Mycanid
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Aeson said:
Ya know Aeson ... it's true. My parents were heavily into macrobiotic diets when I was growing up, so that's what was in the house and what was fed to the kids!
The Japanese food tastes come from here, I have no doubt (although they were consciously strengthened by me later on, especially when I lived in San Francisco!
I still like to tell others about going to school from 1st to 6th grade with rice balls or izhiki rolls. The former were brown rice with shredded umoboshi plums scattered throughout them and wrapped in black seaweed paper style. The latter was nori seaweed "folded" between dough like a stroodle. Delicious stuff. (In fact, when I last visited my folks earlier this year I ate a whole pan of the stuff - I had forgotten how much I liked it.)
I always waited for my schoolmates to say "I've got a peanut butter sandwhich - wanna trade?" to which I would say: "Would you like an izhiki roll?" and their faces would fall. After a second or two they would ask what it was and I would happily reply "seaweed".
Needless to say, I did not get many offers NOR did anyone ever steal my lunch once.
