Posted 23 April 2007 - 08:49 AM
This one is ochazuke = "ocha" means tea "zuke" means - put togther but literally it connotes "stuck together; with; on the side"
The green you see is the tea and you're suppose to add hot water and we also add real green tea
It has dried seaweed pieces and rice cracker pieces over rice. It really takes a couple of minutes as long as you have rice in the rice cooker and hot water or hot green tea. (There is NO furikake in here so Please don't confuse them) Anyone who wants furikake can message me and I'm more than glad to share our household's supple of furikake packets. = X I would just ask for postage.
You can add whatever you like to this. I added dried salmon flakes called Shyake which can be purchased online or in Japanese grocery stores.
We always have to eat umeboshi with this dish. ^___^ Yum. Don't know what umeboshi is? Get an idea from this topic: umeboshi in Food section
It's really easy to make and comes from packets.
CLOSEUP:
This next one is Gyu don. Maybe some of you have eaten this before in actual food shop.
"Don" is short for Donburi which is a type of bowl used when making "Dons" so the dish is really named after the dish.
hahahaha jodan jodan.After being in the microwave for a few minutes, it looks like this:
This line of microwavable Dons are made by the Ajinomoto company which is very famous for their long time production of MSG crystals. MSG is not healthy for you but so much of our food has msg in it. I wonder if we're immune to it by now.
For lunch, it was Tarako Ramen
It migt be gross to some people and I loved this as a little girl. Still do but not so much after seeing veins and stuff thinking about where it comes from but my favorite traditional onigiris are tarako, umeboshi, and katsuobushi
It costs around under $4 cheaper if on saleAfter it's prepared:
In the case you can't read Japanese since the directions are completely in Japanese for some of the items straight from Japan, you take everything out of the box except for the noodles, add water and place the lid back on and let it sit for 4 minutes.
After 4 minutes, you'll see three little vent tabs on two sides, well you flex those open and then pour the water out from one of the sides. You then add every packet into the drained noodles and mix. Voila, you are ready to eat.
Usually you say Itadakimasu when food has been prepared at home for you but if I make this for someone I think i still put effort in it and will expect an "itadakimasu". Let's eat. (but our family doesn't say "itadakimasu" everytime or everywhere only when there was a home cooked meal.
Homemade Asian style Hamburger patties. I guess Koreans also make and eat home made beef patties:
Woah..
