Anna N

Damn you! I had resisted and thought I was in the clear but like you, my favourite things to make and to eat are little dishes.

Rice with kimchi furikake, coleslaw, pea salad with egg, roasted piquillo peppers and shredded shiso, and shrimp roasted and then tossed with chili-‘mayonnaise.

Thanks. Worth knowing. I once was on a major mission to find rose harissa without any success.

The last of this batch of corn soup and a miso-mayonnaise egg salad onigirazu.

Egg and mushroom onigirazu with a bowl of corn potage.

Was both lunch and dinner and served me well as both sustenance and entertainment. Crispy chicken thighs over rice. Coleslaw, sautéed peppers and a rolled omelette with nori. Bentos look so easy until you attempt to assemble and pack one.

In truth and uncharacteristically I have no interest in this series of books except for the very first volume which deals with the history and the culture. Canned sardines do not lend themselves easily to elaborate slicing techniques. Still I am glad to hear that there is such precision in the naming of creatures and vegetation that live and thrive in an alternate universe. Thank you @JoNorvelleWalker.

@liuzhou: Graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised. Rice bowl with kimchi and pork belly and a bowl of corn potage (a well-loved soup in Japan).

Egg and mushroom onigirazu and black coffee.

Cannot remember the last time I had those chips but yours do look good!

McDonald’s offers a new breakfast sandwich. Really? Looks like just a double up on the old one to me. Here.

Well we can almost agree on something to do with corn. Perhaps not deep fried bees but I’d choke down some green peppers before I’d eat any popcorn.

Beef and cabbage rice bowl.

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It is no different here. Although you can buy corn that has been husked and is wrapped in plastic, for the most part those of us who love corn prefer to buy it in the husk. Our supermarkets provide a large garbage can so that you can leave the husks behind if you so choose.

Nice looking pork. Too bad about dessert. Amazed they would serve it. I have never quite grasped the point of spaghetti squash.

I suspect she will have them “straight up”. She is a bit of a purist that way when it comes to brownies. She inhales them and I’m not sure how well whipped cream would work when inhaled. 😊

Tomorrow is my granddaughter’s 19th birthday. These are her favourite brownies.

There are many learned people who could explain the genesis and evolution of the bento lunch in Japanese culture. But I think the concept sprang fully formed from the mind of a Japanese woman who was tired of standing at the sink washing hundreds of tiny dishes. Anyway, curry udon (lots of potatoes because I want to freeze the rest of the curry), cucumber pickle and carrot kinpira. Cleanup will be a breeze.

Wow. It would be hard to get confused about what city you’re in.

Bacon and egg musubi (shaped using an empty Spam can). Tamagoyaki, bacon, rice and a squirt of tonkatsu sauce and a nori wrap. My first reasonably successful tamagoyaki (rolled omelette). The slight discolouration is my failure to properly incorporate the seasoning. The right nonstick pan makes all the difference. I bought the medium size TeChef brand from Amazon. It is actually very tiny!

Wow. Things are really going downhill as far as cheer of flying goes.

Was this your only meal on this long flight?

So I am forced to confess that this book is among those in my Kindle collection. Apparently I did at least begin to read it at some point and then became distracted. A check back with Amazon tells me that it cost me almost $20! Damn. Still I am enjoying it now.

After all you have done and been through I think you did rather well. I would’ve settled for a barley sandwich.