[pct-l] at the "edge"

Sat Sep 14 01:37:24 CDT 2013

OK Diane, you've got to publish the "Low Gear Song" since he's mentioned
it.  And by the way, we would all beat him to the top of the passes in
Glacier NP at our breakneck ultralight hiking speeds, but he would only be
a short way behind.  He got to the top sounding a bit like a steam
locomotive on a steep grade but he'd be carrying 3 times our pack weights.
 We'd be just floored by his physical strength, (the guys got pistons for
legs) and comment on it, but he'd always modestly fire back at us that he
wasn't really very strong, he just had really "low gears."  Hence the name.
 He picked it himself and it was too appropriate not to use.  So then Diane
began writing a song about Low Gear and his hiking antics and well, we all
added a verse or two.  And hell yes he's strong!  Low Gear wasn't the half
of it.

And his food is fantastic!  Yoshihiro's daily soup has ruined me.  I may go
back to carrying a stove for the AT next year just to make it.  The dried
greens he brings over from Japan are far superior to anything I've seen
available in this country, even in the Chinese and Korean markets I shop in
for dried foods.  I'll be checking out Nihon Machi (Japan Town) in San
Francisco, to see if I can find any equivalents in the U.S.

Shroomer

On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami <
completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Diane
>
> The flattened rice is a germinated unpolished rice which was flattened and
> baked twice. This instant rice is sold for health purpose, especially for
> whom wanted to be slim. I found this rice around two yeas ago, and used for
> hiking. Its nutrition value is superb, cooking is very simple. I do not
> think you can purchase this in US.
>
> Japanese site: 1 kg = 1,600 yen = 16 dollar ( very expensive rice)
> http://e-tamashii.com/SHOP/ke3124.html
>
> And thanks for Low Gear Song:  I have not yet translated into Japanese.
>
>
>
>
> 2013/9/14 Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
>
> > 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.
> > >
> >
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> --------------- --------------------------------------
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