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this is kind of funny. me and my big ideas. i should be working on something important. instead i have been running around shopping for the right ingredients for an admittedly beautiful lunch. so in the tradition of the 'kool-aid house, i will invite you all to lunch.
a few days ago i made gyoza and it encouraged me to expand.
this is what the final result looked like and it is still in my stomach. so dig in and dig it. :happy:
if you want to try this yourself, follow these picture hints, or go to you-tube and watch videos (that's how i did it)
just chop this stuff up and cooks in a few minutes.
this is how i started:
do get a rice cooker. it always makes rice perfectly.
ingredients for the tiger roll:
step one
add fish eggs
add green onions and cucumber strips like this… so they stick out a little. it's pretty.
now the avocado and romaine lettuce
add the tempura tiger shrimp ( a little mayonaise ) or mustard or whatever you like.
this is my first tiger roll so it's a little sloppy. i learned what not to do. (mostly don't put too much in. also, i must find a way to make the shrimp straight. they want to pop out the ends… i just popped them right back in.)
cut into five pieces like this.
everyone knows how to make tempura so i won't bore you.
well, let me get back to work now… i just couldn't resist sharing this incredible experience. :happy:
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wow! you put us all to shame meli ! :heart:I use nori to make Greek sushi :lol:honest! the ingrediends you can fill it with are endless!!!you know I wish I was closer, don't you?and I am sure you don't expect this comment to end without mentioning the last picture! :heart:by Donny H. :"The glistening moonlight shone upon the velvet smooth rose petals.Floating on the rim of the water were many more rosy red petals.To pluck a petal from where,nestled by the boardwalk, you must bend down, extend your hand, and lift the light-weighted petal from the water." :heart:.
it's called nori. it's seaweed. you eat it. it has protein and especially a source of iron. it is more fun to do this sort of thing with someone else. i had a guest when i made the gyoza. we made 60 of them. spring rolls… mmmmm love 'em. that's a dipping item also. :happy:
Scott, this looks as good, if not better, than what you'd get in a restaurant. Would love to try something like this but I think I'll attempt spring rolls first. We all made them one evening when our daughter-in-law came over with the ingredients. What is the dark colored thing the ingredients are rolled into? I'm assuming you eat that too.
:DI always loved BBQ eel 😀
wow that's cool. i'll have to get to know donny a little better.o.k. now 'greek sushi'… so you put some aged pitless olives, sliced long pepperoncini,a crumbling of goat cheese,strips of shishkabob lamb… no, not lamb, you wouldn't eat a lamb, or anything that smiles… well, then for protein, you must put in an adriatic sponge?if you were closer meli :heart:, i think you might persuade me to become a vegetarian. but i love fish… they don't smile, exactly, they kind of grimace. 😆
oh yes :up: freshwater eel is one of my favorite sushi. now i have to find out how they make it taste so good.
Wow . Very ambitious! Mouth watering. I think I'll stick to baking cookies though. :p
san, you made me laugh. cookies, yes… cookies at home saves all that money and no preservatives. part of my current interest in samurai food is just the effect of too many cookies.akamu,that's not a bad idea. at least it is an obviously useful occupation. much better than a lot of jobs. being linked to one of the few real pleasures/necessities in life is not a bad choice.
Makes me want to be a cook…
* she smiles, closes her eyes and hugs her pillow *good night meli
what an accurate imagination you have meli :heart: down to the last detail. how well you see into yourself… call that intuition. it's beautiful… the better i know myself, the better i know my fellow man. i am astounded by your perspicacity. :happy: i do love you all.
isn't wonderful that you prepare….you take a picture, you continue and you take another picture, and you know when that happens, that you will post themfor us to see and we will all feel so welcomed ,and loved by you,all invited to your place! That makes things not only look good, but they taste even better! no ? :heart:*imagines meli in his shorts and his undershirt working in the kitchen,while he listens to music and his glass door it's open for the fresh air to get in*.
sleep well, meli :heart:
Now I am hungry, and it isn't an hour since I had breakfast.
That does look very tasty.
well, allan, i made myself hungry too. :chef:hi matthew, i can testify honestly that it made a fine meal. couldn't eat it all. so it served for dinner too. today i am making sushi with albacore tuna, wild caught salmon and yellowtail. also the fish egg thingy called ikura i think. 😎 :chef:
I'm impressed! That looked GOOD….
it was a short but peaceful sleep meli, :heart:I hope you had a great night and an even better day 🙂
meli :heart: i never heard of chorksticks. chopsticks, once you get the hang of it, is easy. pretty soon you can pick up one grain of rice or a fish egg with them. :happy:matthew,that's what i do. even if it's a stew or stroganoff… just gets better every day. :up:
short but sweet… that will do meli :heart: and a good day too. :up:i had a quiet day of study. did the laundry and made sushi lunch. :happy:tomorrow i must type the next chapter. procrastination is evil.
you are a teaser meli :heart:this spread makes my mouth water again :)I need a teacher to teach me how to hold the chop sticks I only can use chorksticks…
The older I get, Scott, the happier I am to make a meal that serves for several days. 🙂
beautiful :happy: i want to see the lady with the chopstick coiffure. :heart:
meli,:heart:I did see them first on a flight,I found them very convinient I liked the feel of them and by now I do have many ,I use the chopsticks the Chinese orders bring to support my plants or hold my long hair up ( :p like a Japanese laundry lady .
not what you expected here meli :heart:but I know you will appreciate this art: (1909 Laundry time in Japan )and of course I couldn't resistbut give you the ladies too :)pretty they are,no?
yep. japanese ladies are like little precious gems. thanks meli :heart: for the peek. the laundry is a very dynamic composition. have to remember to use that tension between up and down. 😎
the food is great, your cooking style is a lot like mine.best wishes for a great summer and awesome cuisine Scott. enjoy the season.
oh no it was a WRONG idea to come have a look here when ALREADY being hungry!! 😦
Scott, that rice cooker intrigues me. In Spain you have various indigenous sorts of rice and imports. Most of them clutter, become messy or glue-balls. Using a wok fries the rice. Do you use a specific type of rice, Indian perhaps?
"that tension between up and down"yes,tention can be created from lots of ups and downs 😆 (I do know what you mean,but I couldn't resist! :I just wanted to stop by and say I missed you 🙂
Very yummy and a nice inspiration! 🙂
Well I don't like Japanses food. But I do love the post title.And the photo of the Japanese women.:D:up:
PShis photo albums are amazing!
I hope you've given that one to Darko!
Eddie ,here, I am always the sharing type, you just have to say it 🙂http://oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/?c=ainu
he never asked :p
IF one gets around 4 a few days without food in the stomach, then most likely one will become fascinated by the art of 'food-making' – at least that's my experience….It's fun to find new ideas and test different ingredients…SO, I'm always looking forward to read your daring recipes and the adventures U have in your kitchen. And the Colors R awesome!! I'll have to go – I'm baking some breakfast-bread and they taste really Goooooooood!! :chef: :coffee:
o.k. i'm back. thanks everyone for keeping my comments jumping. :happy:yes, prophetone, i agree, and that's something i want to do too… make my own bread. :up:
Gosh I was starting to be concerned! welcome back meli,you have been missed!
sorry, i left suddenly. give me a car and all that pent-up wanderlust rules. i went to see the giant sequoias. i will post on that and monterey soon. i put up an album for daughter caitlin today. :happy:and finally, i will type the next episode of the 'confessions of s.'
busy bee you are! I was tempted to use that cell phone nbr! I was confident you were well,however I wasn't sure if you were in the USA or in Belize! :heart:
maybe next time if i can save any money. :heart: i do need to scout out the lay of the land. see if i really want to retire there. of course artists never retire, but you know what i mean.where to live on 1,000 dollars a month. 💡 of course i have to try a little longer here in los angeles to get a career as a fine artist. shows etc. and an agent.then i can go live and paint in belize and travel the world. :heart:
sometimes having rich dreams can make the time fly faster… Before you know it,it will happen meli,dream big and it will happen :happy:
i like that… wonderfully well said and conceived. :up: love you meli :love:
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Think big, Scott. But also: work for a translation of thoughts into realities. But: don't bite off more than you can chew! I made bad experiences with that…:worried:
😦 I hope most of your dreams came true and now you have many reasons to smile …
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