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Monday, November 15, 2004

Ode to the Super-Market

I love the supermarket.

They`re a wonderful therapeutic treatment for all situations. It`s always mentally comforting to see such a huge assortment of food, waiting patiently in their niche for you to pick them.

You can stay in the supermarket for as long as you like to absorb all the wondrous sights without fear of being bothered by the nosy salesgirl.

Furthermore, there`s always new flavours for you to try, which I personally find is a huge stimulant to my curious belly. I love to try different food, the stranger, the better and I`m open to eating ANYTHING (except for live creatures).

Of course I don`t go ballistic and buy every new or unusual food that I set my eyes upon. I have high integrity, great discipline and self -restraint.

I choose things very selectively.

I choose only the cheap items.

Haha, got ya!

Duh. Whatever.

Anyway, I decided to venture into new frontiers and supplement my occasional atrocious diet of instant noodles with exotic side dishes other than canned food, fish sticks, ham or snacks.

So I bought a set of vinegar-seasoned...erm...seaweed?

Whatever it is, I have absolutely no idea whether it`s meant to be eaten directly or cooked. But since it`s already pickled with vinegar, it should be safe to eat it straight from the packet. And as it`s sitting merrily in the seaweed section, I shall assumed that it`s a type of seaweed. The Japanese called it mozuku.

I opened a packet, took a whiff.

Smells vinegarish.

Gingerly picked some shreds up and slurped it down.

It tastes...nice!!

It`s a bit slimy. I dislike soft, slimy food but I like seaweed. What a dilemma. Although the vinegar was a little too much for my liking, I still enjoyed the little treat.

I was contemplating on how to finish the final strands swimming in the vinegar and figured that my loaf of multi-grained bread would go very nicely with the vinegar.

Unfortunately, as I got up to get my bread, I accidentally spilled the container.

Darn...

Carol blogged @ 8:12 PM

3 Comments:

argh!! what a waste!! there goes food...hmph

By Anonymous, at 5:07 AM

btw, vinegar was recommended by a TV show as good for health, especially for women on a diet.

By Carol, at 6:55 PM

Im a producer and Im doing a program on unusual food. I understand that you have been to kagoshima. Would be okay for me to contact you to ask you about any unusual food you have seen in Kagoshima? Something that typical rice eating only Singaporeans will throw up at? Contact me at 98297168 Adrian

By Anonymous, at 7:48 AM

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Now in:
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X Japan
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Fav:
Travel, photography, eat strange food, getting lost, jogging, staring at the sky, reading, real-life ghost acounts, spacing out, zzZ!

Warning: Never disturb her just before and after sleep, NEVER.

About life... :
Live without any regrets.

My rules:
LIVE hard, appreciate little things and be contented with what you receive.

Food that I`ve tried so far:

abalone, ants, bird's nest, caterpillar, century egg, chicken, clam, crab, crocodile, duck, eel, emu, fermented tofu, frog, fugu (puffer fish), ginseng, goose, grass, horse, jellyfish, kangeroo, limpets, lobster, mussel, natto, octopus, ostrich, ox tongue, oyster, pig, prawn, salmon, salted duck egg, scorpion, sea cucumber, seaweed, shark, shrimp, snails, sparrow, squid, stingray, tuna, turtle, venison, whale

apple, aronia berry, artichoke, avocado, banana, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, coconut, cranberry, dates, dragonfruit, durian, fig, gooseberry, grape, grapefruit, guava, honeydew, jackfruit, kiwi, lemon, lime, mango, mangosteen, nectarine, olive, orange, passionfruit, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, pomegranate, prune, rambutan, raspberry, sago, soursop, starfruit, strawberry, watermelon, wintermelon, wolfberry

almond, broadbean, caraway seed, cashew nut, chick peas, flax seed, green bean, lotus seed, macademia nuts, peanut, pecan, peppercorn, pine nuts, pistachio, poppy seed, pumpkin seed, red bean, sesame seed, soyabean, sunflower seeds, walnut, watermelon seed

chamomile, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, echinacea, elderberry flower, hibiscus, lavender, lily, lotus, rose

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