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Kate Elwood's avatar

I didn’t know any う was fine. From now on it’ll be umeboshi for me, not eel!

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Tim Bunting - Kiwi Yamabushi's avatar

Not ukon? Umeboshi is still a great choice, especially in summer!

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Jack Krown's avatar

Love me the eel!!! Especially with magical sansho dust liberally applied!

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Tim Bunting - Kiwi Yamabushi's avatar

Yes, I must admit it is very delicious!

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Jack Krown's avatar

This is important. I just mowed our lawn a few weeks ago and now I know not to go back out there again until mid August or so. I have license to loaf!

Re the eel. All enlightening. I just thought Unagi Day was picked for the high line keloid the entire nation calendarwise would be seriously nattsu batte then.

This year the pesky media isn’t playing along with the Unagi industry though. Today’s news was rife with reports about cheap eel food poisonings and restaurant shutdowns. Seems some of the chop shops were cooking their eels weeks in advance. This will learn ‘em!

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Tim Bunting - Kiwi Yamabushi's avatar

Very important. I say let my weeds grow, grow, grow!

I saw that!! Someone even died apparently. Bad timing on my part...

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Jack Krown's avatar

Oh. A line keloid is “likelihood.”

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