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Skriven 2006-07-11 14:43:34 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 3123 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: KOSHER FOR 653 60513
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*** Quoting RUTH HANSCHKA from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER ***

-> I seem to recall her trying then thinking it was too dry and adding
RH> more?
-> 
RH> That might do it, especially if it wasn't something like vermouth or
RH> sherry.

Dunno other than tasted horrible enough to turn even me with my 'try anything'
habits off cooking with alcohol even 25 years later!  Except careful amounts
of mirin or sake but believe me, thats a TB at most in a 3 cup liquid stock
and the alcohol boils off fast leaving just the de-alcohol'ed flavor behind.


-> meal.  When you get the one with the long strings of greyish black,
RH> thats a 
-> shredded dried mushroom.  (Not to worry, not 'magic mushroom, just
RH> normal type 
-> out here).

RH> Oh well.:)  

Heheh hate to get us arrested afterall!

-> I saw a darling little set of hair ties but Charlotte wasnt interested. 
RH> Little
-> 
-> waterfilled balls with itty bitty animals inside floating around.

RH> Smart kid - she's probably too old for them, or too young.  Japanese
RH> teenagers probably love them.

Yes, inbwtween for that one I suspect.  Me?  I'd wear'em <grin> except my hair
is too short!

-> RH> Sounds like fun.  I had hot dogs and sauerkraut for lunch.  I'd
RH> imagin
-> RH> those would be considered weird food in Sasebo, especially the
RH> caraway
-> RH> seeds in the sauerkraut!
-> 
-> That it would!  They'd like it though.  Especially the sauerkraut which
RH> they do
-> buy at the commisary all the time (local wives).  Just a standard one
RH> though 
-> and no caraway.  It's the hot dogs that would be odd here <g>.

RH> Sauerkraut is close enough to Kimchee to not seem all that weird, I gu
RH> Fermented cabbage with vinegar is fermented cabbage with vinegar.

Yeah but Kimchee has no vinigar.  Plenty of other things do though and there
may be types of kimchee that have it.  The ones I make and encounter dont but
then, I havent tried everything.

Oh, I sent out a pic of 'fishstick, Japan style' but didnt have your email
handy.  Have on of the folks send it to you.  Worth a giggle to see what we
really mean by that here.  I mentioned having them at the Sasebo Fair on 2July
here and they are delicious.  Not obvious in the picture but obvious if you've
eaten them, is those were miso marinaded.

-> not entirely because we eat them up fast.  They just do not store long.

RH> They'll never show up here then, especially if they're a local fruit.
RH> asian fruits and veggies are grown around here now, but some of the
RH> exotics... forget it.

Now I'm getting dumb as I just looked them up and found something that is
close.  Longan?  Loquat?  (Furry critters we like, fruit family).  Thats ok,
they are good but not all that special.  We dont miss them when they are out
of season for example.

RH>  
-> I've got it.  They look fairly close to an elongated apricot but the
RH> seed is 
-> all wrong from what I recall of those and they are smaller.  I havent
RH> had an 
-> apricot in a long time but doesnt it have a stone center almost like a
RH> peach?

RH> Yep.  I've demolished my share of apricots.  They're smaller than peac
RH> with a fuzzy skin.  

-> These have a 2-3 nut center that is apparently edible (though we do not
RH> eat it 
-> not being totally sure if it doesnt have to be cooked or treated somehow 
-> first).

RH> Apricots have "stone"  seeds like peaches, and the kernels are edible
RH> you roast them.  People have been known to sub them for almonds.

Humm!  I thought them poison?  Maybe have to be cooked first then they are ok.

-> 
-> Naw, oddly the ships arent back in yet but they may be waiting for their
RH> turns 
-> at the tug boats.

RH> Tug boats ... gotta love tug boats.  Navy or local guys?

Uhh, hard to answer that one.  Japanese fleet provides the tug boats.  It's a
combined Japanese and USA Navy base, attached to a commercial shipyard which
survices both our fleets and commercial boats.

                                       xxcarol

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