Grocery-Shopping!
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The real Kobe Beef is actually from the province of Tajima and comes from an ancient stock of cattle (Black Haired Japanese Cattle)Originally posted by viciouskitty74:Ooooooh......thanks.
So thats why Kobe beefs are eaten raw? Their feeds are Beer?
The operations are kept really small which only have like 5 cows and max 15 cows on the pastures. Their diets are controlled and it's only during the final fattening process that they are fed large quantities of sake and beer mash.
Btw, these cows get a daily massage too
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Here we go again....
Am told to get the following from Singapore before heading up to Orange County California again.
1) Bak Kwa (The USA one smells, so need to smuggle in again for the folks)
2) Taro Chips
3) Fish Keropok
4) Dried cuttlefish -
Huan Ying! Huan Ying!!Originally posted by the_don:./signs up for grocery shopping guild membership
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I think over here, the shops close so awfully early that most of us end up wandering aimlessly in the aisles of supermarts like Cole's at night.
I know Bear's sis and I drop by Cole's to destress after work. I often do that after an Evening shift at work. I've often bumped into other Singaporeans or Filipinos who have worked in Singapore hospitals and who now work at the same hospital shopping there after Evening shifts too!
I just wish that they would offer a wider range of goods in that supermart. Right now though, my favourite places to grab the bulk of my weekly groceries is actually the outdoor markets on Saturdays and the Asian shops, not so much in Victoria Street, but in Boxhill and Glen Waverly.
I grinned like a Cheshire cat recently when I found my favourite chilli tapioca crisps and the satay-stick dried sticky fish thingy (minus the satay sticks) in the Malaysian grocery shops in Glen Waverly and bought home A LOT of packets! Almost finished liao, so very soon, will have to take the train to Glen Waverly again for another grocery shopping trip! 
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Speaking of cows, one of my patients was a dairy farmer and during the Great Ocean Road Coach trip, watching the cows grazing in their pastures as the coach passed by the farms, I had a few questions pop up in my mind so I asked the farmer if he could answer them :Originally posted by elindra:The real Kobe Beef is actually from the province of Tajima and comes from an ancient stock of cattle (Black Haired Japanese Cattle)
The operations are kept really small which only have like 5 cows and max 15 cows on the pastures. Their diets are controlled and it's only during the final fattening process that they are fed large quantities of sake and beer mash.
Btw, these cows get a daily massage too
- Do herds of cows all face the same direction ever? (my friend asked this one, hor, cause she claimed she noticed all cows face sama-sama direction when grazing, but I proved her wrong, but anyways... ); AND,
- Do cows ever get Skin Cancer?
He laughed, and then I got my answers!
Yes, cows only ever all face the same direction when it rains. And that's simply cause nobody, cows included, likes to stand facing the rain. So, when it rains, all cow butts to the rain!
AND, Yes, cows DO get Skin Cancer!!
BUT, apparently only the white cows do, or the white parts of black-and-white cows. 
He told me that white cows are kinda like the albinos of the moo-moo world and due to the lack of pigmentation, the white bits are prone to Skin Cancer. They get white cows with faces that have lots of blisters and swells up like 'the mask in Phantom of the Opera, that's how they look like' (direct quote from farmer), or the white bits of cows get all blistery and yucky-looking.
Tamade... we may be drinking milk from cancerous cows or worse, eating beef from them!
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Should we start campaigning for cows to be applied sunscreen?
I really love Rhonda's answers. -
New Grocery List for stay in USA:
Yogurts
Granolas cereals
Eggs
Mince Meats
Chicken wings for marinating early for the kids for their snackings
Fish paste to make fishballs
Flour, ikan bilis for making Mee Hoon Kuay
Baking Items
Baking trays & such
And some vinegars to make pickles or kim Chi!
Pantene Dandruff Shampoo 500ml
Colgate Toothpaste
Colgate mouth wash
Shower Gels
Moisturisers
Talcom Powder
J&J Lavendar Shampoo
J&J Nitetime baby creme
J&J Jasmine Vanilla Talcum Powder
Hello Kitty Dildo
Some Bikes FCEs (Dunno what it is)
Dainese Riding Gears -
New Extra List:
Sunglass
Jockey Cap
Sunscreen
J&J Nitetime Cream Bath
J&J Nitetime Baby Oil/Gel
Hello Kitty Bandaids -
Whipped cream
Drinkable Chocolate
Tiramisu making stuffs
Barley Seeds
Mango Juice
Plain Yogurt -
Must get:
Vanilla Pods. -
eating my "grocery list" now..
biscuits (being eaten)
more biscuits (to be left in drawer)
container of salted cashews (to be brought home and eaten)
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We've been on a cashew kick the past year or so. Started when we saw them on sale. Kick yet to end.Originally posted by the Bear:eating my "grocery list" now..
biscuits (being eaten)
more biscuits (to be left in drawer)
container of salted cashews (to be brought home and eaten) -
Need to order in those lovely Hawaiian Kona Coffee. They are lovely to smell and give away as gifts!
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BTW, Rhonda.
What groceries will you be bringing back to Melbourne this time?