not your mama's Nashville

[bronze_ribbons]

It really isn't safe to let me loose in "international markets." This afternoon's haul...

(for a project at work)
beef-flavored soup-in-a-cup
instant pho-in-a-cup
miso ramen
black sesame Pocky
frozen red and white mochi
soup
sesame oil
a pretty tin of genmaicha (green tea + brown rice)
furikake (bonito + sesame seeds)
white glutinous rice flour
roasted hot green peas
sesame candy
sesame-flavored dressing

(to restock my pantry and fridge)
shredded squid
frozen pork buns
frozen edamame
plantain chips
ramen
candied ginger
ready-to-eat palak paneer
oyster sauce
slivered almonds
two pounds of baby eggplants (OMG. So cute!)
two packages frozen paneer
a purple onion and a yellow onion (since I was there anyway...)

(out of sheer curiosity)
tamarind candy
"Squid" brand fish sauce (which is mainly water and anchovy extract, apparently)
dried platycoden
roasted sweet potato cookies
a quart of pomegranate juice (...from Azerbaijan. In the Indian-owned market.)

*glee*

Comments

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

I'm disturbed that buying shredded squid is, for you, "restocking the pantry." That's kind of...scary.

I feel so white-bread in comparison.

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Shredded squid is no weirder than beef jerky. IMNSHO.

White bread, on the other hand, is utterly unnatural. :-p

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't touch beef jerky with a ten-foot pole. I will admit to occasionally eating white bread, but my parents buy the fancy homestyle kind for their morning toast. Otherwise, we all eat pretentious bakery bread.

I might be acquiring a Chinese housemate. I anticipate that my fridge will soon contain fish sauce.

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

What, no carrots to keep the eggplants company? You're so mean!

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

*snerk* Menage à oignon, baby!

[pixychelle.livejournal.com]

Truly, you are a cruel, cruel woman. The carrots have decided that you're first against the wall when the veggies take over the world, I'm sure. *g*

(I should probably be scared of myself when I read someone's grocery list and what comes to mind is, "I think I wrote a fic like that once.")

(And even more scared of myself when "baby eggplants" makes me think, "Oooh! MPreg sequel!")

[qe2.livejournal.com]

eeeWOW. Did you go to the nifty-keen places in the Farmer's (So-Called) Market, or did you espy somewhere else amazing?

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Yes, and also the Oriental market at 11th and Charlotte.

Still can't find tarama anywhere near my usual haunts, though. My father-in-law's keen on the new K&S superstore around 58th and Charlotte; I may have to schlep myself out there someday, but it won't be this week...

[slightlymadmom.livejournal.com]

Roasted sweet potato cookies? those sound good. So do some of the other things...

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to trying them, but not tonight. (We went to a family-style Italian restaurant for a colleague's farewell party earlier tonight, so it may be a couple of days before I feel like eating again...)

[bloodrebel333.livejournal.com]

Pomegranate juice is delicious. And tamarind.

(I hadn't heard of oyster sauce before, but I should have. It's such a typical thing.)