<p>What’s the deal with these xlong sheets? firstly I find out that the top sheet in an extra long package is the same size as a regular top sheet (single) so sorting aside the ones with little teddy bears and kiddie images, I’m sending the stripes and solids from the old days, they’re like new anyway. Then I do an experiment, take a good quality bottom twin and see if it will stretch out to fit on my King lengthwise and lo and behold, it does! So it may be that a generously cut twin bottom sheet will do also on an extra long bed. I’m going to take them and check it out in the room. If it doesn’t it’ll be a quick trip to the nearest store but I’m trying it because these xlong sheets are pricey. I’ll let y’all know if it works, good way to save money. Bears I love it , the rug pattern is superb, you are quite clever.</p>
<p>Note: From what I could find out the length of the King is 80 inches as is the extra long Twin but as I said the Lauren twin fitted worked on my bed which is a King. And the width of both twin and xlong twin are the same.</p>
<p>Wow, I didn’t know that about the sheets. Learn something new everyday around here. It’s a good place to be. I will just send a regular blanket then and not worry that it will be too short for the bed.</p>
<p>Bears, there’s wheat free soy sauce around, it’s just not usually used in processed foods like bottled marinades or teriyaki sauce. So I always have to figure in extra time to make something from scratch (not that it’s hard, just a time factor thing).</p>
<p>I’ve never seen or heard of a gf substitute for miso though.</p>
<p>I love to do crafty things and I might attempt the rug pattern – but I might still be working on my masterpiece when the kid graduates and might have to save it for the grandkid going off to college, lol. Or maybe one of the younger sisters. Of course if the job ends in October as is threatened, then I’ll have lots more time on my hands until the next one comes along.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>^smarty I can’t find konnyaku fish but those “dorayaki” in the end of page is nice (roughly translate “gong cake” sweet bean paste sandwiched between round pancakes)
It was outdated snack until manga/anime “Doraemon” became popular with young children. Doraemon is a robotic cat who loves eating dorayaki, pun intended. “dora” could mean either " stray or rowdy" as " stray cat = cat robot, or the name of the music/ ceremonial instrument " dora ( “gong” in Japanese) " which, dorayaki (cake) is named after.
gabbyness, how far do you went learning Japanese? boy I feel sorry for you. not only food, language is this huge weirdland. No rule, sense or reason in western sense.
Here is fun book to read, by established lit author’s adventure in Tokyo with his tween Japan fan boy.
thou as author admits, he is wrong about many things.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Wrong-About-Ja...0592569&sr=1-1[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Wrong-About-Ja...0592569&sr=1-1</a></p>
<p>did it open? book title is " wrong about Japan" how about this?
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=wrong+about+japan&x=0&y=0[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=wrong+about+japan&x=0&y=0</a></p>
<p>Couldn’t you buy dorayaki from street vendors? I have this memory of warm cakes with bean paste inside…and of course then there were those taco/yaki things, the octapus in dough…well I doubt too many of these kids will be eating those gluten free or not. I’m wondering if MICA placed the two gluten free kids together on purpose, certainly might bode well for them eating a bit more and better if both are roommates…</p>
<p>I should start " weird Japanese food and what to do with them" thread.
smarty you are brave to immerse yourself in street food.
Dorayaki is more of preservable, individually packed boxed gift item eaten at room temperature.
The warm bean cakes you sew are called " ooban yaki" “ooban” is a currency used in samurai era, oval gold piece. naturally, ooban yaki is made in oval inch or so depth iron mold heated, dough poured in, bean paste topped, more dough, mold closed, cooked to form 3D oval hot cake.
Also more funky side, there are same method and ingredients using red snapper shaped mold, called " tai yaki"
open fire grilled fresh tai ( red snapper ) with head and tail, gills intact is the symbol of health and prosperity, eaten at the special festive table of childhood milestones, graduation, wedding, whatnot. “tai yaki” is just everyday cold month’s snacks with bit of that celebration residue.
Same as everything else in Japan, regional pride and method come in and the sports get competitive.
there would be some vendors or shops selling fish-shaped sweet pancake for generations and people would line up to get some piping hot. there should be less or no bean paste in the tail portion of the fish for eating at very end, so not to get overly sweet aftertaste.
then there is another tai yaki enthusiasts insists the best “tai yaki” must have bean paste into the very tippy end of the tail.
“Tako yaki” is like you said, octopus ball. savory and weird as can be, but must haves for street fairs and summer bon dance. there are microwavable frozen ones you can get from Japanese food market nowadays, and electric tako yaki grill you can make them at home ( why oh why do they bother…)
here is the cooking show series that gotten partnered by U tube.
<a href=“How to Make Takoyaki (Japanese Octopus Ball Recipe with Crispy Outside and Soft Silky Inside) - YouTube”>How to Make Takoyaki (Japanese Octopus Ball Recipe with Crispy Outside and Soft Silky Inside) - YouTube;
<p>PS
ooban yaki has regional names such as " Imagawa yaki" " Tomoe yaki" depending on what samurai family was used to be a bigshot there.
shapes and size varies slightly.</p>
<p>bears and dogs, that looks like a really interesting book. I got pretty far learning Japanese, I lived with a host family etc. I think I probably sound like a country bumpkin to some, because I use a lot of Wakayama/kansai-ben. My Japanese is really pretty bad now though. It’s been 4 years since I lived there, three since I visited, and my current college doesn’t have any Japanese classes…</p>
<p>gabbyness
Wakayama! oranges! pickled plum! whale museum! my hometown is in Mie prefecture, the next door.
Why did you end up there? I have noticed spying few LAC’s Japanese dept, kids are sent to bit off mainstream colleges that affiliated with certain organization .
Same goes the other way, Japanese kids often end up in Arizona or Colorado. if they are rich and ambitious, get out and stay elsewhere but otherwise that and only that will be their experience of studying abroad, pretty much clustering with other Japanese kids or foreigners, never quite experiencing main stream college life.
It is an irony, you’d need to communicate if you want anything but how do you learn language well enough if you aren’t immersed in it?
You must have done well if you stayed with local folks, and able to build relationship to go back to visit.
I got lucky starting as nanny then as a parent learning as my charges grew; toddler, pre K, K to 12 slowly gaining vocabulary and understanding culture as babies would.
thou as you can see, I can’t do spell grammar pronounce right. My kid thought there is a state named Canadica in US because my Connecticut was never sounded right.</p>
<p>Ahhh i miss umeboshi and mikan and everything a ton! Actually I went abroad while I was in highschool. Programs tend to send kids to places like Wakayama, or at least anywhere but Tokyo. </p>
<p>Hopefully I’ll be able to go back for my junior year in college (err…once I finally transfer and all that).
Yeah English is kind of insane, I think especially for Japanese people to learn. Japanese sounds are just soo different.</p>
<p>English is insane even for native speakers & writers.</p>
<p>Yes…umeboshi plum:) in any form. Paste, whole, in an ume roll. Most restaurants don’t serve the ume roll. They look at me funny when I ask for it. </p>
<p>I crave this plum sometimes in the most inexplicable way. So salty, so sour and slightly sweet. I can eat them straight out of the container. But they are soooo expensive. I haven’t had them in the house in a long time. I think I have to go out today and get some.</p>
<p>there is no ume roll but riceball making with ume-bonito.
[YouTube</a> - How to Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls)](<a href=“How to Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls with Delicious Fillings Recipe) - YouTube”>How to Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls with Delicious Fillings Recipe) - YouTube)
or
ume shu (plum wine) and plum syrup. my grandma used to make them, and ume boshi.
The red color comes from Japanese red basil. dried up plum is sort of gray-sh brown.
just thinking about them make my face sourpuss! how could you eat them whole?
[YouTube</a> - How to Make Umeshu & Ume Syrup (Plum Wine & Plum Syrup)](<a href=“Umeshu and Ume Syrup Recipe (Homemade Plum Wine and Plum Syrup) - YouTube”>Umeshu and Ume Syrup Recipe (Homemade Plum Wine and Plum Syrup) - YouTube)</p>
<p>redbug: so, so true.</p>
<p>My host grandma makes umeboshi. Yummy. That cooking show is so funny. I’m never that organized about cooking. when i make onigiri I usually just thrown salt on my wet hands and rub them together.</p>
<p>So I’m not completely off topic: I guess most people were applying for 2010. I’m applying for 2011 and just started my first application (ringling). I’m very excited. Lol paperwork probably shouldn’t excite me this much.</p>
<p>Ringling is great for animation, it’s hard not to get excited. And it will be (relatively) warm here in winter!</p>
<p>Gmom, sad news!
quinoa cake@Wholefoods got wheat flour and barley in it! now I see your struggle.
$3.84 for hefty two pieces, if you say no to bags, 10 cents discount, $3.74
quinoa, water, spinach, carrot, flour (wheat flour malted barley flour) zucchini, low fat yogurt, sesame seed, onion, lemon juice, canola oil, baking powder
no calorie /fat contents posted, my guess is 400-500 per piece. do not underestimate fried healthy food.</p>
<p>And I ate them already, one for brunch, one for snack.
I need my kid (or dog duty: wholefoods does not allow pet) back for healthy variety food choice.</p>
<p>Bears, among my too-many activities, I run the support group for celiac disease in the NY-NJ-CT area. So I’m in the midst of putting together our quarterly newsletter (a bit more difficult to manage now that I’m working full time, however temporarily) and I’ve decided to feature the manga kid (my youngest daughter) and gluten free bento lunches as part of this latest issue.<br>
I’ve used quinoa in the past to substitute for oatmeal in oatmeal/raisin cookies. It works pretty well. Also quinoa in salads. We don’t usually eat it hot, but I suppose we could. Quinoa cakes though… hmmm…</p>
<p>try them try them and you may, I say!</p>
<p>bet you can make them yourself minus wheat flour.
I haven’t tried yet on this one, and it’s cheap enough to buy ready made cakes without greasing up small kitchen, but if you can detect what’s in there, it is doable to recreate some fav eat out or store bought items with tweaked recipe.
I made fake “Shake Shack” (have you been there if you are in the area?) burgers and were rather good (and cheap) kids approved.
edit: no burger buns allowed, eh? it’s tough.</p>