The slightly strange New Zealand-born Mr. Perry and Okiraku Japanese Fumiko's dining table was one of a different culture and poverty. Make steaks and pork cutlets by layering fluffy meat, make furikake with ingredients that have a dangerous expiration date, cover the menu with boiled hijiki for the next day, and fill your heart with sea bream soup and takikomi rice (198 yen per pack). It's a tear-jerking but happy poor meal. A loose and delicious recipe comic essay drawn by Fumiko Tokuno, who gained attention with "Uterus, Respond."