Kami Pan (Turtle Bread)Made for Children's day. Turtles are believed
to live for 10,000 years. They represent longevity.
I saw these guys at the bakery and couldn't resist.
I think it's probably a Chichi Kami (Daddy) and Otokonoko Kami (little boy).
The bread had been baked about 15 minutes before I bought it.
It was very tasty.
MochiRegular readers of my blog know
how much I love mochi, especially fancy ones.
I picked this package up when I bought the Kami Pan.
The bumpy one in the corner is pretty scary.
In fact, it looked like a tumor.
It's not a tumor.But I couldn't get past it, thusly
it was not consumed.
The other mochi were, though.
note: too much mochi causes constipation.
trust me.
Yasai (Vegetables)Because we are in the midst
of farm country, the produce is amazing.
Here's a pre-packaged veggie set containing:
kinoko (mushrooms)
asparaga (asparagus)
nasu (eggprant)
imo (potato)
peppa (peppers)
negi (green onions)
negitama (western-style onion)
kyabetsu (cabbage)
kabocha (squash)
add some sauce and. . .
rock the wok!
this is my favorite easy dinner.
and it costs less than two bucks.
Kodomo no Nomimono (Kid's Drink)A
nomimono (drink) packaged to look just like beer.
I read about it a long time ago, on this site.I'd never seen any until two weeks ago.
I liked the retro label. However, I couldn't figure out
if it was
for children or made
from children.
It looks like pee, so until I ascertain if it's for
children or from children, I'm
not drinking it.
Also, the kiddie on the front reminds me of
my good friend, Kaidi. He's Chinese, though.
Karaage (fried things)Look! Japanese Pork Rinds!
Who said they didn't have Rednecks
in the Land of the Rising Sun!
I think they're actually fried tofu skins.
SLUGS!
Chris tried it before I did.
I don't like stepping on slugs,
let alone ingesting them.
Ha, ha. Not really. It's GIANT CORN PUFFS!
Quite tasty, light and slightly sweet.
Ice Cream!If you come up to the register with
a shopping basket full
of nothing but ice cream,
despite her best efforts, the cashier will laugh at you.
I love Japanese ice cream and frozen treats.
They are often packaged as single servings so
it is easy to do portion control. Every thing I buy is
under 200 calories, most things are well under 100.
Lots of things are impossibly cute, too.
Here's what the watermelon popsicle looks like
the seeds are tiny chocolate chips.
The honeydew one uses teeny white candies for seeds.
No artificial flavors or colors, fat-free and only 75 calories each.
Here's an ice-cream cone.
It's only about four inches tall.
Each one comes protected in it's
own plastic ice-cream armor.
Sometimes they're hard to crack open.
The calories I expend freeing the cone
entitles me to another one. Bonus!
QUIZ TIME!One glass contains dish soap.
One glass contains a Japanese drink.
Can
you tell which is which?
I almost couldn't drink this stuff.
It not only resembles dish soap but
something else, too.
wink, wink.I figured, what the hell?
I've swallowed drinks, dishsoap and
that,
so I might as well try
this.
The Koiwai Farm Yogurt Drink was very good
despite it's suspicious appearance.
Unfortunately, the only vending machine
around here that has it is on the other side of town.
I will admit to having made a special trip over there to get it, but just once.
Mochi
The bumpy one in the corner is pretty scary.
In fact, it looked like a tumor.
Yasai (Vegetables)
add some sauce and. . .
rock the wok!
Kodomo no Nomimono (Kid's Drink)
Karaage (fried things)
I think they're actually fried tofu skins.
Chris tried it before I did.
Ha, ha. Not really. It's GIANT CORN PUFFS!
I love Japanese ice cream and frozen treats.
Here's what the watermelon popsicle looks like
Here's an ice-cream cone.
I almost couldn't drink this stuff.
despite it's suspicious appearance.
I love youse guys!
May 6th, Sly, Sly's friend NiNi and I went to Tamura Studio to get some portraits done. Sly and I have been talking about doing this for months. Sly wore a kimono I gave her (along with an obi , obijime and obiage), which is bamboo pattern and this really pretty green-yellow--I color I love to see her wear (mostly because I can't wear it).I wore a kimono Sly gave me (along with permission to wear her family crest). Nini got a bright pink rental kimono and she looked HOTT! You go, gurl! Although she thought it was pretty, NiNi didn't like being all trussed up in the kimono. Honestly, the photo studio ties them tightly so they don't fall apart. The way I've learned to tie them, they are actually pretty comfortable to wear. I stole this photo from NiNi's blog, which is probably not a smart thing to do, as she is a lawyer and could sue my curvy white ass for taking stuff without asking. That's right, mess with the lawyer, you dumbass.
Koen (middle park). I stole this picture from Nini's site. We all did Ohanami (flower viewing) after we had kimono portraits taken on May 6th. I was the only person in the park wearing a kimono. I'm glad I enjoy looking like a total cone, or I wouldn't have nearly as much fun. Oh, hey, I just noticed that Sly has on a tank top I got for her. How about that? So, in this picture, Nini caught Sly and me in the middle of doing a bunch of lines from Eddie Murphy's "RAW" routine. "You ain't got no ice cream! You on wel-fare and can't af-ford it! Your momma's an al-co-hol-ic." and so on. I couldn't believe we all knew the routine. We are too funny and we crack each other up. Crazies.
