tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post112805697110807192..comments2024-01-06T02:22:10.855-08:00Comments on My Epicurean Debauchery: Why I am glad I am not a Japanese housewife...Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326111001085784932noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1166394700027018712006-12-17T14:31:00.000-08:002006-12-17T14:31:00.000-08:00Hi,Came across this blog as I was looking for Sard...Hi,<BR/>Came across this blog as I was looking for Sardine recipes (it's your link to the "In Praise of Sardines site")<BR/><BR/>Anyway, have you seen Cooking Cute: A Bento site: http://www.cookingcute.com/<BR/><BR/>Great pics and recipes too. Forget being original, just follow some of Ngoc's ideas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1140441416883834752006-02-20T05:16:00.000-08:002006-02-20T05:16:00.000-08:00Hi, I just stumbled across your blog while trying ...Hi, I just stumbled across your blog while trying to find some recipes for soul food. lol.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I just wanted to say that my mom used to pack me obento everyday during middle/highschool and all my friends always envied how nice it looked! (But the secret is 冷凍食品). :-)<BR/><BR/>I like obento much better than what she used to give me when I was in the states - pastrami sandwiches and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1133895539212183422005-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:002005-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:00I''m familiar with this subject tooI''m familiar with this subject tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1133065352827703782005-11-26T20:22:00.000-08:002005-11-26T20:22:00.000-08:00Hi my name is Sam I love japan and their foods.Eve...Hi my name is Sam I love japan and their foods.Every meal I try to make into a japanese style I have succeded in making carrot flowers (its not easy as it looks) I just wanted to say <BR/>JAPAN IS THE COOLEST COUNTRY EVER!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128239120696262452005-10-02T00:45:00.000-07:002005-10-02T00:45:00.000-07:00Oh, Papa!Robyn,That site is amazing! I shudder at...Oh, Papa!<BR/><BR/>Robyn,<BR/><BR/>That site is amazing! I shudder at the thought of ever finding myself surrounded by such high expectations!! <BR/><BR/>Yeh, Doc Biggles,<BR/><BR/>I became a cafeteria girl after my sister no longer needed lunches. My mom could do it for the two of us, but as soon as it was just me, off to the cafeteria I went!<BR/><BR/>Sam,<BR/><BR/>Ha! I guess that was an Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326111001085784932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128222921798126292005-10-01T20:15:00.000-07:002005-10-01T20:15:00.000-07:00I love the whole concept of the bento meal, but al...I love the whole concept of the bento meal, but alas they are unavailable in Atlanta, beyond the plastic trays of sushi available at our supermarkets.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to get some Hawaiian bento on my honeymoon, but we didn't get the opportunity.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great post!William Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552990931199198664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128217869560291612005-10-01T18:51:00.000-07:002005-10-01T18:51:00.000-07:00You can do what the rest of the working women do- ...You can do what the rest of the working women do- fake it. Buy it from a nice grocer's, mess it up a bit, and shove it into your own box. We have Dean & Deluca's and gourmet supermarkets remember? That's what they're there for!<BR/><BR/>Hehehe. It is totally cheating, but really, I don't think I could take the bento pressure. I'd have to write "My mother has better things to do than make me Freeciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07718217254458746524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128214780205061362005-10-01T17:59:00.000-07:002005-10-01T17:59:00.000-07:00Gosh I watch this show in the morning sometimes wh...Gosh I watch this show in the morning sometimes when I'm in the gym and it's called "hanamaru cafe" They sometimes show the craziest ideas for lunch boxes, such as a soccer ball shaped onigiri (with nori carefully cut out to the pentagonal shape and pasted onto the rice ball). and there's so much peer pressure from what I hear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564005251636500295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128133293779874252005-09-30T19:21:00.000-07:002005-09-30T19:21:00.000-07:00Everything must be cute. Yes, yes, yes. That is re...Everything must be cute. Yes, yes, yes. That is really true. <BR/>I cannot be so creative like Japanese housewives.<BR/><BR/>I have introduced a great hand made bento site before. Here is its URL;<BR/>http://www.e-obento.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128128334656676012005-09-30T17:58:00.000-07:002005-09-30T17:58:00.000-07:00Having a culinary challenged mom, my obento was us...Having a culinary challenged mom, my obento was usually in 2 colors, consisting of rice and 1 type of okazu. I used to envy other kids' lunch box....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128122315693997452005-09-30T16:18:00.000-07:002005-09-30T16:18:00.000-07:00dont you mean italianized??!dont you mean italianized??!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081680210434938456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128113906119006082005-09-30T13:58:00.000-07:002005-09-30T13:58:00.000-07:00Uh, yeah. My school lunches never looked like that...Uh, yeah. My school lunches never looked like that. Everyone once in a while, rather than give me money for lunch, my mother would make me something. But it would only last a day or two and then it was back to cafeteria food. Yum.<BR/><BR/>BigglesGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226752086965927353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128093159326598062005-09-30T08:12:00.000-07:002005-09-30T08:12:00.000-07:00I can't imagine having to make something like thes...I can't imagine having to make <A HREF="http://msittig.freeshell.org/imgs/bento/" REL="nofollow">something like these</A>. When I was little my mum made me fried egg sandwiches for a gazillion years, which weren't fun to eat cold at all. Later she'd give me leftover in a thermos, which while nicer than then egg sandwich ultimately made me dislike the food she put in it (like chicken fingers andRobynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898893676276577376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864993.post-1128059975468221022005-09-29T22:59:00.000-07:002005-09-29T22:59:00.000-07:00Yes, and I appreciated all the hints that the Baby...Yes, and I appreciated all the hints that the Baby Bear could give, subtle or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com