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Butter rice! I ate it growing up for sure. It must be a thing that Japanese mothers make their kids? I can imagine that it's not exactly something you would "serve" people. I always love your reflections on your current reading. I did not like Breasts and Eggs, and I felt like maybe I was the only one. I also started listening to the audiobook version of ノルウェイの森 in Japanese and was startled at how much I dislike it. Audible has more Japanese audiobooks now and it's great to be able to leave some of the kanji deciphering to someone else!

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I loved Butter. Though it really was on the long side and had that explain-y quality that books sometimes have, or like TV shows that leave nothing unfinished or not concluded.... but overall I thought it was one of the best novels I've read recently!

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Speaking of Grand Maison Tokyo, do you remember Tampopo? I loved that film--more about noodles than haute cuisine or butter, but a vicarious thrill for the tastebuds.

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I would say that’s my favorite movie of all times along with Ozu’s Tokyo story!

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Enjoyed your literary musings as always! I've been avoiding Butter like I tend to avoid everything that gets hyped up a lot but you've confirmed (again) that I should check it out soon.

I recently started reading another popular work, 汝、星のごとく by Nagira Yuu & it's been very promising so far! Love the premise & the writing style. Since it came out a while ago, maybe you've read it?

Butter rice, hmm... I used to add butter to my (non-Japanese) rice a lot, it really makes it taste so much better! Very classic Japanese to add soy sauce as well, maybe I should give it a try.

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I still have never tried it and in the book she likes to put an egg on top! Probably a Friday egg! It doesn’t sound that good to me but if you try it, maybe I’ll try it too! I have never heard of that author, and I’m going to look it up!

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Butter is such a foundation food, even if we avoid it a lot of the time. I remember my first trip back to France after having lived there as a child. It was the taste of French regional butter at my godfather's country house. I had missed it so much. I tried in vain to find that taste in US butter. An aside, I wonder what inspired BTS's massive hit, 'Butter'?

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My mom was a health freak when I was growing up and we were never allowed to eat butter and we always had margarine and it’s kind of ironic because that’s now known to be unhealthy! Now in California European butter is really fashionable. Right now I have Italian and French butter in the fridge! I also have Irish unsalted somewhere in the fridge! I’m going to look up that I don’t remember it!! Do you like the song?

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The visuals and video were great, the song, not so much.

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Hmm... I liked "Butter" but felt that it just tried to jam-pack too many social issues into one novel. I felt the same about Kawakami's "Breasts and Eggs".

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I’m only about halfway through and so can’t say for sure or not but so far I love it! But I definitely felt what you said about breast and eggs!

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La Grande Maison is marvelous! As for bataa -- ha! Just today I prepared a fresh slice of bread simply for the joy of a thick layer of butter on it! Wonderful piece, Leanne. Would you please pass the bataa?

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I’m so happy that you like the show!! I think they have a version in Paris as well that maybe is coming out soon? I’m not 100% sure about that but isn’t the show wonderful? Bread and butter! The ultimate!

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I’m really looking forward to reading Butter too.

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You are going to love it!!!!

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