Text 9048, 97 rader
Skriven 2006-12-20 21:07:29 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 9028 av hap newsom (1:275/311)
Ärende: Re: Fishing, Okinawa!
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*** Quoting hap newsom from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER ***

hn> After I picked up Amanda at the Airport, we went and had breakfast...a
hn> from where we were sitting we could see a Comp USA store....so we 
hn> wandered over and bought a nice little HP Notebook for Anne, $599, got
hn> Microsoft Office with it and a few goodies for me and was out the door
hn> less than a grand! 

Not bad!  If you like the machine then it's a good deal.  MS BTW now has a deal
for the military.  I can get the full Office suite for 59$ at the exchange. 
Apparently that deal isnt open to others and there's lots of warnings to not
'buy it for your friends'.

I did snag a copy.  I really need it for work and need it only my home systems.
Been getting by with a really older version (1998?) for some time now. 

hn> Happily I have several stores near by and can go and get milk if I nee
hn> badly! Right now I think all we have in the house is a pint of fat fre
hn> half and 
hn> half...and that's only because Anne likes it in her tea! 

I buy half and half every 2 years <G>.  Some oddball recipe has me get some.

-> -> Hehe we ended up with a good simple meal.
-> -> 
-> hn> I saw that, looked good! A bit spicier than I'd expect 
-> hn> from a self proclaimed pepper wuss as you...but it looked 
-> hn> good enough to save and try later!
-> 
-> Well, I have to give up the chile wuss label now.  I think now, I'd cook 
hn> with a
-> 
-> hab possibly though would be more apt to use several less hot ones in 
hn> larger 
-> amounts.
-> 
hn> You're headed down that long road (grin) ...but you'll have lots of co
hn> along the way! 

Probably (eyes the jalapeno jar with a murderous gleam).

hn> are thick 
-> unlike Kikkoman).
-> 
hn> Yeppers! Your taste is what dictates! Me I love teriaki...but not the
hn> salty stuff you get commercially...so I make my own with extra ginger
hn> (freshhhhhh) and it comes out just the way I like it!

I've also never gotten that much into ginger although those pink curs of it as
the side of a proper sashimi plate are good.

How in the world do you make teriyaki sauce?

-> (these were shimenji, oyster, and shiitake) and 1 cove garlic slivered up 
hn> fine 
-> with a butter knife.  Place in microwave for 1 minute.  Take about 30 
hn> niboshi 
-> (1/4 cup?) (small guppy sized whole dried fish) and panfry on a dry pan 
hn> with 
-> salt and just til toasty (heat pan first, about 30 seconds to toasty).  
hn> Letting
-> 
-> shrooms sit in the butter, toss then add another minute microwave.  Turn 
hn> out 
-> into a bowl and sprinkle with niboshi.
-> 
-> Please excuse while I salivate <g>.  (Hey Jim, Tadashi would have fun 
hn> withthat 
-> one!)
-> 
hn> Yummy! I love those lil fisshies! May have to take Amanda to Pal Do wo
hn> and get some goodies! Amanda loves fishhys too so I have some one to s
hn> with! 

Good!  They take some getting used to on the eye appeal but they certainly hit
the spot at the right time in a dish.  Sprinkled over butter-sauted mushroom
bits, they are killer perfect.

Have you tried pan frying them fast in a hot cast iron skillet?  You can add a
little drizze of oil if you like or just salt and pepper to a well cured pan
then shake as if they were popcorn kernals for a minute.

-> 
-> It also I might add, is 'spicy' but not 'hot'. Jufran for example i
-> mild stuff though JW  seems to have found it 'hot a bit' (as mystifying to 
hn> me 
-> as another post where someone said kiwi's taste like strawberries).
-> 
hn> And what do you think they taste like?

Umm, Kiwi?  They taste like Kiwi.  A tart but quite strong taste that has
little to do with a strawberry except the strawberry can be 'tart'.

                                       xxcarol

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