Comments on: Onigiri

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:11:13 +0000

Brianna – Thank you! Sounds like you understand exactly what I’m talking about. Will have to post about the obligatory noodle slurping soon!

By: Brianna

Brianna — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:18:16 +0000

This is a great post. I can resonate with what you said about feeling like you were always being watched in Japan, especially in restaurants. If I go out to eat with my English students, they always comment on the things I order (or what I don’t order). And they still like to comment on how I hold my chopsticks, no matter how many times they’ve seen me use them! I think it will never end. It’s a funny country, that’s for sure, but an intriguing one! I love your blog.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:17:20 +0000

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:04:02 +0000

Keep up your travel stories and your students also. I so enjoy them! You should write a book!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:49:19 +0000

Thanks, Abby! Mystery solved.

By: Abby

Abby — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:34:01 +0000

Ha! Grits are ground corn, basically a hot cereal, and they’re very similar to polenta but they’re usually white, not yellow. (You can get yellow grits, however.) They aren’t sweet at all, and they’re great with cheese, salt pepper and butter, ground pork sausage, you name it. They are generally a breakfast food, but I eat them twice a day sometimes. (And I love breakfast for supper.)

A lot of people in the U.S. say you either like grits or you like cream of wheat – grits are a Southern food, cream of wheat is MOSTLY a Northern food – and you either like them or you don’t. (And I hate cream of wheat. Ew.)

I like my grits fairly soupy … sometimes people like them thicker … it’s a personal preference. Polenta isn’t my cup of tea – I’d rather have cornbread than mush, but you get the gist.

I don’t know if it’s true, but I’ve been told that the Native Americans introduced the settlers to corn, which, being a corn product that isn’t so far fetched.

Come on down and try some!

By: teach77

teach77 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:54:21 +0000

Truffle – I’ve been meaning to make more Japanese dishes too. Perhaps this success will encourage me.

Johanna – Thanks! Miso soup is another favourite of mine too. Enjoy the onigiri!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:19:39 +0000

great travel tales – I love veg sushi and miso soup but the best japanese food I ever had was made by a japanese friend. I am sure you learnt some great food from being in Japan – I would love to visit there one day – but am more likely to try these onigiri in the near future

By: Truffle

Truffle — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:58:43 +0000

Add me to the carb-lovers group. This looks like the most delicious mouthful and reminded me I really should start cooking more Japanese dishes.

By: teach77

teach77 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:57:40 +0000

Thank you, Anh! You’re very sweet!
I’m a carbs person too. Pasta, rice, bread – love them all.