Well, it seems the "Winterstorm" is over! I had to go to various places on my bike yesterday, and I tell you - it was so cold & so wet!
So, today the weather seems a lot friendlier, and matching the season (after all, it is March, Spring) our main topic, frankly, was this:
This of course is BEFORE hard-working Japanese ladies living in the Kansai region get behind their gas, natural gas, liquid gas, whatever gas or "all-denka" cooking stoves, get busy for about an hour, and create something looking like this:
Yes, this is more like it - I'm getting hungry! Apparently, depending on what kind of heating source you're cooking on, the preparation time varies. From there, we talked about the different voltages in countries around the world, or, to be more specific, in Japan, Germany, and the U.S. Why is it necessary for Germany, for instance, to have 220 volts, if you can enjoy the same life style with "only" 110 volts being the norm in Japan? Anybody out there have a convincing answer on hand?
By the way, according to Heather (from Ireland), one Kilogram of Ikanago costs about 1800 Yen this year!! WOW!!
I guess more and more housewives have to scrap the custom in financially difficult times.
Our "fattener" today:
And our "compulsory study":
Are you the type to rather be IN pictures or OUT?
Thanks for coming Briana, Kiara, Crystal & Heather
The "Master"
