On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:09:14 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 2:50:48 PM UTC-10, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> Kitchen Basics is a pretty darned good stock; very rich and dark and
>> aromatic. Way better than Swanson's. I made a bean soup last month using
>> canned Swanson's and while it was good the stock was pale and watery.
>> Trying KB this time and the aroma is so much better even with the same
>> recipe.
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>I had some soup stock in a box this morning: Hondashi. One packet in about 6 cups of water and a big gob of miso followed by some small, very cute, cubes of tofu. Salt to taste. It's ridiculously fast, simple and tasty. Breakfast this morning was miso soup, rice, and fried ahi. Not a power breakfast at all but it suits me just fine.

We're having fried mahi-mahi today. Also a Hawaiian name, I assume. A
very nice fish.