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kuno@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp (Yasushi Kuno) writes:

>davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) says:
>> Ladies my laugh when they hear about this kind of "cooking" but,
>> hey, it tastes great!

>    Well, I suspect that most kind of instant foods (I don't know if
>such words are used in U.S.) are invented in Japan.  Right?  I know
>that instant lamen and CupNoodle (TM of Nisshin-Foods co.)  are
>invented in Japan.  

I've only been in Japan since '82 so I couldn't say. But there were
many instant foods in the U.S. by the middle '60's. No lamen and
CupNoodle, or course as they are Japanese foods, but other things. 

> You have mentiond about instant tsuyu, and
>mabo-tofu.  I understand that frozen foods and canned foods (yes! I
>love Campbell soup, especially minestrone) are more popular in USA.
>Right?  

When I visit my daughter in the L.A. area, I'm constantly amazed
by the miles and miles of frozen and canned foods in the supermarket!

> By the way, I wish we could buy big frozen cherry pie in our
>supermarket!  (But note that I'm not at all twin-peaks fan.)

The supermarket where I live seem to be carrying an increasing number
of frozen foods. Will have to see if cherry pie is among them.

I'm not such a pie fan, but I'd sure like to see some Mexican food
in the stores here. A friend gets taco shells ('tacos' in Japanese,
but 'taco' in Engish) from some place in Kyoto, but they are a bit
stale and not at all like the freshly made thing. L.A. has lots
of people of Mexican ancestry so there is all kinds of good stuff
in the supermarket where she shops. Yum :-)

Meanwhile, how about freeze-dried negi (sp?) and freeze-tried miso
shiro that's available in the local market here? I've tried both and
they taste OK. Not as good as fresh, but easy to keep.

Dave

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