http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/ The Japanese Cooking Club - Share recipes, make friends and have fun! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:44:17 GMT Tadashi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2397 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2397 Jim wrote about a recipe of ramps. I appreciate your search and useful information. I can get many different recipes and can know interesting cuisine cultures. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:49:47 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2396 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2396 Something easy and basic. So everyone, what else do you add? MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Basic Japanese Clear Chicken Soup Categories: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:20:12 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2395 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2395 This just came up on a blog I follow: From: Steamy Kitchen --MM Momofuku's Pickled Wild Leek/Ramp Bulbs 1 pound ramps bulbs (or whole ramps), trimmed and Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:44:53 GMT Tadashi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2394 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2394 Pam in Mass. referred to ramp [wild leek]. The following sansai looks very much like ramp. This wild plant is called "gyoja-ninniku" [ascetic-garlic] (Allium Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:52:27 GMT Derek Scuteri http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2393 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2393 www.elephantwalk.com menus online to browse, gluten free menu available also. This past Saturday was gluten free cooking class. Decent wine list. -- Derek ... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:34:02 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2392 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2392 ... I checked out the menu on-line. It looks exciting. Boston certainly has some innovative fine restaurants (a friend on another forum lives there and Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:52:37 GMT Derek Scuteri http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2391 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2391 Most excellent! Thanks. This recipe look very simple and perhaps lighter as its not heavy on the pancake which can sit like lead in the stomach. My new Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:36:57 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2390 ... Up here.... not much yet. I picked dandelion greens about two weeks ago but the strawberries haven't even blossomed yet. But the ice is off the lake and Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:29:41 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2389 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2389 MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Naoyoshi Sasaki's Basic Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki Categories: Japanese, Pancakes Yield: 4 Servings 2 c Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:01:30 GMT Pam Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2388 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2388 ... In New England we get ramps (wild leeks), fiddleheads, and stinging nettles in the spring. In the last couple weeks, as summer inches in, I've started Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:25:51 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2387 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2387 ... Dandelion leaves are good raw in salads or steamed/boiled like spinach. For fiddlehead ferns I like the French "blanch and refresh" method. I boil them Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:15:04 GMT Tadashi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2386 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2386 Jim in Yellownife referred to dandelions and fiddlehead ferns. How do you cook dandelions and fiddlehead ferns over there? Dandelion is called "tanpopo" in Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:54:45 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2385 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2385 ... Here in the arctic we have fewer kinds of plants to choose from. There are no nut or fruit trees or any kind of hardwoods at all. But we do get a large Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:40:32 GMT Tadashi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2384 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2384 Sansai is edible wild plants. I got "warabi" [bracken,brake]. I ate it as a dish of o-hitashi,sprinkled with dried bonito flakes and seasoned with shoyu. It Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:02:29 GMT Jim Weller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2383 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejapanesecookingclub/message/2383 ... A great idea. We do this often on another list I'm on. ... I never see salt trout, just fresh or frozen, in Canadian stores but other salt fish are