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[crackjaw]

ssssooooooo I don't know how to back up pictures to my phone's sd card because the settings bits are not actually all that well organized but I will figure it out

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[tabimendou]

Can you get hold of baking-size potatoes out there/do you have an oven for such things/do you like potatoes? I just figured out how to do them myself so I'm kind of in the mood for eating all of the baked potatoes right now - they take a while cooking-wise, but apart from that it's pretty much "make hot, consume, delicious" ♥. I'm probably doing things wrong myself, but I can tell you what I do if you want ♥

My family doesn't let me forget the time I put an egg in the microwave and it exploded BUT IN MY DEFENCE THEY MAKE SCRAMBLED EGGS ETC IN THE MICROWAVE, I WAS YOUNG AND AND I'M SCARED OF THE GAS, OKAY

still scared of the gas after almost causing a kitchen fire trying to make a stirfry over the summer, I think frying is something I shall choose not to do in the future

[crackjaw]

I only have a single gas burner :( and a skillet and a pot and that is about all I have to work with

if I can get some sour cream boiled potatoes sound like a good idea though

[noelleno]

LMAO bike dude you are the savior of the day

[crackjaw]

the hero of our times

champion of clueless foreigners everywhere

[regoddy]

If you are like me, lazy, I recommend trying to make large batches of things you can refrigerate or freeze and re-heat. Or, for you, medium and small batches :) This is like, noddle based things, casseroles, chili and stews. My family is particularly big on casseroles... Which is just like you throw shit in a bowl and bake it. But I don't know how much of that kind of thing is available in Japan?

It may be worth buying a small slow cooker, because that's the easiest way to make chili and shit and you can't really fuck it up, like I don't even think you can burn things in a slow cooker unless you leave it in like an extra day.

[crackjaw]

problem with that is I don't have a microwave (or an oven), so I have to either eat everything right then or use it in stir-fry or something later. unless you can reheat things with a gas burner but I don't think you can, I think it just cooks it more...

I mean I could always BUY a microwave but based on previous experiences I expect they will be horrifyingly expensive and I am low on space anyway

I have a rice cooker though can you make chili in a rice cooker

[regoddy]

dude that blows. Idk about Japan but freezing and reheating food is def the best way I know to save time and money.

According to this yahoo ask you can make chili with a rice cooker. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070927223018AANEbxa

I am under no responsibility if you ruin your rice cooker.

[regoddy]

but yeah dude thinking about it, if you're going to be there 9 mos I would invest in a microwave. maybe you and iggy can go halfsies?

[erniesaurus]

I don't know if they sell them in Japan, but I am a huge fan of those jars of alfredo and red sauce that we kept eating last year. And with those all you need to do is boil noodles

[crackjaw]

I can't...find that kind of thing to be honest...... like everything is super tiny here?? I can't even find a thing of ice cream larger than a single serving size

grilled cheese sandwiches sound like a good idea though, but it is pretty hard to find meat here that isn't super costly (seafood's really cheap though). like I have literally no idea where to buy bacon.

but yeah no microwave :(

[crackjaw]

I did that but it was only soft-boiled

fucker