Taking Control
by John on Aug.03, 2010, under Main Stuff
Got a couple of surprises today, most of them pleasant but some unexpected. The one that I can talk about, though, is that the Asian grocery store that burned down literally weeks after I discovered it has finally re-opened, and I’ve already ingratiated myself (albeit inadvertently) to the proprietors by knowing how to handle myself inside such an establishment.
Of course they opened yesterday, and the store is still really, really bare in terms of stuff. I honestly wish I’d known it was opening soon, as it has the kind of rice cooker I was looking for all of last month (though I’m happy with what I settled on). Also, they don’t have udon yet. I mean, they have the instant kind, but not the real kind. Well, it’s still too warm for udon anyway… probably not until football starts, really. The clerk said they’d be adding more coolers soon, which I hope will contain the kinds of fixings I’d need to make udon properly… in the meantime, they also have mochiko, so if I were to undertake the making of mochi– something I certainly would like to try my own hand at– I can do so at any time.
Again, that’s probably not going to happen until after November. But for an entirely different reason.
