On Dec 11, 11:00 am, "Giusi" > wrote:
> "bulka" ha scritto nel messaggio
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> > Christine said:
> > Now, all I need is some tofu.... Oh, and some
> > curry paste...and some fish sauce..and some limes....
>
> > I feel your pain. I struggle to find anything interesting to eat> here.
> > Thinking about using my small resources to do a small> storefront. I
> > can't be the only one here who wants asian, hispanic,
> > arab, mediteranian, indian. Detroit suburb, looking at the relatively>
> > civliized Ann Arbor.
>
> > Any thoughts?
>
> > Michael
>
> If you were really convinced that you would never get to buy these various
> things, you'd find a way to make most of them. I have to go to Rome or
> Florence to buy anything Latin or Asian, and if I find them they are $$$$.
> I can get some Arabic things, but when I asked for sesame tahini, it turns
> out it isn't common across all Arab cuisines, Heh. They did eventually
> find out what it is and order it for me.
>
> All cooking expats face this. Someone who taught in Tonga said you could
> buy chickens but not eggs. Or maybe it was the reverse. Somehow we
> overcome, because we are forced to. I never dreamed I would make my own
> chili powder or tortillas. But I do. Make it a hobby!

Yes. I've learned to make kim chi, pita, tamales - things I used to
pick up without thinking at the grocery in Chicago. Shouldn't have to
think like an expat in Detroit, but live and learn. Used to think my
tortilla press was a cute affectation, now I miss it. Don't know
where to get corn husks out-of-season. Maybe I'll learn to like coney
dogs and gas station pizza.

MB