冷たいミルク｜Cold Milk｜2021/02/15

ムスメのお食い初めをやった。生後100日たった時に、一生食べるのに困らないように行う儀式だ。鯛の塩焼きはめでたいことが多く頭が良くなるように、お赤飯は心が大きくなるように、蛤のお吸い物は相性の良い人と結ばれますようにというような意味が込められているらしい。まだミルクしか飲めないムスメはツマに食べさせてもらうマネをする。口を開けたりするムスメを見ながら将来何が好きになるのかぁと思う。しかし、少しでもミルクが冷たいと物凄く顔をしかめてデレっと吐き出すムスメの味覚の行く末がやや心配でもある。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗）
We had a first meal for my daughter. It is a ritual that is performed 100 days after birth so that she will not have any trouble eating for the rest of her life. It seems that the meaning is that the salt-grilled sea bream is always happy and smart, the red rice is big mind, and the clam soup is tied with a good person. .. My daughter who can only drink milk, imitates to eat with my wife. I wonder what she will like in the future while watching her opening her mouth. However, I'm a little worried about her fate of the taste when I saw her spiting milk out if it was cold even a little, -Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki