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[shichahn]

I keep having cravings for the sort of things that were staple meals for me on Saipan. Just now while making toast I was thinking about what to make for lunch later on, and what I really wanted was stir-fried Chinese sausage with long beans or kangkong and garlic over sticky rice. Which I could do, except for the vegetable. I miss paying $3 for a week-long supply of long beans, kangkong, and eggplant. (And really, $1 gets you enough eggplant to last two weeks.) I guess I'll just have to settle for broccoli today. I just never thought I would miss the vegetables more than the fruits and fish.

(My toast, however, is covered in delicious mango butter, so thank you Angela! I do miss having a mango tree in the front yard, there is no doubt about that.)

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[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I am happy to provide you with mango-derived food products. <3

It's a shame you can't live in Hawaii (or Saipan I suppose) and still be a raptor biologist and falconer. OH WELL, I GUESS YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO VISIT ME ALL THE TIME. Or invent the teleporter for ease of commute.

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

When you head back there you'll have to send back some good dried mangoes. My mom keeps searching for dried mangoes as good as the ones I brought back from Saipan, but every kind she's tried so far just doesn't have that good tart mango flavor. They just taste like sugar. Sigh.

Yeah, darned islands and their lack of accessible raptors. If only Hawaii had some sort of abundant small falcon or accipiter. Chasing mynahs and house sparrows and zebra doves with a sharpie would be so awesome. :(

ALSO GUESS WHAT! I keep forgetting to mention this on LJ, haha, but I turn General in like four days. omg.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

My mom keeps searching for dried mangoes as good as the ones I brought back from Saipan, but every kind she's tried so far just doesn't have that good tart mango flavor.

I have had exactly the same problem. The dried mangos you sent me were soft and amazing and I ate them in like a day. Then I tried to buy some from the grocery store and they were these terrible, hard things that didn't even taste that great. :/ I don't expect excellent quality because Indiana is not exactly teeming with mangos, but decent quality would be nice.

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Haha, well I'm glad you liked them so much! But yeah, it's impossible. We even tried some that were imported from Thailand and they were greenish which I figured was good - no weird dyes added to make them bright yellow. But they taste like nothing. :(

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

I can certainly do tht for you but TRADER JOE'S. Go to the dried fruit section, and there's two kinds of dried mango and one of them is more sugary and less awesome so make sure to get the one labeled "Just Mango". It's... what it says on the bag. Just mango. Cut into slices. And dried. And OH MY GOD IT IS SO DELICIOUS. We keep a bag of it in our apartment at all times now. This shit is like so amazing, omg seriously, it is proof that there is a God in the world and He loves us. AND HIS NAME IS TRADER JOE.

Yeah, I mean, in theory you could work with i'o, but any falconry you might be able to do with one wouldn't be in a sporting context.

Omg yay, how exciting! Congratulations!

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

... You know, I don't know why we haven't tried TJs yet. I'll do that. :F

There are probably more researchers than there are grants for i'o anyway. But maybe someday! Though yeah, I couldn't really do falconry with them. Since it isn't legal there. :(

:D~~~~ I mean not that it really affects me until fall but yaaay.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

I AM TELLING YOU IT IS A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. Komrade Sexy claims they occasionally also have a pineapple equivalent, but I've yet to see it.

Yeah, but. Bragging rights!