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Default What do you cook when you have no $

cshenk wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote
>> cshenk wrote:

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>>> pre-frozen, or local stuff and thats one thing the locals dont really do
>>> very well)

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>> Yes, one does have to learn to cook with the foods that are available
>> unless one is very rich. I forget the section of Tokyo we had to go to to
>> get Western foods. It was extremely expensive though. :-(

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> Such tends to be. I learned how to make it work in tandem with some things
> from the commisary and most out in town.
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>> OTOH, one thing I remember with great fondness and wish we had here were
>> the local tofu shops. Yum. The flavor is so nice compared to what is
>> sold around here.

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> I miss the 'miso lady' and the 'seaweed lady' most now as neither are easy
> to get though I can get a few sorts of each here.
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>> What about cream bread/cream pan?

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> Yugg.
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>

Yugg? It's mild and appeals to those who like WB--like my daughter.

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Jean B.