し、野菜不足になりがちな寒中に、新鮮なビタミンと栄養を優しいお粥で頂くのは先人の知恵です。

Seven herbs or vegetables are seri (water dropwort), nazua (shepherd’s purse), gogyo(cudweed), hakobera(chickweed), hotokenoza(henbit), suzuna (turnip) and suzusiro (daikon radish).

春の七草、せり、なずな、ごぎょう、はこべら、ほとけのざ、すずな（蕪）、すずしろ（大根）。