November 06, 2014

Back to the future

So it turned out that I had to take a rest.

Just wanted to say I am back again with a picture of my overgrown shiso and the last mizuna plant:


Why didn't I harvest the shiso? Because it turned out that shiso is indeed the one Japanese ingredient that I don't like (as I thought I had already noticed in Japan, but looking back at the time I bought the seeds, I hadn't been sure anymore). To me, it tastes like bitter almonds, a quality I don't like so much in an herb. My Japanese friend said that the red shiso is different from the green one, but I didn't notice a huge difference.

The picture is about two weeks old, and now all of a sudden the temperature outside is winter-like. Up to now, I had kept the plants for their decorative value, but they are starting to suffer under the cold.

There should be a series of photos of Ben and me making vegan nama fu on the camera's SD card. If I recall the essential details, I will post about that when I can spare the time.