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    Pierogi Recipes

    in Elsewhere in Europe: Cooking & Baking

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    After ten years of asking I recently received the family perogy recipe :biggrin: My (Step) Grandmother is Ukranian and makes potato/cottage cheese or potato/onion perogies. She boils them and puts them in a casserole dish with what must be a pound of melted butter and green onion. They are swimming in the stuff! I was in my twenties before I discovered they could also be fried. :laugh:

    I cant share the recipe but I will say that the "special ingredient" is Cream of Tartar.

    eG Foodblog: Mooshmouse - Back-to-school Dining on the Left Coast

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted · Edited by easternsun (log)

    I will add my thanks for a great blog! The pics of English Bay were lovely - exactly the route I used to run (right before scarfing eggs benny with my mates somewhere on Davie) :rolleyes: I was ok until the shot of the Sleemans :wacko: and the greek food....I broke down had a little cry :raz: The greatest thing to come out of this week was the inspiration to make 'leedle peeples food' look as good as 'grown folks grub' :biggrin: THANKS!

    darn typos!

    Japanese foods--tofu

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

    Posted · Edited by easternsun (log)

    I have questions about GMOs and tofu in Japan. I started buying a brand of tofu that is labelled NON GMO but I am wondering why I dont see more labelling like this. Do you often see NON GMO labels on tofu in your area?

    edited to say that my understanding was that since 2001 Japan must label GM foods so why is this brand (Nakashita) labelling as NON GMO ? Have the rules changed? Is it just so people like me will buy their tofu :rolleyes:

    The depachika

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

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    oooh rona, shall we meet up for ashtanga, depachika and lunch? you are going to love sogo. i was out for dinner on saturday and i noticed quite a few new restaurants in shinsaibashi including what looks like a fabulous new vietnamese place in ame-mura.

    Japanese foods-- Okashi

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

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    is it me or does there seem to be a bit of a maple boom going on right now?? i have a homestay student from italy at the moment and she has been indulging in all the conbini treats so i am getting an education on what is "hot" for snacks :biggrin: her latest purchase was macadamia and maple flavoured "takenoko". they are very sweet and have a distinct maple flavour.

    Western grocery chains in Japan

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

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    I always eye those pizzas at CostCo but what I cant figure out is how people cook them. I have a pretty large oven but I would still have to bake it in sections. I have this funny image of people doing individual slices in the toaster oven :laugh:

    What is all this sqaure pizza madness?? Recent flyer from the home delivery places have square pizzas too.....

    The mango drink is screw up your face sickly sweet - but my nieces love it! :raz:

    The depachika

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

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    I thought it worth a mention to anyone travelling through Osaka to try to visit the SOGO department store on Midou-suji (Shinsaibashi Subway Station). The store opened this week and it is a thing of beauty!

    The food floor is stunning. At the moment, the vendors are offering samples of just about everything! And you dont need to make a lunch reservation :biggrin:

    Since Daimaru is right next to SOGO, I am hoping for some serious price wars to keep the good stuff affordable and in my shopping basket.

    traveling through Japan

    in Japan: Dining

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    I am partial to the Kansai area as well but agree with Anzu that unless you have an agenda, Osaka is really not worth visiting (says the girl who lives in Osaka). :huh:

    Funny enough, I am on my way to Minoh and the waterfall today - I will try to have maple tempura and report back here.

    Kyoto, Nara, and Himeji are all wonderful. I was in Takayama in June and stayed at a temple which is part of the hostel association. I HIGHLY recommend staying in hostels. They are CHEAP, fabulous, clean and comfortable, which is more than I can say for some of the 15,000 yen a night closets I have stayed in!!! It will give you the extra yen for some of those finer dining moments you are sure to want to experience.

    I am sure you know already but get a Japan Rail pass and you will save heaps of yen...

    Japanese foods-- Okashi

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

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    Today I saw some maple butter (I think that was it) flavored pocky at Uwajimaya in Seattle. It had a picture of a pancake with maple syrup on the front... Has anyone had these? I've never seen thembefore. Unfortunately I didn't pick any up, I'll have to do that next  time I'm there.

    Were they maple/butter pretz? They are my favourite! It has the perfect butter to maple syrup flavour ratio. If you like pancakes, you will loves these little sticks from heaven :biggrin:

    eG Foodblog: Mooshmouse - Back-to-school Dining on the Left Coast

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    Cereal this morning for me and Noah.

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    A mix of Crispix and Rice Krispies topped with raisins, sultana raisins, dried papaya, dried cranberries and dried pineapple.

    Wow! My mom is so fired! The fact that you put so much care into making Noah's meals LOOK good is wonderful! I am still following along with pangs of homesickness. Even the picture of the traffic did it for me :laugh: I hope part of your reno plan includes a ten foot wall around your property :wink: ...your are going to need it when Noah hits his teens :wub: ... he is such a cutey! and he does dishes!

    eG Foodblog: Mooshmouse - Back-to-school Dining on the Left Coast

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    Beautiful photos of your striking library and mouth-watering breakfast!

    I am really enjoying the blog!  The photos are making me really homesick :rolleyes:

    Thanks! :biggrin:

    easternsun, how long has it been since you lived in Vancouver?

    I was born and raised in Vangroovy. I left eight years ago to live in Japan and I usually get home once a year - last year I spent six months in India and this year I paid for my Dad to come over for two weeks. I am already counting down to next summer :wacko: when I can indulge in the comforts of home again.

    Any chance you will be strolling over from The Drive for GELATI?

    Canned Coffee in Japan

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

    Posted · Edited by easternsun (log)

    i had a question about the cold canned coffee. my japanese teacher told me that there are no less than 8 teaspoons of sugar in a can of cold coffee. does anyone know if this is true, and if it is...what is the reason behind it?

    smallworld, i too like warming my hands on a hot can of coffee in the winter! sometimes i buy two and put them in my pockets :raz:

    The depachika

    in Japan: Cooking & Baking

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    i love depachika! i have very fond memories of the food floor of woodwards department store in downtown vancouver (sadly, it is gone)...depachika brings it all back for me.

    these days i am at kintetsu (osaka) almost daily. i can get the freshest produce and usually buy whatever is on sale that day. i buy all our seafood there as well. i like being able to talk to the vendors about the best way to prepare or store what ever i am buying.

    sorry i cant help you with tokyo though :unsure:

    A lasting and enduring love affair: ranch dressing

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    when i was a kid i liked blue cheese dressing. now i like balsamic. i dont think i have ever tried ranch dressing but the chips are fabulous in sandwiches :raz:

    i loved the article though, thanks for the link!

    BarabaraY ==>what's in thousand islands anyway? ketchup, mayonnaise and pickles :blink::huh: i really dont know...i just remember the coagulated mess that i had to spoon on salads at my first job: phone girl at a delivery pizza place :smile: i will never touch the stuff.

    if ranch IS the new thousand islands, that is probably a good thing.

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