25 minutes ago, KennethT said:@TropicalseniorI have never seen dashi sold in a store - even in Japanese stores in NYC's little Tokyo. But it's very easy to make - you need kombu (dried kelp), katsuobushi (bonito flakes) and water... There was a time years ago when I did a lot more cooking than I do now, and I would use dashi all the time as a basis for various sauces. I made it using this method: http://www.cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=3040.html which may be a little over the top but made a nice product.
Thank you, in other words, what I should be looking for is kombu (dried kelp) and katsuobushi (bonito flakes) in which case, I may be out of luck. The last time that I tried to buy bonito flakes they sold me dried boniato which turned out to be dried sweet potato (in Spanish). I'll just have to keep looking unless there's something I can substitute. Sometimes the joys of living in a foreign country just overwhelm me!
