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Made and ate: mackerel shio-yaki (salted and grilled), stir-fried cabbage with curry powder, hiyayakko (little blocks of tofu with stuff on them), and miso soup with potatoes and onions. OH NO, I DIDN'T FOLLOW THE MENU SHOWN IN A FRIGHTENING SCHIZOPHRENIC 80S JAPANESE COOKING BOOK FOR INEXPERIENCED YOUNG WIVES TO THE LETTER! WHY, I NEVER! Took a picture---and probably closed my phone too soon, so NO PICTURE! Haha! Also NO E-MAIL from Snotty's, but I will have to settle for sort of simmering instead of being outright annoyed because the food was splendid and I ate so much. And a couple of those doujinshi are in their e-bay store anyway. Will make sure to fuss about wanting to buy them and not being able to until something happens.

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waah, miso soup with potatoes.. why did that thought never occur to me?!

*wants fried tofu*

The one I made had julienned potatoes and only needed to cook for a few minutes, but I've had one with chunks of potatoes that was arguably hearty...

FRIED TOFU. ♥

I used to be able to buy it at the Asian hypermarket predone (fried tofu), but I've never actually made it.. I figure a medium to soft tofu and canola oil, but I've never proven it..

Wait, deep-fried or fried, like, normal? I have a recipe that calls for normal fried tofu and uh, it would be handy to be able to just buy it.

fried so that it's sort of.. crunchy/puffy.. like at veggieplanet..

The smell of miso soup makes me nauseous for some reason ._.

...does it have a smell? ...and, wow, what a shame. I was thinking most of the Westerners I know think miso soup is this gift from god.

No, not a shame. Wah. ;_; But interesting all the same.

I remember my first taste of miso soup. It was on a field trip in elementary school in Alabama to this Japanese department thing at the U of A. I remember thinking it was kind of really weird and musty at first b/c of the fermented taste. And then after a few more gulps, it got kind of addictive.

Japanese department?

Oh, heh heh, sorry. =_= Does it taste musty? ...I will have to eat more to make sure.

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