11.05.2009
Welcome
This is a blog I've been wanting to start for about a year now. I am by no means an excellent cook. I love to cook, though, and I feel that in 13 years of living overseas I've learned a thing or two that I can share with others. I hope this blog will be a place that we can learn from each other, though. Please feel free to share successes, questions, and tips in the comments of posts. Also, if you have a great recipe or idea you'd like to share, please send it to me so that I can post it! I will always be needing ideas! My goal is to post one recipe a week. I hope to also provide one additional post each week that talks about some sort of tip, trick, substitution, or other "did you know?" type topic. I especially think this is an area we can help each other out! I live in East Asia, but I will try to make this blog as generic as I can for those of you living in other areas, too. Please tell your friends! I look forward to this...
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I am excited about this new blog!! :) Maybe I can learn a thing or two :) I will have to look through my recipes and see if I have any that you haven't heard of or would like to post...again, your word doc that you send has made our tummy happy many times :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, Laura! Please send me any good ideas!
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ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing this with me. I am always looking for new ideas to add to the same 5 or 6 things that I ALWAYS cook. The family will be glad for some new ideas as well.
I too love to cook. I think I have become a better cook since moving overseas because instant was no longer an option.
Thanks for doing this.
Heather
SB, I love this! When we move back, I will be frequenting this blog a ton! Thanks for doing this. Question: Where did you find active yeast?
ReplyDeletelove ya, andi g
Andi--here in China, most larger grocery stores will carry Angel yeast--in our old city I could buy it by the pack (1 Tbs) or in a larger bag for 15RMB or so. I just bought this and kept in the fridge. I actually think it was instant but the little packets were active dry maybe...? Here in our new city (much larger) oddly enough, I can only find the little packs in Carrefour but there is a restaurant that stocks the larger packs of Angel. Its usually in the same section as the MSG, bullion, baking soda, etc.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love it! I'm going to share it with a friend in Central America :) Hope you're doing well.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who is a missionary in Thailand, and just recently went back over for a 5-year stay, and I want to surprise her for Christmas with a box of stuff that will be hard for her to get over there. I've shown her your blog, which is why I'm writing this here... I think she'll be less likely to stumble across this entry. :) Would it be possible for you to give me some ideas of things that a mid-twenties female in rural Thailand might really miss not having readily available that I could pack up and ship? I'm thinking mainly in the food category, but if there is any other type thing you can think of, that would awesome, too! :) There is a large group of people going in on this, so if you think of an item that might be a little pricey, that's fine. :) Thank you VERY much!! :D
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ReplyDeleteHmm...there are so many fun things that are NOT available overseas. There are also lots of things that are available if you're just willing to pay the price for them...like your friend could buy about anything in Bangkok but its expensive. I'm not sure what kind of things are her favorites, but some things we like receiving in packages are:
-Spices, especially less common ones
-Poppy Seeds
-Dessert mixes--cake, brownies, cookies, Jello cheesecakes (especially!)
-Velvetta cheese and Rotel
-Seasoning packs for tacos, fajitas, alfredo, chili, etc
-Extracts--vanilla, mint, butter, almond, rum (are the ones I use)
-This sounds silly, but in Thailand, peanut butter is kind of expensive.
-Gourmet seasonings and dip mixes, esp to use for special holiday occasions--like something you mix to make a cream cheese or a veggie dip.
-Candy! Reese's, Rolos, special holiday flavor/colored M&M's--like mint ones or something, etc. Regular and peanut are available all over Asia.
-Salad Dressing mixes, like Ranch and Italian.
-A can of jalepenos or chipotles or something
-Chocolate Chips, white chocolate chips, Butterscotch chips, PB chips, Andes or Heath chips
-Candy canes or peppermints
-Things like pepperoni or Hillshire Farms sausages that do not need refrigeration.
-Granola bars
-Some fun holiday stuff like themed cupcake liners for baking in.
I hope these are ideas that help. Let me know if you need more from me. Also, don't forget: if your box is mostly food, don't put any scented candles or soaps in the same box!! The food won't taste good when it gets there if you do!!
Thank you SOOOO much, you rock!! That is an awesome list... I just turned it into a sign-up sheet for my group. :) I'm super excited to get everything together for my friend, and we all appreciate your suggestions. And thanks for the tip about scented things; I had definitely not thought about that.
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