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Max loves bitter melon (bitter gourd)
How very, very strange. We’ve never heard of a child liking this stuff. Bitter melon is called mara in Thai, and nigauri in Japanese (goya in Okinawan). It’s much the…
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lipton baracus
In Japanese, this specific position might be called a reverse inari-otoshi (falling inari). If you’ve ever seen an inarizushi up close, you may understand why. It’s usually performed on an…
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Spotted Richard
It seems the Welsh have submitted fully to their nanny state and its uber-PC agenda. I present to you the faded glory of Spotted Dick with its newly government-approved nomenclature:…
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Spondias mombin aka ma-kok (?????)
Somebody brought in a bag of these the other day and I’d never seen them before so I had somebody write down the name. If I’m summarizing correctly, this may…
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Saccharomyces Draught
Over at Wired: Brewing Beer From 45-Million-Year-Old Yeast Unspeakably cool. In most of Asia, they’d probably still drink it with ice, tho.
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smell my armpit
I forgot to post my instructional photo on how to harvest bananas, caveman style: Unable to hold the clump with one hand while chopping with the other (the clump was…
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ribs and drums
Just chilling at home eating leftovers and watching geckos climb the wall..
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The Story of Sriracha
Sriracha sauce that is: A Chili Sauce to Crow About My parents had a bottle of Sriracha on the table ever since I was about ten, so I literally grew…
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taco bell folk song
Is it me or do they sound a bit like the D?
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Pond Scum Soup
It doesn’t sound or look appetizing, but it was actually pretty good. On Sunday we went to an outdoor market in a park downtown where many fresh produce vendors gather.…
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Cake Wreck
This is perhaps my favorite entry on the whole Cake Wrecks blog:
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It’s Mango Season
Around these parts, mango season comes at the hottest time of the year. This year, luckily, we have been blessed with rain almost every week, which brings down the temperature…
