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Brown Kingdom: Macy aka Sunset aka Cesar Chavez Ave
There was this blog, Brown Kingdom, written by Lonewolf, which documented about old LA Chicano gangs. They had an article about the Macy area, but it’s gone now. An archive was up on a site prohibited by Facebook, so I’m pasting it here. Lots of info about the old and new Chinatown areas. This is…
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White Mold on Umeboshi (is Probably Yeast)
(I really don’t know where to put this, so I’m putting it on this site, which makes some sense, I suppose.) My mom makes umeboshi, and we have a ume tree, so it’s cheap to do, and tastes good. Lately, we haven’t had good yields, so she used some ume that had fallen, and had…
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Easy Tsukemono
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Easy Japanese Pickled Vegetables, Cabbage
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How to make Tsukemono Pickled Cabbage
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Japanese Pickles 3-Ways
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What Does “CTC Tea” Mean?
CTC means “crush, tear, and curl”. Teabag tea is also called CTC tea. Orthodox Teas are whole leaf teas manufactured using the traditional process of making tea. CTC Teas are made through the Crush, Tear, and Curl (CTC) process of manufacture producing a granular leaf particle. They comprise of 3 main grades: the brokens, fannings,…
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Friday, April 19, is National Rice Ball Day
While this isn’t a food blog, I will share the basic riceball recipe. Several sites out there have it very, very wrong. Riceballs, or onigiri, are a traditional comfort food. They are used as a kind of “walking food” or something you take along with you to work, or into the fields, and eat as…