Myoga🌱

Happy☺︎ with tonight's dinner. My mood is lifting! Myoga (茗荷) = 'Myōga': Famously known for making people foolish or forgetful, but one of the original theories is quite interesting. Long ago, Buddha had a disciple who was slow-witted and couldn't even remember his own name. He'd wear a tag with his name written on it around his neck, but he never remembered it, even until he died. After he passed away, an unknown herb grew on his grave, and that was myoga. It came to be called 'Myōga' from 'myō' (名 - name) and 'ga' (荷 - to carry), meaning 'carrying one's name'. This theory says it was named after the disciple who carried his name tag. Buddha never abandoned him, thinking something like, 'One who knows their own foolishness is closest to enlightenment' (referring to him). I absolutely love myoga and live for it every summer, but the season is ending soon, which makes me sad. I like it finely chopped and eaten raw with tofu, but pickled myoga is also delicious and I love it too~ It's apparently in season until around October, but I've only ever seen it in supermarkets until late September, so I guess this is the last of it for me. Nooo꜂(:3꜀ ꜄)꜆