Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:Anyone hungry? :hehe:

Researchers in Japan find 2,100 year-old melon

By KOZO MIZOGUCHI, Associated Press Writer

Archaeologists digging in western Japan have excavated what they believe to be the oldest remains of a melon ever found, an official said Friday.

Based on a radiocarbon analysis, researchers estimate the half-rounded piece of fruit to be about 2,100 years old, said Shuji Yamazaki, a local official in the city of Moriyama.

The remains are believed to be the oldest of a melon that still has flesh on the rind, Yamazaki said. Previously, the oldest such find was believed to be remains found in China that date back to the fourth century A.D., according to local media reports.

The melon might have been so well-preserved because it was in a vacuum-packed state in a wet layer below the ground, an environment hostile to microorganisms that might otherwise have broken down the remains, Yamazaki said.

Melon seeds have been often found in archaeological digs around the country, but researchers rarely find the remains of melon flesh, Yamazaki said.

Moriyama is about 330 kilometers (205 miles) southwest of Tokyo.

OOooooooo what kinda melon?

Wynter wrote:OOooooooo what kinda melon?

I'm guessing it's a pretty stinky one after 2100 years. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I'm guessing it's a pretty stinky one after 2100 years. :sweat:

:rofl:

I'm always astonished tho when they find something like this. I mean, just half a pound? Look how large the earth is... and yet we still stumble on such treasures. It's mind-blowing.

Wynter wrote:

:rofl:

I'm always astonished tho when they find something like this. I mean, just half a pound? Look how large the earth is... and yet we still stumble on such treasures. It's mind-blowing.

YouLre callin a stinky melon a treasure? :crazy: :hehe:


But itLs really amazing that things like this are found nowadays! :shocked:

it's a friend's birthday tomorrow. we're going to wagamamas for lunch. :applaud:

Got leftover Portuguese sausage fried rice from the Loft yesterday... I guess I'll eat it now... :)

Itadakimasu!

This is especially for krim:

TAKING A CHANCE
GETTING WORD OUT ON OCTOPUS
'Takoyaki' czar looks to spread tentacles to U.S.


By SHINICHI TERADA
Staff writer
In Los Angeles last December, Morio Sase had a bout of nerves. What had made him think he could persuade Americans to cast off their culinary prejudices and warm to something with as great an "ick factor" as octopus?


Morio Sase, founder and president of HotLand Corp., holds a serving of "takoyaki" octopus dumplings in front of his company's Ginza outlet in Tokyo in April.


"I worried whether Americans could eat octopus, but 'takoyaki' sales at a special event proved they love it," said Sase, founder and president of HotLand Corp., which operates about 300 Tsukiji Gindaco takoyaki outlets across Japan and 11 in other parts of Asia. "I was relieved and I felt I could make it."

He said customers at the weeklong event stood in line for up to two hours to try his company's product. They sold some 500 packages a day and had to close the event two days early after running out of ingredients to make the takoyaki octopus dumplings.

The octopus, diced and mixed with pickled ginger and green onion into battered balls, is fried in a special pan, then finished off with a drizzling of mayonnaise and a sprinkling of shaved dried bonito and green laver.

"Gindaco grew to become the No. 1 brand here and it's time for us to open the first one in the U.S.," Sase said of the company's planned entry there later this year. The firm aims to have 20 stores in California by 2010. It already has outlets in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand.

Heh. I'm in two minds about telling people what's in them before they try them. I had a 6-pack once, my youngest daughter was bugging me for one until she found out what was inside :)

:rofl:

It's quite good actually. I found something she might enjoy. Lots of foods pics from Sydney. From takoyaki to delicious desserts at Lindt cafe. :drooling:

http://www.jenius.com.au/food/location/australia_sydney/inner_city/

tabana wrote::rofl:

It's quite good actually. I found something she might enjoy. Lots of foods pics from Sydney. From takoyaki to delicious desserts at Lindt cafe. :drooling:

http://www.jenius.com.au/food/location/australia_sydney/inner_city/

Nice find! Those pics made me hungry, even though it's only 8.00 AM :)

Feels like a gyoza night.

I'd better wash some rice. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Feels like a gyoza night.

I'd better wash some rice. :sweat:

Is gyoza like a dumpling?

Wynter wrote:Is gyoza like a dumpling?

Yup.

A pan-fried dumpling/potsticker:

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bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

A pan-fried dumpling/potsticker:

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Yum! I just looked up a recipe online. I wouldn't think you'd eat it with rice tho.

Wynter wrote:Yum! I just looked up a recipe online. I wouldn't think you'd eat it with rice tho.

You definitely need rice. :)

BTW, gyoza was what the girls were cooking in Swing Girls before they set off the fire sprinklers... :beaten:


Oh, I posted this a while back from my dining table:

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Or if you're lazy like me: http://www.ajinomotofoods.com/pages/home/home.asp

bmwracer wrote:
You definitely need rice. :)

BTW, gyoza was what the girls were cooking in Swing Girls before they set off the fire sprinklers... :beaten:



Oh, I posted this a while back from my dining table:

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:drooling: You shoulda invited me over. :puppydog:

Wynter wrote::drooling: You shoulda invited me over. :puppydog:

Gomen. :sweat:


There's more where that came from: you just gotta come out here. *baits fish hook with gyoza* ;)

Yummy!!!
~Unagi
~Ramen
~Tempura
~Salmon Sashimi
~Salmon Sashimi
~SALMON SASHIMII!!!!!!!

that's all..

Oh yeah!Did I mention Salmon Sashimi?!! :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Gomen. :sweat:


There's more where that came from: you just gotta come out here. *baits fish hook with gyoza* ;)

>>pouts<<

On Topic: Nevermind... my dinner was lame. :shamefulcry: