First of all, Japanese meal is "rice".

Don't you think that human being's life has many contradictions? For example, if I ask you "why do you eat?" You can answer "To live healthy for tomorrow", "To live long" or so on. But, in the future, there will be only death, isn't it? After all, human being's work and every meal is just to die, isn't it? When I thought about that, I think "having much nutrition to die" is such a stupid style, I don't like it. It's really contradiction, isn't it? From the time we born, "death" is only one thing to be perfectly sure to. If we put foods in our mouth to die, I want to eat meals with happiness; I want to eat something I like. I don't like the idea to eat only one thing morbidly, bad healthy. For example, "I like meat" or.... I think it's not so good to be said by doctor "You should stop eating meat." Fortunately, I like various well-balanced things. Meat is not too bad, but I think my body needs meat only 1 meal time per week, at most 2 meals. I want vegetables everyday. For example, Japanese radish has its original power, scent, freshness. After I know it, I had many pattern to eat Japanese radish more delicious. Sometimes I want to eat simple Japanese radish grated; sometimes I want to eat simmered soft Japanese radish with watery soup; sometimes I want to eat Japanese radish added soy sauce color, with pork (Maybe, my body requests to get power at that time. At that time, I want to eat rice with high-spirited.). Today, I don't want to drink alcohol, so eat rice, and drink Miso soup in finish...like that. I can't accept to eat only Chinese noodles on dinner, only spaghetti on dinner also. I feel sad because I can't eat another dish. Maybe, that feeling comes from my family environment. For example, in my family, there had not been only 1 main dish. My family is not so rich, but there is a dish for my father to thank his work today, there is a dish for my grandmother that is suitable for her body, there are dishes for me and my young brother..., so there are about 6-7dishes on our dinner. So, how much I didn't have money, I didn't cut off money for my dinner. Though I couldn't go to restaurant, I never want to buy something to cut off my dinner. "I never want to buy something to cut off my dinner" is kind of mean; I think it's different from greed.... I don't want to buy something unless I can eat enough. And even if there were money, unless my family can eat enough, I don't want to do something with that money. I think "to give something to eat to its family" is male's principle. Hunting, and get something to eat for his family. I have kind of pride that I have children and wife, so I have to be a man who can throw enough food to their mouth. If some money were left, use that money to buy something. So, maybe it's a bit exaggerated, if you teach to your child "Happiness to eat something to family", your child should be happy. When I met someone who eats meal alone, resting his elbow on the table, I think "He can't eat delicious dinner with girl on their date." If you teach to your child "Happiness to eat with people", soon he will be able to go to restaurant with his girlfriend gentlemanly. Various acts to eat will be coming out in your life. I always praised the way to eat by people, though I behave as a bad boy. I think it isn't a kind of discipline. "Discipline" seems to be a kind of animals, but I think it's not discipline, I think it's beauty consciousness. I was taught beauty consciousness through I eat. Discipline is kind of minimum thing "not to bother another person", and I think beauty consciousness is just another thing. I think it isn't important to teach "how to eat...", "like this way..." And of course it isn't important that he is well-bred or not. I think if you teach your children beauty consciousness of eating, he will be grown up and act as neat man, maybe.