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Skriven 2008-12-16 10:49:22 av Carol Shenkenberger (24395.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 17756 av Michael Loo (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: leap of faith 366
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 >  >  CS> Naw, mochi that i know and select is as dense as a cracker.
 >  > We've usually had the lighter, sweeter stuff.
 >  CS> Ah, another name for that sometimes used.  ?Mochichiko?  It's a fat
 >  CS> pillowy thing often in a round ball with lots of food coloring in gay
 >  CS> colors.  Also shorthanded as mochi.
 > 
 > Mochiko actually means "glutinous rice flour" and may sometimes
 > refer to things made with it. I've heard mochi used to refer to
 > all these things, soft, hard, thick, thin, sweet, savory.

Yes, same here.  Sasebo is a little unique due to 60 years as a combined
Japanese-American place and a small town (by Japan standards).  Some words
get simplified there and this is probably one of them.  I learned it as
'good' or 'rice' and the term was used for several things from glutineous
rice cakes, to soft confections that were made of rice flour, to baked or
fried hard crackers.  There are actually specific names for all of those. 
The flour is easily gotten stateside too.  White box with bright darkish blue
writing.

 >  -=> Carol Shenkenberger said to Nancy Backus <=-
 > 
 >  CS> I lose some fresh veggies too, but not all that much.  Appetite not
 >  CS> all it used to be.
 > 
 > Sigh.

Yeah, still eating well enough though.

 >  CS> Saw the Doc today and he put together several long term symptoms plus
 >  CS> that butterfly face redness.  I'm to be evaluated for something called
 >  CS> 'rosea' (I think I got the name close) or lupus.
 > 
 > Rosacea. Some of us think it can be kind of cute.

Grin, well in summer it tends to flare up but you all have only seen me in
fall.  If you'd noted, one arm (window side) had lots of little red 'spots'
standing out from a mild sunburn.  Probably not that obvious though.

 > Please, not lupus, which is never cute.

Let us hope.  Doc appointment with dermotologist 7 Jan.  Then, if they rule
out rosacea (even if they dont) some bloodwork etc.  Appointment 18 Dec with
my PCM and I'll fill her in so she can setup that part.  Needed to have blood
drawn anyways for the annual HIV test (update before retire required).
          xxcarol
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