Japanese Market
Jul. 28, 2009 10:51 pm
Updated: Jul. 29, 2009 1:14 pm
Our base grocery store is closed on Mondays, so if you forget to go on Sunday you go without Monday and Tuesday morn. Because stores don't open here until 10am. Of course, there is always the Japanese markets if you dare purchase anything you can't read the label for. I'm ok with this on the things I can tell, like eggs and milk (sometimes). But other stuff, I don't dare try.
I had to change Japanese markets because we moved on base. When we first got to Japan (last August), we moved into a house off base while waiting for available quarters. The market by our old house was small and I got to where I could figure out what things were based on their location in the store. Yes, there is probably an easier way but this was my method. So my first visit to the new market was more about exploring. And I picked up things here and there to try. I've been playing it safe with just trying new fruits and veggies. Maybe I will move to something more daring later.
I included a picture of some of the things I bought. I had to take a picture of the Macadamia nuts because they are our favorite treat. Japan has the best chocolate I've tasted. It's so creamy and smooth. Since I've lived here, I have started to notice American packaged foods have a chemical taste to them. Maybe it is just me but I think it is there.Wouldn't be hard to believe with all the things they add to food. I use to love American candy bars but now when hubby brings one home, he ends up eating it. Which is probably a good thing. LOL.
One thing that kind of disturbed me was the eggs. They were displayed on metal racks in the middle of the dairy section. They weren't refrigerated. I didn't think this was safe. Does anyone know? Any members living outside the US where this is common too? I bought them because I figure it must be ok if they are doing it. But I still wonder if I should be careful about buying eggs outside the base.
Oh and just in case you didn't know. Our base commissaries ship in all American stuff/brands. So we don't have to worry about unrefrigerated eggs or lukewarm milk or bug nibbles on our produce. Of course this means everything, including eggs and dairy products, get frozen rock solid. Which isn't ideal either.
Those are the little green peppers that they sell. They taste like the peppers out of my mom's garden in Iowa. They have a green, earthy taste. Earthy is my nice word for dirt. I miss the plump, juicy green peppers you get in the States. The onion I pictured is just like a green onion in the States but its two feet long at least. They taste way better.
Ok, so this is my post for the day. I hope you made it to the end.
Negi
The King of Nuts : )
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