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I'm fairly certain those are maitake, (Japanese: 舞茸 or マイタケ), aka hen-of-the-woods, ram's head or sheep's head, Grifola frondosa. Definitely not matsutake. I hope you didn't pay matsutake prices for maitake!

Here is what @Kerry Beal referred to The yellow text says "New Style Handmade Eel Knife".

No problem!

Someone Took A Camera Inside A General Store Untouched Since 1963 I think there is enough of culinary interest in this half-hour video. It's an interesting story, too.

and the winner is @KennethTwith an honourable mention going to @Kerry Beal. It is sold as an intestines cutter, specifically as a duck, goose or chicken intestine cutter, these being a prized delicacy round here. That said, I have seen one vendor illustrating its usages by including an image of eels being processed. You can collect your prize the next time you are passing, Mr. T.

I often think that.

Bedtime here in the land of rice-eaters. All will be revealed in the morning (my time). Please keep trying though. If anyone gets it, there is a prize! You can win one. (Winner collects - head north-west from Hong Kong).

Neither.

I have two lychee peelers. One on my left hand and one on my right. They are called 'thumbs'. No fruit involved, either.

Nothing green. Nothing vegetarian or, heaven help us, vegan!

No snails involved.

No. It is used on food. Remember, it is Chinese.

Every supermarket and market has them here, when in season. But then they are from China, originally. In Mandarin, they are 枇杷 (pí pa, pronounced like 'pea pah'). 'Loquat' is from the Cantonese luh kwat, literally ‘rush orange’. I like them, but they are fiddly.

Only one bites and sucks blood - the female. (I had a wife like that once) The female mosquito needs the blood for her babies!

Having been stuck in a similar (non-culinary) situation re failed batteries in the past, I now check carefully to see that any batteries are standard, replaceable and easily available types instead of custom jobs designed to tie you to that manufacturer. Sony is the worst offender that I know of. Nothing is theirs is standard. Of course, that cuts me out of buying some things I'd quite like but that's better than ending up with an expensive toy I can't use.

No.

Nope

It is culinary!

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Nice short tribute from VOA News here.

Sorry to tease you but here's something you probably aren't going to find - at least not in this form. What we have here are fresh Litsea seeds (Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. ), (山胡椒 - shān hú jiāo, literally mountain pepper; or 木姜子 - mù jiāng zǐ, literally tree ginger seeds). They are more usually seen dried, but even more often they are used to make 山胡椒油 - shān hú jiāo yóu or 木姜子油 - mù jiāng zǐ yóu, litsea oil. The seeds grow on small trees in Guizhou and Hunan provinces, as well as in Taiwan. The oil is distinctly lemon scented - like lemongrass - with notes of ginger and a mild pepperiness. The harvest begins in May and lasts all summer. The oil is often used as a condiment. Fuchsia Dunlop notes in The Food of Sichuan that although not Sichuanese, people in the SE of the province like to use it in dips and on the cold dishes that cuisine is famous for. The fresh seeds can be added to summer hoptpots, but they are rare, even here. The oil is available in the west, but usually in those trendy 'wellness' places where the quacks recommend it is an essential oil. Grrr!

Picked these up in the local import store. An expensive impulse purchase. I only went in to price check something else before deciding whether the online deal I had seen was the better price I suspected it to be. I was, of course, irritated to see this English company, based in Devon, succumbing to the Americanisation. If they are British, they aren't 'chips'! Grrr! So here are the 'CRISPS'. They were covered in the promised sea salt and peppercorns giving them an odd appearance. The pepper was coarsely ground and tasted fresh - none of that dusty, stale pre-ground flavour that is so common. However, although the salting was on point, there was far too much pepper. Now, I love pepper, but this was ridiculous. I'm sure many people would have recoiled in horror. Won't be buying them again!