Let's get cooking!

[tobu_ishi]

To whom it may concern

Comments

[peacebone]

I am watching this like burning! The recipes that are already there sound really good.

[kaitou_marina]

Added, since I'm always looking for new Japanese recipes. Is why I follow http://www.justhungry.com so obsessively.

[lady_tigerfish]

That site is amazing. The one thing that always trips me up about it, though, is the request to use dashi granules all the time. Dashi (granulated or otherwise) is near-impossible to find in your average supermarket, and there isn't a Japanese grocery anywhere near me. Do you, by chance, have any substitution tips? I've just been going without whenever it comes up, but I can usually tell it's lacking something.

[tobu_ishi]

I just use fish stock, chicken stock, or chicken bouillon. (In Japan, I sometimes substituted dashi for chicken bouillon when I couldn't get any! It made really good Thanksgiving dressing.)

[kaitou_marina]

Unfortunately I've never had to substitute since I'm within driving distance of several Asian grocery stores, but the suggestion of fish stock sounds like it would work out to me. If you can get a hold of some sushi seaweed, you could probably boil it in fish stock and strain it and get a fair equivalent.

[lady_tigerfish]

Definitely following this!

Also, hiiiiiiii. I know you've been crazy-busy, so I never see you online (Life Stuff has got me pretty tied up too ATM), but I meeeesss yoooooou and I hope you are rocking it at school.