Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Welcome home Enjoy your trip and don't hesitate to buy something (not ice cream of course) that you think you may want as once you leave you may wish you bought it. Let us know how the new nabe pots work out. > > > > Hi Klara, > > > > Hope it's not too late to get this to you, and if so, that you > might > > have found these places all listed in Las Vegas, NV: > > > > Long Life Vege Restaurant > > 4130 S Sandhill Rd > > > > Rainbow's End, restaurant > > 3227 E Sahara Ave > > > > Siemen's Health Food Whole Life Ctr > > 1004 E ton Bl > > > > Whole Foods Market > > 8855 W ton Bl 254-8655 > > > > The Health Connection > > 4750 S Eastern Ave 458-8058 > > > > Wild Oats > > 7250 W Lake Mead Blvd 942-1500 > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I LOVE the nabe pots. Two of my daughters came to the States for a visit last year and my younger one (17 y.o.) the very now seasoned traveller was giving me all sorts of advise for my trip - she also said, enjoy, spend the money, it's just like monopoly money!!!! Well, I'm sure currency that's not your own does look somehow not real, and yes,I did have the thought that I can't get some of this back home, so I should just splurge like crazy, but I'll tell you what turns me off, well it does at the beginning of the trip, by the end I'm sure I'll be just like everyone else, it's the super abundance of everything, so so so so much - who can eat so much, who can consumre so much. part of mb is not to waste, to be humble which to me also means to be satisfied with a smaller amount. When I shopped for the food, I did tell myself be realistic, just buy what you're going to use - and I'm so proud of myself that I did limit alot, which tells me that inside I'm not as "hungry" as I used to be, always with the fear there's more I haven't experienced or tasted ot enjoyed. it's ok, I have some great stuff and I'm very content with it. I am limited with what I'm cooking with, but I think I'm doing great. the fresh shitake mushrooms have been the greatest thrill so far - I had them in my rice and hato mugi today - pure heaven. and compared to the dried, they are so inexpensive. But I can't see using them all up, tho maybe I will - my question if anybody knows, how long can the fresh ones stay fresh, and if I want to dry them, any specifics I should know - I'm guessing they would dry quite easily in this hot desert climate. Only big goof I made, was at the Chinese store I found sweet shiro miso, and it was a huge package for not so much money and even had a kosher sign on it. It said all the key words, natural, aged natually, non-GMO, organic soy beans - big mistake I didn't read ALL the ingredients, also had msg and potassium sorbate - how can they ruin such good food like that???!!! I wanted to return it and my husband says there's a law in the States that food cannot be returned. For tonight I have rice soaking in carrot juice (my other splurge) - now if I could only find some chestnuts!!! Klarapurpleveg wrote: Welcome homeEnjoy your trip and don't hesitate to buy something (not ice cream of course) that you think you may want as once you leave you may wish you bought it. Let us know how the new nabe pots work out.> >> > Hi Klara,> > > > Hope it's not too late to get this to you, and if so, that you > might > > have found these places all listed in Las Vegas, NV:> > > > Long Life Vege Restaurant> > 4130 S Sandhill Rd > > > > Rainbow's End, restaurant> > 3227 E Sahara Ave > > > > Siemen's Health Food Whole Life Ctr> > 1004 E ton Bl > > > > Whole Foods Market> > 8855 W ton Bl 254-8655> > > > The Health Connection> > 4750 S Eastern Ave 458-8058> > > > Wild Oats> > 7250 W Lake Mead Blvd 942-1500> >> > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Only big goof I made, was at the Chinese store I found sweet shiro miso, and it was a huge package for not so much money and even had a kosher sign on it. It said all the key words, natural, aged natually, non-GMO, organic soy beans - big mistake I didn't read ALL the ingredients, also had msg and potassium sorbate - how can they ruin such good food like that???!!! I wanted to return it and my husband says there's a law in the States that food cannot be returned. I would still return it saying that MSG causes you severe reactions - do they want to be responsible for that etc?!! food like that should be clearly labelled etc... you do have to be careful in asians grocery stores - things look mb quality sometimes I once had some nori or other seveg ina japanses shop and the ingredients in english said sea weed. lucky i had been having a chat with the japanese shop owner about food and she said you dont want that it has msg - it says it in the japanese label but not the english one! since my japanse only extends to konichiwa, arigato, mugi, kome, gobo, nitsuke etc I has been duped - almost! For tonight I have rice soaking in carrot juice (my other splurge) - now if I could only find some chestnuts!!! wow - how does that work out - you just soak the rice in the carrot juice and boil or pc it in that? what a fantastic idea! Ilanit Tof - Signature Ilanit Ms Ilanit Tof B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology) Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate) Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition ilanit@... www.littletree.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 no pc with me - just my nabe pots - so used to pc-ing that I wasn't sure of ratio of carrot juice/water to rice - I ended up with 2:1 (half carrot juice,half water) - my intuiton tells me it may turn out kind of wet, but that's ok Now to go choose which of the amazing vegetables I got to cook with it. KlaraIlanit Tof wrote: > > Only big goof I made, was at the Chinese store I found sweet shiro > miso, and it was a huge package for not so much money and even had a > kosher sign on it. It said all the key words, natural, aged natually, > non-GMO, organic soy beans - big mistake I didn't read ALL the > ingredients, also had msg and potassium sorbate - how can they ruin > such good food like that???!!! I wanted to return it and my husband > says there's a law in the States that food cannot be returned.I would still return it saying that MSG causes you severe reactions - do they want to be responsible for that etc?!! food like that should be clearly labelled etc...you do have to be careful in asians grocery stores - things look mb quality sometimesI once had some nori or other seveg ina japanses shop and the ingredients in english said sea weed. lucky i had been having a chat with the japanese shop owner about food and she said you dont want that it has msg - it says it in the japanese label but not the english one! since my japanse only extends to konichiwa, arigato, mugi, kome, gobo, nitsuke etc I has been duped - almost!> > For tonight I have rice soaking in carrot juice (my other splurge) - > now if I could only find some chestnuts!!!wow - how does that work out - you just soak the rice in the carrot juice and boil or pc it in that? what a fantastic idea!> Ilanit------------------------------------------------------------------------Little Tree Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia (Little Tree). ® registered trademark, © copyright 2003. All rights reserved. This email message and attachments may contain information that is confidential to Little Tree. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute, forward or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return email and erase all copies of the message and attachments. The sender of this email message does not allow the recipient to forward this email message or attachments in whole or in part by means of the internet. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of Little Ttree are neither given nor endorsed by it. This email message and any attachments are subject to copyright.Ms Ilanit TofB.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology)Advanced Diploma Healing with WholefoodsPhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate)Little Tree Oriental Healing ArtsHelping you grow to new heights of wellbeingwith Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutritionilanit@... www.littletree.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 K I am limited with what I'm cooking with, but I think I'm doing great. the fresh shitake mushrooms have been the greatest thrill so far - I had them in my rice and hato mugi today - pure heaven. and compared to the dried, they are so inexpensive. But I can't see using them all up, tho maybe I will go on! They are not so concentrated as the dried - one dried shiitake packs the medicinal punch of a whole punnet of fresh ones and travelling is so yangizing - some shiitake sounds lovely - my question if anybody knows, how long can the fresh ones stay fresh, and if I want to dry them, any specifics I should know - I'm guessing they would dry quite easily in this hot desert climate. Ilanit Tof - Signature Ilanit Ms Ilanit Tof B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology) Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate) Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition ilanit@... www.littletree.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 monopoly money, lol being humble does not mean that you have to deny yourself or suffer tho. If you want you can allow yourself. I don't know where your husband heard that in the states you can't return food, that's not true. If the store itself has a sign no returns that's another story. My Oriental Market happens to have a no return sign........... > > > > > > Hi Klara, > > > > > > Hope it's not too late to get this to you, and if so, that you > > might > > > have found these places all listed in Las Vegas, NV: > > > > > > Long Life Vege Restaurant > > > 4130 S Sandhill Rd > > > > > > Rainbow's End, restaurant > > > 3227 E Sahara Ave > > > > > > Siemen's Health Food Whole Life Ctr > > > 1004 E ton Bl > > > > > > Whole Foods Market > > > 8855 W ton Bl 254-8655 > > > > > > The Health Connection > > > 4750 S Eastern Ave 458-8058 > > > > > > Wild Oats > > > 7250 W Lake Mead Blvd 942-1500 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 hey klara I think you are the most gourmet macro traveller I have heard of - I mean in completeness of cooking. well when away from home with access to a kitchen why not?! I was the same in NEw Orleans and holland and even when I went to queensland - in holland I was like a kid in a candy store too and in the US. I ended up sending tons of stuff home - not really food cause you can't bring it in mostly here Klara LeVine wrote: Ilanit, Not sure what you're telling me, go on and use up all the shitake, or go on and try drying them???? just eat them as they are! I received your book in the mail yesterday (thanks ). Who wrote the back cover? what do you mean? I wrote it "Ilanit has been dubbed the walking encyclopaedia of wholefoods, macrobiotics and modern nutrition." oh - that! (blush) I did write that but people tell me that everyday practically so I thought - well why not....? Right on!!!!! We (all who have contact with you) are so so lucky to have you in our lives!!!!! awww thank you!!! I hope you enjoy cooking with it and sorry I could not sign it! I'm still a bit confused about the yin/yang of cooking vegetables. On your medley of summer vegetables, you say to put in the pot, with yin at bottom. I had the impression that yang took the longest to cook, so to cook that first a couple minutes before adding more yin vegetables. that is true for long cooked things - nishime - sometimes - depends on the ffect you want this method was taught by Chiaki hashimoto - so the things that are yin need more yang - closer to the fire to balance them out. So celery is more yin - needs more yang, carrots already yang can go on top - of course they will be more crispy so you can slice them thinner. It is more for lighter effects too.... play with it! Also Jeanne had taught us to first cook onions on high flame to "cook off the yin" if I understood her class right, and then continue with other vegetables. there are many ways to do the same thing - the idea is variety - not just in veg etc but also in cooking styles - so you get different energies and variety - spice in life without spice Also, in your bottom vegetable variation, you mention swede, what is that?? rutabaga - like a turnip but yellow and sweeter - very nice veg...you can use anything else though - that is the idea of the coobook - to encourage creativity and people to have their own input in the kitchen another advantage to having Ilanit's book, I can actually ask the author any questions and get answers - that's my frustration with other cookbooks, I don't usually write the author!!!! an author on call! ;-) have fun! Ilanit Tof - Signature Ilanit Ms Ilanit Tof B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology) Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate) Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition ilanit@... www.littletree.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 I wanted to return it and my husband says there's a law in the States that food cannot be returned. I don't think that is correct. We have returned products like spoiled milk (the boys drink it occasionally), whole watermelons that were unripe (which we only noticed when we cut it open), and even bulk grains that turned out to be infested with bugs. No problem, if you can ignore the occasional weird side glance from the clerk! ne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 I totally agree that I would try to take it back. They might be more amenable to that in an Asian grocery anyway because of the culture. From all the kanji I learned in Japan, MSG was one of the most important! It's called " ajinomoto " . The other tricky thing negotiating there was that sugar has so many different names (just like in English). That was really nice of the shop owner to let you know. I get seaweed from some of our Asian markets here. I'll have to start checking the Japanese label again. > > > > > > > > Only big goof I made, was at the Chinese store I found sweet shiro > > miso, and it was a huge package for not so much money and even had a > > kosher sign on it. It said all the key words, natural, aged natually, > > non-GMO, organic soy beans - big mistake I didn't read ALL the > > ingredients, also had msg and potassium sorbate - how can they ruin > > such good food like that???!!! I wanted to return it and my husband > > says there's a law in the States that food cannot be returned. > > > I would still return it saying that MSG causes you severe reactions - do > they want to be responsible for that etc?!! food like that should be > clearly labelled etc... > > you do have to be careful in asians grocery stores - things look mb > quality sometimes > I once had some nori or other seveg ina japanses shop and the > ingredients in english said sea weed. lucky i had been having a chat > with the japanese shop owner about food and she said you dont want that > it has msg - it says it in the japanese label but not the english one! > since my japanse only extends to konichiwa, arigato, mugi, kome, gobo, > nitsuke etc I has been duped - almost! > > > > > For tonight I have rice soaking in carrot juice (my other splurge) - > > now if I could only find some chestnuts!!! > > > wow - how does that work out - you just soak the rice in the carrot > juice and boil or pc it in that? what a fantastic idea! > > > > > > Ilanit > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Little Tree Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia (Little Tree). ® > registered trademark, © copyright 2003. All rights reserved. This email > message and attachments may contain information that is confidential to > Little Tree. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, > distribute, forward or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, > please notify the sender by return email and erase all copies of the > message and attachments. The sender of this email message does not allow > the recipient to forward this email message or attachments in whole or > in part by means of the internet. Opinions, conclusions and other > information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the > official business of Little Ttree are neither given nor endorsed by it. > This email message and any attachments are subject to copyright. > > > > Ms Ilanit Tof > B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology) > Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods > PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate) > > Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts > Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing > with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition > > ilanit@... > www.littletree.com.au > <http://www.littletree.com.au> > <http://www.littletree.com.au> <http://www.littletree.com.au> > <http://www.littletree.com.au> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 It sounds like you're having a lot of fun Klara. That's great! What else have you been doing while you've been there? > > > > > > > Only big goof I made, was at the Chinese store I found sweet shiro > > miso, and it was a huge package for not so much money and even had a > > kosher sign on it. It said all the key words, natural, aged natually, > > non-GMO, organic soy beans - big mistake I didn't read ALL the > > ingredients, also had msg and potassium sorbate - how can they ruin > > such good food like that???!!! I wanted to return it and my husband > > says there's a law in the States that food cannot be returned. > > > I would still return it saying that MSG causes you severe reactions - do > they want to be responsible for that etc?!! food like that should be > clearly labelled etc... > > you do have to be careful in asians grocery stores - things look mb > quality sometimes > I once had some nori or other seveg ina japanses shop and the > ingredients in english said sea weed. lucky i had been having a chat > with the japanese shop owner about food and she said you dont want that > it has msg - it says it in the japanese label but not the english one! > since my japanse only extends to konichiwa, arigato, mugi, kome, gobo, > nitsuke etc I has been duped - almost! > > > > > For tonight I have rice soaking in carrot juice (my other splurge) - > > now if I could only find some chestnuts!!! > > > wow - how does that work out - you just soak the rice in the carrot > juice and boil or pc it in that? what a fantastic idea! > > > > > > Ilanit > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Little Tree Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia (Little Tree). ® > registered trademark, © copyright 2003. All rights reserved. This email > message and attachments may contain information that is confidential to > Little Tree. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, > distribute, forward or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, > please notify the sender by return email and erase all copies of the > message and attachments. The sender of this email message does not allow > the recipient to forward this email message or attachments in whole or > in part by means of the internet. Opinions, conclusions and other > information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the > official business of Little Ttree are neither given nor endorsed by it. > This email message and any attachments are subject to copyright. > > > > Ms Ilanit Tof > B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology) > Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods > PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate) > > Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts > Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing > with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition > > ilanit@... > www.littletree.com.au > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1 & cent;/min. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 And isn't her book GREAT?? did you get your copy? Who else has ordered the book? You guys really must get it. Reg > > Ilanit, > > Not sure what you're telling me, go on and use up all the shitake, or go on and try drying them???? > > I received your book in the mail yesterday (thanks ). Who wrote the back cover? " Ilanit has been dubbed the walking encyclopaedia of wholefoods, macrobiotics and modern nutrition. " Right on!!!!! We (all who have contact with you) are so so lucky to have you in our lives!!!!! > > I'm still a bit confused about the yin/yang of cooking vegetables. On your medley of summer vegetables, you say to put in the pot, with yin at bottom. I had the impression that yang took the longest to cook, so to cook that first a couple minutes before adding more yin vegetables. Also Jeanne had taught us to first cook onions on high flame to " cook off the yin " if I understood her class right, and then continue with other vegetables. Also, in your bottom vegetable variation, you mention swede, what is that?? > > another advantage to having Ilanit's book, I can actually ask the author any questions and get answers - that's my frustration with other cookbooks, I don't usually write the author!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 see? tell your husband he's been out of the US too long. I think maybe he just told you that so you wouldn't return it. Men hate returning things and using coupons. > > I wanted to return it and my husband says there's a law in the > States that food cannot be returned. > > I don't think that is correct. We have returned products like spoiled > milk (the boys drink it occasionally), whole watermelons that were > unripe (which we only noticed when we cut it open), and even bulk > grains that turned out to be infested with bugs. No problem, if you > can ignore the occasional weird side glance from the clerk! > > ne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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