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Sasayama Mama: September 2010

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September 28, 2010. See those stinky strands? That's what I was going for. I took it out after about 16 hours fermenting. Probably could have kept it in a bit longer but it was fine. Stirred up with some soy sauce, wasabi, sesame seeds, and scallion over rice it was a pretty good breakfast. The white stuff is the natto bacteria. I was a little worried last night when Midori was walking around the big room looking for where the dog pooped. But it was just the natto. Links to this post. Which suited me jus...

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Sasayama Mama: February 2011

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February 19, 2011. I'm feeling inspired today. I washed diapers, planted lots of seeds with my Mom (she is my #1 gardening partner) and Mio, made a really great lunch with Midori (ma-bo tofu, spinach with sesame sauce, miso soup, daikon pickles, and brown rice). And I've been reading my friend Nick's awesome blog. About climate change, which in turn got me started reading Gandhi. Climate change is scary, isn't it? Links to this post. February 1, 2011. I have been making lard. Links to this post. Dehydrat...

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Sasayama Mama: sansai primer part 1: yomogi and tsukushi

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April 6, 2011. Sansai primer part 1: yomogi and tsukushi. On the left, the mushroomy looking things are tsukushi,. And the feathery stuff on the right is sugina. We're finally getting warm days here, so it's been nice walking around gathering wild herbs, known as sansai. Yesterday I gathered some yomogi. Glutinous rice paste) and then wrapped it them around balls of shiro-an. Sweetened white adzuki bean paste). It's a nice spring sweet to eat with matcha. I also gathered a little bit of tsukushi,. Which ...

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Sasayama Mama: April 2011

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April 19, 2011. I got so excited I hopped around whooping and hollering in my backyard garden! Almost as excited as Mio swinging around on the akebi. Poking through the thick, leafy winter mulch they were practically camouflaged. Now two weeks later they are about a foot tall already. One year down, two to go until we can get a decent harvest. We've got a few more years before we'll get to taste it, but already it's looking much stronger and bigger than the "2nd year" seedlings they're selling at the sto...

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February 1, 2011. I have been making lard. I know, it's gross. It fills the house with the smell of melting animals. It feels healthy to be eating local fat, and knowing that the wild boar's diet was acorns, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and grubs means it's healthy meat. I wouldn't be too excited about eating lard made from a pig raised in a factory farm or tallow from cows fed corn instead of grass. And commercial lard is usually hydrogenated, so homemade is the way to go. February 06, 2011. Id be more of a...

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Sasayama Mama: January 2009

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January 31, 2009. It would be an exaggeration to say that today was an altogether normal day in Sasayama, but not much of one. Just about everyone I've met has an interesting hobby- say, cushion-making, pottery, bread-oven building, or weaving. But this one takes the cake. He even gave me his paint-can shamisen (he said it only took 2 hours to make, and that he has other ones). Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ken Albala's Food Rant. You're doing What this summer? Seth C Paul - The Blog.

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Sasayama Mama: asparagus from seed

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October 1, 2010. When I was looking into planting asparagus in the spring I was a bit discouraged from what I found on the internet. Most people grow from crowns, buy seedlings, or do their own starter plants in pots. Why did I find no one direct seeding? We debated what to do in the area. Perhaps let it settle a bit and plant something in the fall or wait a month and put in some summer veggies. When I mentioned planting asparagus from seed, the WWOOFer said "you can't, they will DIE! October 02, 2010.

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Sasayama Mama: November 2008

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November 23, 2008. The farther one travels, the less one knows? I've created this blog as a motivation to reflect on my experiences of the past year, and since I've taken hundreds of pictures it's a waste to keep them guarded away in my computer. I want to revisit my memories and think about them in a more thorough way, through writing, so that they don't just fade away. I promised myself a while back to concentrate more on. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ken Albala's Food Rant.

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Sasayama Mama: not quite Ann McIver's apple chips

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January 3, 2011. Not quite Ann McIver's apple chips. For some reason the apples retain their shape and a bit of their texture, so they're not mushy like canned apples. Goes great spooned onto toast or stirred into yogurt along with a little bit of the "honey". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Ken Albala's Food Rant. You're doing What this summer? Seth C Paul - The Blog. Dehydrate2Store.com Welcome - Educating and Helping Those Who Want To Learn About Dehydration.