10/05/06 06:24:44
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Hotel attendant, laundry staff cook jobs all have servant-ish jobs if you ask me.
From old times, women cook for men. that's a legacy and that remains
in men's minds. Believe it or not, very common line Japanese men used until a few decades
ago when they ask for woman's hand was "Will you make miso soup (every day) for me?"
The line meant the same as "Will you marry me?" back then.
Miso soup is different from house to house and as you know it's staple soup in Japan's cuisine.
I think in America, the equivalent of miso soup would chicken soup in that
it's slightly different from house to house and it resembles your mother.
I heard chicken soup is often served when you catch a cold, although miso soup
is served no matter if you come down with a cold or not.
Don't know chicken soup is popyular in UK, Australia, NZ etc.