Jinmyo

See. This is how I feel about mushrooms. Ick. I'm always digging them out of things. Why do people eat fungus? Mmmmmm, Fungus! Yuck! Dried grapes! Does not compute. claire, I love you like the sister I've never met and only know through postings on eGullet. But you and I are both homes to numberless fungi that are part of what makes the body work. Fungi are fun. From cloud mushrooms to porcini to flower mushrooms to fairy ring mushrooms, fungi are everywhere. And delicious. And nutritious. Were there to be a war between the mushroom eating people and the raisin eaters, you'd be outnumbered by billions. So we'll not be disrespecting the fungi.

I've had a dish like this but I forget what it was called. I think it was in Taiwan and I'm sure it was a Cantonese place. There were dipping bowls of salt mixed with white pepper. Prawn crisps too, I think.

Waaaaay back? Still is. This sounds like a very Cantonese dish imported to Korea.

"Wontons" filled with slivers of scallop and shitake in a seaweed broth with thin shreds of kombu and long slivers of galangal. Grilled rack of lamb, two chops served on a mint and guajillo chile pesto (with pumpkin seeds). Scallion pancakes with taramasalata (preserved cod roe in mayonaisse) with a drop of sesame oil. Asparagus wrapped in thinly sliced beef tongue, grilled, served with ponzu. New Zealand green-lipped mussels served at room temperature with a pool of shoyu/mirin/wasabi in the shells, grating of black pepper and sprinkle of bonito flakes. Gohan (Japanese rice) with lumpfish roe, gomasio, and toasted nori squares.

Oh, no. Please. You take them.

FoodMan, it is salty. One uses it instead of salt. But it's all a matter of preference. Just increase the proportion of toasted sesame.

I like fruitcake if it is made right or left by a few hundred miles.

No chocolate. Steak. (Really. Chocolate tastes nasty to me.)

That might be the booze in the fruitcake talking, Wilfrid.

That's like asking "Why does pastuerized honey taste like vaseline smells?" Perhaps to someone ehse it does as well, but most likely it doesn't.

Not for me thanks.

Raisin mashed potatoes. Raisin lasagna. Pastrami and raisin sandwich. Raisin omelette.

No. We don't gotta.

Raisin and pepperoni pizza, Raisin stuffed black olives. Cheese covered raisins. Raisin filled cheese. Linguini with a clam and raisin sauce. Raisin and potato and leek soup. Otoro with smushed raisins instead of wasabi.

Frites with raisin mayo. Hamburgers filled with raisins. Raisin hot dogs. Osetra caviar and raisins.

See, guajolote? Everything. One of the world's great cuisines.

Kibbles n bits. Horrid stuff.

Uh... Sure. Why not?

These are called tteok. Wonderful, especially in soups but also great stir-fried or grilled with beef.

I liked the illustration as much as JAZ hates raisins.

Ja ja myun is noodles with black bean sauce. A Chinese-style dish invented in Korea.

Bibimbap.

Everything.

Here is a Japanese Pictionary, including some animations.

Egad. This has become a terrible thread.