The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters :)

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The copy I ordered to replace my lost copy has been
shipped by Amazon. The release date was given as May 2004,
but apparently has been released earlier. Fantastic!

Aw, [censored]! I'm jealous! As soon as my AMEX card comes in the
mail, I'm ordering from amazon.co.jp! Luckily, they offer
most of the books and videos off the amazon.com site but
they don't charge for shipping! Yay!

rona

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[censored] upon your computer."
--Bruce Graham

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The copy I ordered to replace my lost copy has been
shipped by Amazon. The release date was given as May
2004, but apparently has been released earlier.
Fantastic!

Aw, [censored]! I'm jealous! As soon as my AMEX card comes in
the mail, I'm ordering from amazon.co.jp! Luckily, they
offer most of the books and videos off the amazon.com site
but they don't charge for shipping! Yay!

rona

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I'm tempted to gloat but I won't, he he he! So how's life
and food in Japan, you lucky thing?

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm tempted to gloat but I won't, he he he! So how's life
and food in Japan, you lucky thing?

It's pretty good so far, but I haven't started classes yet
so I've just been relaxing and exploring.

I have some food pictures up at
community.webshots.comprasantrinOpen ↗ if you haven't
already seen them. Most of the food has been homemade as I
am trying to conserve money till I get reimbursed for a few
things (plane fare, for one). I'm not well versed in
Japanese cooking, but my biggest success so far has been my
okonomiyaki. I've been using the recipe my friend's mother
(who was from Osaka) taught me and it has been quite good!
I've made it three times so far and I've only been here for
10 days! I'm thinking of getting a takoyaki maker and trying
to make takoyaki (but maybe with different fillings, so it
wouldn't be takoyaki anymore). My apartment is *huge* by
Japanese standards (especially for a single person) so I
have plenty of room for guests :-).

rona

--
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and they will
[censored] upon your computer."
--Bruce Graham

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm tempted to gloat but I won't, he he he! So how's
life and food in Japan, you lucky thing?

It's pretty good so far, but I haven't started classes yet
so I've just been relaxing and exploring.

That's always the best part of going somewhere new, I find.

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I have some food pictures up at
community.webshots.comprasantrinOpen ↗ if you
haven't already seen them.

Just had a look. Yum yum yum!

Most of the food has been homemade as I am trying to
conserve money

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till I get reimbursed for a few things (plane fare, for
one). I'm not well versed in Japanese cooking, but my
biggest success so far has been my okonomiyaki. I've been
using the recipe my friend's mother (who was from Osaka)
taught me and it has been quite good! I've made it three
times so far and I've only been here for 10 days!

Ah but then you will be a National Treasure.

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I'm thinking of getting a takoyaki maker and trying to make
takoyaki (but maybe with different fillings, so it wouldn't
be takoyaki anymore). My apartment is *huge* by Japanese
standards (especially for a single person) so I have plenty
of room for guests :-).

rona

*sigh* spent my travel budget on and in London! No more for
the year (or two). How long are you going to be there?

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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*sigh* spent my travel budget on and in London! No more
for the year (or two). How long are you going to be there?

My contract is for two years and renewable in one-year
increments after that. So you have time... :-)

rona

--
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and they will
[censored] upon your computer."
--Bruce Graham

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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*sigh* spent my travel budget on and in London! No more
for the year (or two). How long are you going to be
there?

My contract is for two years and renewable in one-year
increments after that. So you have time... :-)

rona

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Ahhhh! Keep in touch LOL! Enjoy it. Do me a favour and go
watch a Taiko (drumming) performance if you can. That's my
latest nonfood passion.

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ahhhh! Keep in touch LOL! Enjoy it. Do me a favour and go
watch a Taiko (drumming) performance if you can. That's my
latest nonfood passion.

OK. I'll take pictures and put them up on webshots. Haven't
seen much cultural stuff, yet, but I happened upon some
kind of tea ceremony festival at a shrine yesterday. I used
to study tea ceremony, so I thought is was interesting
though to the untrained eye, it's quite boring. Taiko is
much more dynamic!

rona

--
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and they will
[censored] upon your computer."
--Bruce Graham

Arri London said:

Ahhhh! Keep in touch LOL! Enjoy it. Do me a favour and go
watch a Taiko (drumming) performance if you can. That's my
latest nonfood passion.

Reminds me of that show in NYC ... the Japanese people
drumming with chef knives. From what I've seen it's
pretty amusing.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

Arri London said:

Ahhhh! Keep in touch LOL! Enjoy it. Do me a favour and
go watch a Taiko (drumming) performance if you can.
That's my latest nonfood passion.

Reminds me of that show in NYC ... the Japanese people
drumming with chef knives. From what I've seen it's pretty
amusing.

nancy

Haven't seen that one. Sounds like a culinary 'Stomp'!

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"Arri London" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ahhhh! Keep in touch LOL! Enjoy it. Do me a favour and
go watch a Taiko (drumming) performance if you can.
That's my latest nonfood passion.

OK. I'll take pictures and put them up on webshots.
Haven't seen much cultural stuff, yet, but I happened upon
some kind of tea ceremony festival at a shrine yesterday.
I used to study tea ceremony, so I thought is was
interesting though to the untrained eye, it's quite
boring. Taiko is much more dynamic!

rona

Mmmmm... love tea ceremony. Haven't participated in
one though.

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle
and they will [censored] upon your computer."
-- Bruce Graham

Arri London said:

The copy I ordered to replace my lost copy has been
shipped by Amazon. The release date was given as May 2004,
but apparently has been released earlier. Fantastic!

Sort of off topic, but this reminded me of an incident with
my friend Cindy, who is very conservative about food. She'll
eat pork, beef, and chicken, but those are the only meats
she'll eat. She won't even touch lamb or duck. Those are
just too exotic for her. And forget any kind of fish or
shellfish.

Anyhow, she loves Chinese food, especially moo shu pork. She
was arguing about something trivial with her husband and
somehow the subject of moo shu pork came up.

She turns to me and asks, "That's pork, right? It's moo shu
pork, right?"

And I say, "Yes, that's right. Moo means pork, and shu
means brains."

That was one of my better ad libs. :-)

Mark Thorson said:

Arri London said:

The copy I ordered to replace my lost copy has been
shipped by Amazon. The release date was given as May
2004, but apparently has been released earlier.
Fantastic!

Sort of off topic, but this reminded me of an incident
with my friend Cindy, who is very conservative about food.
She'll eat pork, beef, and chicken, but those are the only
meats she'll eat. She won't even touch lamb or duck. Those
are just too exotic for her. And forget any kind of fish
or shellfish.

Anyhow, she loves Chinese food, especially moo shu pork.
She was arguing about something trivial with her husband
and somehow the subject of moo shu pork came up.

She turns to me and asks, "That's pork, right? It's moo
shu pork, right?"

And I say, "Yes, that's right. Moo means pork, and shu
means brains."

That was one of my better ad libs. :-)

You are mean!