So I decided to go to my local chinese market today to buy some hot mustard powder. As I was walking through the produce section( it's right at the entrance, so you have to go through it)I noticed the famous durian fruit. Upon hearing of its legendary flavour and infamous odor, I decided to buy it to see if it was really delicious. Needless to say, I was really stoked about eating this fruit (and at 30 dollars, who wouldn't?). So I came home, cracked it open, and ate a pieces. Good lord it was terrible. I don't understand why people say it's so good. It's like a cross between a yam, a melon, and a banana. It's not sweet at all and it's pretty dry. Maybe my palette isn't as sophisticated as those who enjoy durians, but I can't seem to figure out what makes this fruit so attractive to some people.
If anything, the durian was too ripe; as indicated by the dry stalk and the shell cracking. But I was expecting it to become jucier, not drier.
Well the durian isn't a fruit that can be called juicy. It smells really god awful and it's texture can be compared to a custard of some type.
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And because of the smell it is the reason why the fruits is considered as one of the enemy of air cargo and hotels!
A dry durian indicates that it's not of good quality. Not to mention that you've probably had one that may be spoilt, as it wasn't sweet. Durian isn't sweet to me, but everyone I know says so. It's probably an acquired taste.
I can't get past the rotten poop smell. I don't care if it tastes like pussy and ice cream, I'm not eating something that smells like rotten poop.
to me it tastes like raw onions which i fucking hate with a passion. my girlfriend's cat likes it though..
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I'd like to see a video of your girlfriend's cat eating durian. It's not that I don't believe you--I'd just like to see it.
I think durian's OK. I really like the custardy texture, think the taste is OK, and don't mind the smell. But I don't love it passionately like people seem to in Asia.
Is it good???? Almost every anime I watch, there's someone who loves melon bread, like Shana from Shakugan No Shana.
I would be very interested in a Melon bread recipe also.
If I find anything on it I will post it. ^.^
On that page there is the recipe for Melon bread by a Japanese women.
Various other Japanese bread recipes were posted by others too.
Happy Melon bread making! ^.^
Melon bread is very tasty, and very sweet.
lol, ya, me too, i'm planning to make some this weekend!
One question though, what does it taste like?
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How did it turn out when you made it?
Don't forget Yakitate! Japan!!
Is it, by chance, called by any other name?
i want ice cream
Melon bread. And a glass of OJ, extra pulp, cold.
Melon bread stuffed with pork and dipped in salt crystals.
I want this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMi7SfekFs
Only slightly breaking five freakin' dollars.
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a gingerbread cookie
I want to make roast pork braised in a strong spicy mirepoix based stock with carrots, onions, and celery, and roasted slowly in the oven with carrots and celery.
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I decided to make it last night. It was. :)
lies
you can't afford pig flesh
A mocca filling bread. Hmm... quite good.
Nut I want to eat sushi...
Hi. I started University a week ago. I handled myself pretty well last week I think, and I tried to get at least 1 piece of fruit per day. Wanted to get some bananas. But yeah. I'm living in halls with 5 other people, Wondering if any of you had any protips on a diet?
Here, white rice and tuna cans are very cheap. Just be sure to buy your rice in large quantities, like at oriental groceries.
Mix rice, tuna, welsh onions, seasonings, water and nuke. Fullfilling and delicious!
For flavour, we use a brand of some undescript Chinese sauce. The only identifiable thing on the label is a photography of a woman's face. Hence, we nicknamed it ``face sauce.''
>>11 Tru dat, Asian markets are a lot cheaper than Meriken stores. I got a pound of curry powder at an Asian market for the price of 2 ounces at a Merikan store.
Invest in olive oil and a set of common spices. I like to put the oil on a plate, put spices in it, and then simply dip pieces of french bread in it for a little snack. Goes better with fresh minced garlic! Also you can pick up a jar of pitted kalamata olives, a jar of marinated artichoke hearts, and a block of feta cheese. Mix everything together, combine spices + olive oil + lemon juice in a small cup and then drizzle + mix over the whole mess. Bang, five minute Mediterranean salad.
Another good snack is chips + salsa/guacamole
I know you're supposed to try to eat health all the time but seriously in college I feel like one should try to survive those four years doing shit and eating crap. just get by and get out
Have an apple. It's like 99c a pound. Also, have you tried macaroni salad with apple, grated chicken and celery? Delicious.
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I stick with a rice cooker and curry. oh and tea and lemonade.
Things I ate:
Cheese and crackers.
Pop tarts.
Pizza, leftover pizza, and leftover leftover pizza.
Ramen, with a can of peas, a can of corn and a can of chicken to make a stew-ish thing.
chips with velveeta+rotel
out, often. Plenty of good food around a college.
I'm still about 50 pounds overweight, your mileage may vary.
Cheese is probably the achilles heel of college diets. It's cheap, tasty, and filling, but it fills you with crap.
Get burgers as a cheap meat if you can't eat fish/chicken for protein. Peanut butter is good for protein too (brain food!) and is easy to keep with bread or crackers if you don't have a fridge, but it also contains a lot of fat so don't get too used to it.
I ate a lot of pizza freshman year. Pizza and McDonalds. I packed on the freshman 15, but....well, I started college *under*weight to begin with, so while I wasn't exactly in primo condition, it balanced out. All that made me feel pretty sick though, and that's when I started buying bananas and apples and good easy stuff. I actually started eating two meals a day -- late lunch and early dinner got me through months of my first couple of semesters.
The school cafeteria saved my ass plenty of times but it was expensive. :(
Does anyone made your own pastry of this type?
I've done mine with Pilsbury croissant bread and homemade chocolate ganache.
lolol lucky star is sooo kawaiii desu ne~
so does anybody have the recipe???? i've seen these, but sadly, the chocolate part is in japanese
http://hidehide.net/cornet-english.shtml - bread
http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-0z8954.html - custard
You can buy them at grocery stores. They're just another french pastry.
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thanks! made a great cornet out of this recipe!
>>13 just one? WTF
The chocolate cornets you get at conbini are nothing special. These days, double chocopan is where it's at. But you have to be careful. If the conbini owner notices you buying too much chocopan, you'll be blacklisted.
As for you, >>1, you should just stick with meronpan.
>>16 has the stab-or-be-stabbed mentality down pat.
Why would you be blacklisted for giving a shop business. :3
Because you just don't get it.
Anyone been there? It's in AZ. I wanted to know what's it like that's all. Do they have melon bread there? What about Pocky and Green tea?
Any pics?
It's not that new; I remember shopping there 15 years ago. Or, at least a Japanese grocery store in a similar location. Yeah, they have Pocky. Even the ghetto Fry's at 48th Street and Baseline has Pocky.
I used to go there looking for exotic snack foods. I remember Everyburger, which looked like burgers but were actually mediocre cookies. And I remember Super Soda, a gum that I could not tolerate. But that was in the 90s.
>>4 I don't remember. It's a simple matter to call and ask.
will do, but was it a big place, or small? interior wise speakn
It's definitely smaller than a supermarket. I'd say it's about the size of a 7-Eleven, maybe a little larger.
We do have some Asian supermarkets in the valley. There's Lee Lee's in the east valley, and Ranch 99 in the west valley. I think. I haven't been to Ranch 99 in a long time so I don't know if it's still open.
incidentally, the 99 Ranch (as it's called) it within a half mile of the light rail -- the 44th Street stop, specifically.
I went there today, it was awesome, I mean, I rarely see Japanese places in Arizona, when I walked in there, it was just awesome for me. I found a lot of things there I liked, even Melon Bread and Choco-Pan, which were both delicious!!!!!!!!! The staff were nice too!
There's another one about the same size in Tempe, on University & Priest. (I hope it's still open.)
Is there like a really huge Asian or Japanese market with stuff like this. I know that there's a Lam's Super Market, I go there all the time for Indian products for my mom.
Also, anyone know the renting policy for New Tokyo Food Market?
like I said, the big ones are 99 Ranch in Phoenix, and Lee Lee's in the east valley, Mesa I think.
Do you drink? What do you like to drink? I have some beer in my fridge (and nothing else （；¬＿¬） ) and some vodka hidden away for emergencies.
What's at your place to drink?
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That costs only 300 yen????
None, there's no need for it. If we want some to celebrate, etc we just buy some and finish the whole thing. I can't figure out what "emergency" would create a need to drink.
Organic white wine, a gift from a friend. It's all gone now though.
kölsch! :D
Who needs alcohol when you have bottles of cough syrup lying around.
None. Alcohol burns my throat and tastes really bad
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so, heard of DXM ?
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I hate alcohol. I hate how it tastes and it makes me feel sick.
I don't drink. Sometimes I buy wine for cooking, though.
I can get a half-liter wine box of Vendange red cabernet sauvignon wine for under $3.50 US and sometimes I will buy this to make a marinade with soy sauce, or for some meat dish.
I am told it's actually considered very good wine for the money (I don't really know), not that subtle distinctions in the flavor of the wine are really noticeable after all the spices are added and a kilo of beef has been braised in it with carrots and onions, of course. :3
Considering all I can afford to buy is flour and yeast, I figured I should learn how to make bread. Someone turned me on to this book: http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/ -- the idea is that you make a lot of dough in advance, and just cut off a loaf's worth and bake it. You don't even need to knead the dough.
Unfortunately, now I don't know how to make real bread recipes. Damn.
The base recipe isn't so good for quick sandwiches; I'm used to store-bought sliced bread for that. Is there anyone who's good enough at baking bread that they never buy store-bought anymore?
yes, once you find a good and easy enough recipe, you'll find that you can never go back to the storebought stuff because fresh bread is so good. We actually have a bread machine, so all we do is add the ingredients and push start so the machine does the rest, it's really easy.
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So today, I discovered I could make pasta in a rice cooker! ~ turned out well too!
Any other recipes/ideas I could make using a rice cooker? It doesn't have a steamer unfortunately.
You can make bread in a rice cooker. It takes a few hours though.
Pasta in a rice cooker? Share this, please =D
Bumped so people could explain how they did it, i.e. the bread and pasta.
I remember those seasoning packets that tell you to mix in rice, chicken and a bell pepper. I used a rice cooker to make that; it turned out pretty good.
I've been given a rice cooker today. It wont escape my culinary experiments! Mwah ah ah ah ah!
You can make anything in a rice cooker. I've even heard of stir fry. Living in a dorm forces you to experiment. lol, have fun with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGiBJxy5T50
Not after seeing this you won't!
Now I want it even more.
Mmmmmm, pork.
well... now what was actually the problem with it?
the guy who washed his mouth, after blowing up the lungs, with the bloodwater was the only disgusting thing. but everything else.. nothing special. \(°_o)/
Well, I don't eat pork anyways. So no.
If you look at it like a pessimist, it seems to make more sense. Everything is going to die anyways. If tastes good, why not eat it?
¯\(º_o)/¯ i dunno lol
If they are our brethren, why shouldn't we eat them?
That was a pretty humane slaughter there.
They knocked it out and everything before letting it bleed out.
It was probably painless, except for getting BONK'd on the head