The Teacup Cafe - Page 87

Tree Dweller · 08-16-2005, 03:56 PM

Green Tea ice cream sounds yummy, Lotesse. I have never tried it.
I am a huge fan of green tea, which (the Earl Grey flavored variety) helped me get through this horrible 4 week flu type sickness. It was the only thing I could handle on my stomach.

Lotesse · 08-16-2005, 04:17 PM

Then you, Tree Dweller, of all people would really love & benefit from green tea ice cream! Especially if you're not feeling well; it's nice and gentle on the tummy and isn't too offensively sweet. Trader Joe's sells it, if you have a trader joes near you, and Whole Foods, too.

katya · 08-16-2005, 04:27 PM

Hey, I love miso soup! I have some instant kind that I need to eat before I leave, but I make it myself sometimes too. It's not too hard, I'm sure you could do it, Lotesse. Just buy a little tub of miso and lots of vegetables, and I like tofu in mine too. I suppose there's different ways to make it.

Spock · 08-16-2005, 10:27 PM

Miso is easy. Oriental markets carry the mix and you just add water. It's just like you get in Japan. Regarding the Green Tea Ice Cream, yep, we had it in Kyoto a few years back.

Lotesse · 08-16-2005, 10:41 PM

I found some decent, simple miso soup recipes online this afternoon, it's not as complicated as I'd thought. All I need is the miso paste, some dashino-moto for the stock, some tofu and some wakame, and I'm gonna add leeks as well.

Hey you guys, I just opened a bottle of Syrah - anybody care for a glass?

Spock · 08-16-2005, 10:43 PM

No thanks, I'm dieting.

I forgot you live in L.A. ...mixings and authentic food stores abound there. good cooking ahead for you.

katya · 08-16-2005, 11:34 PM

I have three packets of instant miso to eat before I leave, and I can share if you like. ^_^ It's not as good as the homemade stuff by it's good none the less. There's lots of nori in it. Yum.

I hope to learn lots of good Japanese cooking when I'm gone.

Spock · 08-17-2005, 12:33 AM

Be sure to try as many different "soba" bowls as you can. Each village has it's own way of making them and they are almost all terrific. Safe journey.

Lotesse · 08-17-2005, 01:43 AM

Well, just got back from Whole Foods with a bunch of miso soup ingredients; will be making it tomorrow. Hey Katya, have a fantastic time in Japan, you lucky girl! See if you can moot a little while you're there, and tell us all about it. And photographs, too!

Good night, all...

Lotesse · 08-17-2005, 02:01 PM

And now it's breakfast! The japanese enjoy miso soup for breakfast, I read, and last night I got some shiro miso, some wild atlantic kombu, scallions and silken tofu, and here I am now having it for breakfast! It's o.k., a bit mild I guess, but I've got plenty ingredients left to continue revising and improving upon this recipe here. I'm starting to sound like I need to be in the "cooking" thread... Well, anybody here care for some breakfast miso? It's quite good, and tres, tres healthy.

Pytt · 08-17-2005, 02:55 PM

If it isn't to late, I would want some Lotesse

Gosh, it's been quite a while since I was here last. Hi guys. Hope everything going great

Lotesse · 08-17-2005, 03:03 PM

I know, it HAS been ages, Pytt! Good to see you, and yes, help yourself to the miso soup. It's surprisingly filling,that's one of the cool things about miso soup. And it has a grip of kombu seaweed in it. I'm a seaweed junkie; I once ate a tiny tuft of seaweed that was growing on a rock at some beach in northern california. Onlookers thought I was a nut-job, and my dad said I'd get sick, but - don't knock it 'till you try it, I say!

Grey_Wolf · 08-17-2005, 03:22 PM

Gw steps in and orders a plate of minced meat filled red peppers and rice, skinned apples with almond paste roof and floor (done in the oven until the paste's is nice tan colour)

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Pytt · 08-17-2005, 04:08 PM

Lotesse: Hehe. I have tasted it myself sometimes. It isn't that bad. Only very salt. *tastes soup* Um. Delicous. Why have I been gone so long? I haven't tasted food like this for a looong time. But now that summer is passing, sadly, I will have more time for mooting again. I hope so at least.

Spock · 08-17-2005, 04:14 PM

The soup, a bit of salad and a fried fish are also part of rural Japanese breakfasts. After a bit, Cheerios start looking better.

Lotesse · 08-17-2005, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Gw steps in and orders a plate of minced meat filled red peppers and rice, skinned apples with almond paste roof and floor (done in the oven until the paste's is nice tan colour)

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Grey Wolf, I am very curious - what is this you just ordered, is it a regional Swedish dish of some sort? How would I google it to find out more? I'm feeling so curious today!

Andúril · 08-17-2005, 04:37 PM

For everyone's info:

I had smoked chicken, cheese and mixed peppers in a toasted tramazini, and a slice of that insanely smooth chocolate mousse cake for lunch today.

Off to bed I go.

Mercutio · 08-17-2005, 04:39 PM

That sounds good, Andúril.

I just finished making a batch of almond flavored pizzelles. Here are some virtual ones for the cafe

Lotesse · 08-17-2005, 04:44 PM

I WANT ONE!!! With a double espresso, oh that would be so yummy!

Pytt · 08-17-2005, 04:53 PM

What kind of taste is it on those Mercutio? But they look delicous.

08-16-2005, 03:56 PM	#1721
Tree Dweller Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The bulls-eye for recent hurricanes, but I still love these white sands....nothing compares. Posts: 129	Green Tea ice cream sounds yummy, Lotesse. I have never tried it. I am a huge fan of green tea, which (the Earl Grey flavored variety) helped me get through this horrible 4 week flu type sickness. It was the only thing I could handle on my stomach. __________________ ------------------------------------------- Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C. S. Lewis ------------------------------------------- I always liked going South, somehow it feels like going downhill. Treebeard ------------------------------------------- ~~Diary of a Beach Bum~~

08-16-2005, 04:17 PM	#1722
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Then you, Tree Dweller, of all people would really love & benefit from green tea ice cream! Especially if you're not feeling well; it's nice and gentle on the tummy and isn't too offensively sweet. Trader Joe's sells it, if you have a trader joes near you, and Whole Foods, too. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-16-2005, 10:27 PM	#1724
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Miso is easy. Oriental markets carry the mix and you just add water. It's just like you get in Japan. Regarding the Green Tea Ice Cream, yep, we had it in Kyoto a few years back. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-16-2005, 10:41 PM	#1725
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I found some decent, simple miso soup recipes online this afternoon, it's not as complicated as I'd thought. All I need is the miso paste, some dashino-moto for the stock, some tofu and some wakame, and I'm gonna add leeks as well. Hey you guys, I just opened a bottle of Syrah - anybody care for a glass? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-16-2005, 10:43 PM	#1726
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	No thanks, I'm dieting. I forgot you live in L.A. ...mixings and authentic food stores abound there. good cooking ahead for you. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-16-2005, 04:27 PM	#1723
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Hey, I love miso soup! I have some instant kind that I need to eat before I leave, but I make it myself sometimes too. It's not too hard, I'm sure you could do it, Lotesse. Just buy a little tub of miso and lots of vegetables, and I like tofu in mine too. I suppose there's different ways to make it.

08-16-2005, 11:34 PM	#1727
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I have three packets of instant miso to eat before I leave, and I can share if you like. ^_^ It's not as good as the homemade stuff by it's good none the less. There's lots of nori in it. Yum. I hope to learn lots of good Japanese cooking when I'm gone.

08-17-2005, 12:33 AM	#1728
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Be sure to try as many different "soba" bowls as you can. Each village has it's own way of making them and they are almost all terrific. Safe journey. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-17-2005, 01:43 AM	#1729
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Well, just got back from Whole Foods with a bunch of miso soup ingredients; will be making it tomorrow. Hey Katya, have a fantastic time in Japan, you lucky girl! See if you can moot a little while you're there, and tell us all about it. And photographs, too! Good night, all... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-17-2005, 02:01 PM	#1730
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	And now it's breakfast! The japanese enjoy miso soup for breakfast, I read, and last night I got some shiro miso, some wild atlantic kombu, scallions and silken tofu, and here I am now having it for breakfast! It's o.k., a bit mild I guess, but I've got plenty ingredients left to continue revising and improving upon this recipe here. I'm starting to sound like I need to be in the "cooking" thread... Well, anybody here care for some breakfast miso? It's quite good, and tres, tres healthy. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-17-2005, 02:55 PM	#1731
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	If it isn't to late, I would want some Lotesse Gosh, it's been quite a while since I was here last. Hi guys. Hope everything going great __________________ Don't Panic!

08-17-2005, 03:03 PM	#1732
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I know, it HAS been ages, Pytt! Good to see you, and yes, help yourself to the miso soup. It's surprisingly filling,that's one of the cool things about miso soup. And it has a grip of kombu seaweed in it. I'm a seaweed junkie; I once ate a tiny tuft of seaweed that was growing on a rock at some beach in northern california. Onlookers thought I was a nut-job, and my dad said I'd get sick, but - don't knock it 'till you try it, I say! __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-17-2005, 03:22 PM	#1733
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Gw steps in and orders a plate of minced meat filled red peppers and rice, skinned apples with almond paste roof and floor (done in the oven until the paste's is nice tan colour).

08-17-2005, 04:08 PM	#1734
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	Lotesse: Hehe. I have tasted it myself sometimes. It isn't that bad. Only very salt. tastes soup Um. Delicous. Why have I been gone so long? I haven't tasted food like this for a looong time. But now that summer is passing, sadly, I will have more time for mooting again. I hope so at least. __________________ Don't Panic!

08-17-2005, 04:14 PM	#1735
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	The soup, a bit of salad and a fried fish are also part of rural Japanese breakfasts. After a bit, Cheerios start looking better. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-17-2005, 04:37 PM	#1737
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	For everyone's info: I had smoked chicken, cheese and mixed peppers in a toasted tramazini, and a slice of that insanely smooth chocolate mousse cake for lunch today. Off to bed I go.

08-17-2005, 04:39 PM	#1738
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	That sounds good, Andúril. I just finished making a batch of almond flavored pizzelles. Here are some virtual ones for the cafe __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries. Last edited by Mercutio : 08-17-2005 at 04:41 PM.

08-17-2005, 04:44 PM	#1739
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I WANT ONE!!! With a double espresso, oh that would be so yummy! __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-17-2005, 04:53 PM	#1740
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	What kind of taste is it on those Mercutio? But they look delicous. __________________ Don't Panic!

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