蕎

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buckwheat

On-Yomi: キョウ

Koohii stories:

1) [sgrant] 27-6-2009(24): I gave the angel a flower. In return she gifted me with a year's supply of buckwheat to feed my family.

2) [ikmys] 27-5-2007(22): "Buckwheat's been shot! Buckwheat's been shot!" At his funeral, attended by the rest of Our Gang, Buckwheat is placed in his coffin covered by flowers. An angel is also present, and says "Its O-tay Buckwheat, you have been invited up to heaven!".

3) [astridtops] 8-3-2007(14): Grain from the buckwheat plant can be used for some angelically tasting cakes.

4) [Katsuo] 2-4-2009(6): The buck-toothed angel pulls a flower through her buck teeth thereby removing all the flowers and leaves. The stems that remain are then processed into buckwheat noodles.

5) [gavmck] 22-2-2010(3): 年越し蕎麦 (としこしそば) is a dish of buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year's Eve to promote longevity. In other words, to prevent you meeting those angels (imagine them with flowers in their hair) before your time.

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