[pct-l] at the "edge"

[Diane Soini]

Yoshihiro had this really good flattened brown rice. Looked sort of  
like oats. He says it is very difficult to find in Japan. I found  
some in an Asian market but it's Indian. It's called poha. Look up  
flattened rice on wikipedia and that's what it is. I have not tasted  
this product yet, but Yoshihiro's rice was really good so I'm hoping  
the Indian version of it is okay.

Yoshihiro soup:
Water in a pot
Add some chicken broth granules
Add some dried green veggies and seaweed (I've dehydrated bok choy  
and green onions and have hijiki and wakame but anything will work. I  
don't know what Yoshihiro's greens were.)
Add some wild onions and/or mushrooms if you've been lucky enough to  
find some
Boil
Add a little arrowroot powder to thicken it up
Add a little toasted sesame oil for flavor

That's the soup. The fewer ingredients you have, the poorer the soup  
gets until you have poor-man's soup.

For the rice dish:
Augment the basic soup with whatever meat product you can get.  
Yoshihiro could get chicken and beef in similar packets we get tuna  
and salmon, but his chicken and beef were seasoned with soy sauce and  
whatever else. Pour this over the flattened rice and let it sit for a  
little while. You'll have a tasty Japanese meal.

For the potato "salad":
Dehydrated potato flakes (we'll just have to use mashed potatoes)
Add a little cold water, barely enough to get it reconstituted.
Add a generous portion of mayonnaise.
Add tuna.
Eat up!


On Sep 13, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Betty Wheeler wrote:

> I would also like to find out about the "flattened" rice and 'all  
> kinds of dried greens" -- I'd love to hear enough info to allow me  
> to find and try those out. Brand name, source, or other info,  
> please? Anything worth telling about that is key to "Yoshihiro soup?"
> Betty
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ... The food he cooks is great! I learned a
> > lot from him this summer. I've got all kinds of dried greens now for
> > my "Yoshihiro soup" and I found some flattened rice similar to what
> > he brings.
>