Fall is the season to eat

These days, it is getting cold and I feel that fall is coming. In Japan, “Fall” is called “the season to eat.”

A saury, a matsutake mushroom, a Japanese persimmon and a chestnut; these are representative foods of fall and we have more. Is that why we say “Fall is the season to eat”?

We have several stories why people eat a lot in fall. The first one is that fall is the harvest season and people have a boost in their appetite after the hot summer had gone. The second one is that an animal instinct makes people increase their appetite. Before coming winter, animals try to keep nutrients in their bodies to spend the cold season.

Whether these are true or not, autumn is the season for tasting various kinds of food.

After thinking, winter is also a nice season for tasting many kinds of food; blowfish, oysters, codfish, Chinese cabbage and anglerfish.

For me, I have to watch overeating in every season.