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EPIC MISO SOUP & THE LEGEND OF CRAB SALAD
LETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. THE FOOD BUSINESS, THAT IS! HERE IS THE TALE OF THE LEGEND OF THE REVENGE OF THE HEALTHIEST SOUP WE'VE HAD IN A THOUSAND YEARS. THIS IS WHAT GOES IN:
DRIED WAKAME SEAWEED. THE WEED OF THE SEA. THE OLE' WAKAME. THE MIGHTY WAKAME. IT STARTS OF TINY AND GROWS TO MECHANICAL PROPORTIONS. IN FACT, IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS!
DRIED MUSHROOMS. DON'T BE FOOLISH AND TRY TO BUY THESE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN A LOCALLY OPERATED ORIENTAL GROCERY. FOR ONE, EXPLORING THOSE GROCERIES RULES IMMENSELY. FOR TWO, THEY ARE NOT EXPENSIVE. I BELIEVE THE PRICE TAG ON THESE BAD BOYS WAS $2.99.
WHEN SOAKED IN WATER FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEY TURN INTO THIS (PHOTO BELOW). SWEAR TO ME YOU WILL NOT DISCARD THE WATER THEY SOAKED IN. SWEAR IT! BECAUSE THAT WATER IS PURE FLAVOR. OR AS THEY SAY IN MY HOME COUNTRY, "FLAVOUR".
NEXT THE HOLY TRINITY OF ONIONS, GARLIC AND GINGER. LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE:
THE FINAL TOUCH AT THE END OF COOKING IS MISO PASTE. MAKE SURE IT IS STIRRED IN BY A HANDSOME MAN, OR THE SOUP WILL NOT TASTE AS GOOD.
I WAS SURPRISED THAT, DESPITE THESE POWERFUL INGREDIENTS, INCLUDING RICE VINEGAR AND SOY SAUCE, THE SOUP ALSO NEEDED SOME VEGETABLE BROTH. FOOD MUST HAVE BEEN SO BLAND IN THE OLDEN TYMES WHEN MAN AND WOMAN DID NOT HAVE YE OLDE SOUP BROTH CUBES AT THE READY. THUS THEIR SOUP DID NOT TURN INTO THIS:
ALSO, AND THIS IS REALLY WEIRD, WE PUT TOGETHER A CRAB SALAD WITH YOGURT, GARLIC AND BASIL DRESSING. A STRANGE DISH TO SIT BESIDE THE SOUP, BUT YUMMY NONE THE LESS.
DRIED WAKAME SEAWEED. THE WEED OF THE SEA. THE OLE' WAKAME. THE MIGHTY WAKAME. IT STARTS OF TINY AND GROWS TO MECHANICAL PROPORTIONS. IN FACT, IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS!
DRIED MUSHROOMS. DON'T BE FOOLISH AND TRY TO BUY THESE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN A LOCALLY OPERATED ORIENTAL GROCERY. FOR ONE, EXPLORING THOSE GROCERIES RULES IMMENSELY. FOR TWO, THEY ARE NOT EXPENSIVE. I BELIEVE THE PRICE TAG ON THESE BAD BOYS WAS $2.99.
WHEN SOAKED IN WATER FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEY TURN INTO THIS (PHOTO BELOW). SWEAR TO ME YOU WILL NOT DISCARD THE WATER THEY SOAKED IN. SWEAR IT! BECAUSE THAT WATER IS PURE FLAVOR. OR AS THEY SAY IN MY HOME COUNTRY, "FLAVOUR".
NEXT THE HOLY TRINITY OF ONIONS, GARLIC AND GINGER. LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE:
THE FINAL TOUCH AT THE END OF COOKING IS MISO PASTE. MAKE SURE IT IS STIRRED IN BY A HANDSOME MAN, OR THE SOUP WILL NOT TASTE AS GOOD.
I WAS SURPRISED THAT, DESPITE THESE POWERFUL INGREDIENTS, INCLUDING RICE VINEGAR AND SOY SAUCE, THE SOUP ALSO NEEDED SOME VEGETABLE BROTH. FOOD MUST HAVE BEEN SO BLAND IN THE OLDEN TYMES WHEN MAN AND WOMAN DID NOT HAVE YE OLDE SOUP BROTH CUBES AT THE READY. THUS THEIR SOUP DID NOT TURN INTO THIS:
ALSO, AND THIS IS REALLY WEIRD, WE PUT TOGETHER A CRAB SALAD WITH YOGURT, GARLIC AND BASIL DRESSING. A STRANGE DISH TO SIT BESIDE THE SOUP, BUT YUMMY NONE THE LESS.
