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Skriven 2006-07-01 11:26:59 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
    Kommentar till text 776 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Home againis the Sailor
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*** Quoting Ruth Haffly from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***


RH> Now I've got to start picking up the odds and ends of favorites we've
RH> found over here that may be hard to get in Georgia. I don't think ther
RH> will be too much new stuff, but I could be surprised.

Hows that going?  I'm catching up older echomail now with somethng like 2,000
messages ahead <g>.

To keep the thread current though, the flock came by and dropped off some of
the booty then went back out (garnering 2 more and dropping off Michelle who
has a blister between her toes from new sandals).  Tonoo market area and i
added that I was out of Miso, so Charlotte will get us a 'fistful' (about 1/4
cup worth).  Rumor has it early meekans are about (Mandarin oranges pretty
much).  I told her to pickup some chicken necks too if the meekans are in so I
can make 'meekan chicken' (something I need to MM for the rest of you one day
but in short, it's mandarin oranges and chicken necks with a soy/saki base
sauce and a small amount of fresh darkish miso).

Charlotte now has my pull-cart and about 30$ worth of yen, 10$ worth of that
for our favorite 'wreathe of smiles' flower lady (the one with so many
wrinkles from her smiles, we all just love her).

 CS> BTW, it's eel season <g>.

RH> Enjoy them; I won't tell Steve( he'd think them rather disgusting
RH> anyway).

Hehehe No telling what else will be in Charlotte's cart!  She's under strict
instructions to not get any 'pets'. Eel season is ending and seacucumbers are
in now but I expect mostly we will find squid and octopus in her booty-bag as
well as some hard shelled sea-critter stuff (shellfish, clams and that ilk).

-- slight break--
Michelle's dad just borrowed some bandaides as we had the cloth type that can
wrap gently about a toe and dropped off a bar of lava soap for Don at the MWR
auto hobby shop so the customers have something that can cut grease well.
-- end break---


 CS> Thats what it turns out to be, based on translation help.  It seems,
 CS> the product is made from 'rice bread' from 'rice flour' hence locally
 CS> called 'panko' when dealing with us folks who know that name.  'Pan
 CS> gohan' may be the right name?  I missed part of that as Don was trying
 CS> to translate.

 CS>  I didnt know there was a wheat based bread version until I checked
 CS> Google.

RH> The old "learn something new evry day" policy at work again.

Yup!  Seems the classic 'panko' is wheat based.  Seems what I get is rice
based.  Honestly, they are swappable this time as far as i can tell.

It's wierd Ruth, in that I have a hard time describing what I get but then
again, not so hard to understand.  Almost everything i do here in cooking is
'translated' and if anything has more than 5 ingredients, the chances are at
least 1 is local-type and I am trying to use 'engrish' and hoping it is right.

I made a cooking mistake last night.  I used USA strong garlic and it was WAAYY
too much.  Ended up having to toss the food out (grin, dont we all make
mistakes now and again?).  Here I was, happily adding 1/4 cup garlic...

RH> I am looking forward to living in the south again.  We've been to visi
RH> NC & SC briefly since leaving in spring of 83 but at times, too brief,
RH> especially since a good number of our friends from years ago are now i
RH> various places so we don't see all at once.  It'll also be more
RH> convenient if anything happens to our parents--don't have to catch an
RH> overnight flight just to get back to the west coast& who knows how man
RH> more flights to get to where they are.  The van is beginning to strong
RH> hint that it's replacement time so we're debating several options.  Wi
RH> one of them, Steve said that we would probably get the electronic anti
RH> corrosion feature since it's highly unlikely we'll ever live in areas

Yes, better location for a time for some things! On the Van, I am not sure what
to do when I get stateside other than check the used vehicle lots and pick one
out.  I cant afford to adapt our current car to 'other side driving' so it
will have to go away.  With our 'every 2 year' inspection due soon, it will
have a good year on it left when we leave so be easy to sell.
                                       xxcarol

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