Saturday Morning

[susandennis]

What a nice morning so far. I have read the newspapers - I never got to Friday's so I did that one and today's in bed with my coffee and then I finished my latest read - Chasing the Dime by Michael Connellly. Excellent. The couple I'm going to visit next weekend are big Connelly fans so my excuse for buying his latest minutes after it came out was that I could read it and then gift it. Good plan.

I need a handful of little grocery things so I think I'll take a little walk over to the Japanese grocery store in the next neighborhood. The Women's US Soccer team is playing two games today in the baseball park. This will likely tie up traffic around here most of the day so I think I'll just leave the car where it is.

When I first moved in here the Japanese grocery was a small little place that carried very little in the way of non-Japanese stuff. They didn't have any dairy products. They did have great produce and fish but I had no clue what the packaged products were.

A couple of years ago they moved into a giant place and about quadrupled their selection. You can not get Chef BoyRDee in there now. But they still have great produce and great fish. Plus they have the most amazing food court where you can get cooked food to go or to eat there. It's a wonderful place. And it's 3 blocks from here.

Also on the hit parade today is getting myself organized for the new computer. Taking notes, copying files, etc.

But, first... breakfast.

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Cool Beans

[spiritgirl.livejournal.com]

That Japanese place sounds totally cool. When I went to Vancouver a few years ago we stayed at UBC and the cafeteria had an "Asian" food line, including sushi and more. I thought that was totally cool. Near where I work is a health store called "Life Grocery" and they have a fresh Asian/Sushi section. I haven't scoped it out yet, but I might. I bought a box Annie Chun noodle dish of Soba noodles with Soy/Ginger and that was cool. On another note at the Harry's Market (now owned by Whole Foods) I got this Indian rice mix with almonds and stuff. It sounded good, but then I read in small print that it was a rice pudding stuff (yuck), and it didn't set right anyway and it smelled awful. So much for my ethnic food experimenting this week.

Re: Cool Beans

[susandennis]

I just got back from the Japanese grocery where I bought - no kidding - tortillas, shreeded cheese and scallions. Oh and a new microwave rice cooker - I melted my old one.

It's a very intimidating place to shop. Most of the products have no English on them at all and the pictures don't quite give you enough information. A couple of places in town offer 'classes' in this grocery store. It's kind of a translated tour.

But, most people in Seattle know someone with enough Asian heritage or information to give them an informal tour.

I love some of the foods and I hate some of it. But, I totally love that it is all so available!

On the other hand, here in Seattle it is impossible to find good ham. We do not have honey buns - I'm not kidding. There is only one place to buy pimento cheese (and that's new - when I first moved here you couldn't even buy pimentos!). No biscuits. If you can find pecan pie, it sucks - they don't have a clue how to make it right. And BBQ? In Seattle that can be beef and is always meat, cooked about an hour or so and just swimming in red sauce. It's gross. When I go to South Carolina to visit Mom I start eating when I land and don't stop til I get back on the plane.