I got what I could at normal supermarkets, and went to Boston/Cambridge for Asian supermarkets. That's where I got soba, nori, candied chestnuts, sweet potatoes, daikon, wasabi, kinako, annin doufu and the nata de coco. All that actually required two different stores, but I've been collecting the ingredients that keep well for a while now so I didn't have to buy much the day before. And I changed my menu slightly to cover crap I wasn't using.
...I'm turning into an old lady. D:
Actually, the kuri kinton might...not...be mostly kuri? It was mostly sweet potatoes and sugar with whole candied chestnuts mixed in. But it was in the appropriate shape of moneybags for financial luck. I actually didn't like it as much as I just like Japanese sweet potatoes baked and plain.
Good luck in your food endeavors =w= There's all sorts of things you can make for New Year's, but I think the soba is the easiest to put together. (Real osechi food is too hard. :/)
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Date: 2008-01-02 04:34 am (UTC)...I'm turning into an old lady. D:
Actually, the kuri kinton might...not...be mostly kuri? It was mostly sweet potatoes and sugar with whole candied chestnuts mixed in. But it was in the appropriate shape of moneybags for financial luck. I actually didn't like it as much as I just like Japanese sweet potatoes baked and plain.
Good luck in your food endeavors =w= There's all sorts of things you can make for New Year's, but I think the soba is the easiest to put together. (Real osechi food is too hard. :/)