[struggle]

One way we used to save SCADS of money in Japan is to cook 5-6 cups of rice in the cooker and just go from fried rice, to rice balls, to chicken/egg bowl, etc. until the week is over. It saved us $100 equivalent a week.

Used to make gallons of plum wine myself too, and DIDN’T THAT WORK?!

[Utilizer]

Got any good recipes? Just learned a few months ago how to make a dynamite shrimp fried rice (Chinese -different country, I know, don't flame please) and had to stop as I could not get enough of it. Just started on some slow-cooked beans crockpotting with pork addings for flavour, but really miss all the tempura chicken and yakisoba I used to love when I was in-country. Not to mention all the little ramen houses I used to frequent -great stuff!

I wonder if My favourite place is still there, just outside the train station in Aki-Habura. 50 Yen for a huge bowl of ramen soup -delicious and you were lucky if you could finish the entire bowl.

Of course, this was back when the exchange rate was 220 Yen to a Dollar. It used to be 110 Yen when I first arrived!