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great now I'm hungry again... we don't have anything that good in the house crying

aretoo has apple crisp, apple brown betty, and apple pie... and a big vat of fresh chili. When shall we expect you, Sanzo? mrgreen

Sukiyaki and Shabu-Shabu are both one-pot stew-like dishes made with some form of meat, veggies, tofu, fungi, and other things. Sukiyaki is sweeter than Shabu-Shabu, the latter being more savoury. Shabu-Shabu is also prepared differently because the food is laid out raw on the table (or whatever) while a big vat of light broth or water is boiling around it. Guests take what they want and swish it around in the water until it's cooked, then eat it. The resulting broth afterwards, flavoured with all the food, can then be poured on rice afterwards to finish off the rest of the meal. Sukiyaki is... well... boring compared to that (making-wise).

Oden is essentially boiled things in a very-lightly-seasoned broth. It's less planty and more proteiny -- made with cubes of gluten, tofu, pressed fish, and sometimes meat. In one region of Japan it's skewered, boiled, then topped with fish furikake of some sort.

Yakitori is essentially anything grilled, though it's commonly referred to chicken. Essentially pieces of skewered chicken grilled.

Sake is rice wine.

Grilled mochi is a type of cake made by pounding rice with a gigantic hammer until it's soft and sticky, then grilling it a bit for flavour. Red-bean jelly is essentially what it sounds like.

Edit: @Pan: Well... um... I figured that it will eventually spread on its own, ne? It won't be a forever quit; there are people I like way too much in there. However, when I come back I want to be someone new. And that coming back won't be for a while. I just got tired of the OOC bickering and other sh*t that happens there.

what are you talking about aretoo? I'm already in your kitchen eating your food xd

I believe a betty is a dessert made with bread cubes (or was it fairly dense sponge cake) while a crisp is something made with that crumbly pie stuff?

Food sounds good.

Ermmm... What worked, Tsuj? O.o