Spring Giveaway Winner and a Trip to the Asian Supermarket

 Dear Friends,

Congratulations to our friend Heather Watts, for winning the spring cleaning giveaway! We hope that you are settled into your new place quickly, and can enjoy some sewing time soon. :)

Last week, Mr. Graham and I thought we'd take a field trip to a giant-sized Asian market in Overland Park, Kansas.

There was lots of beautiful produce there, like these Chinese eggplant that AnnaMarie is modeling~
(We peeled, then sliced them, and marinated them in olive and salt for a few hours before dehydrating them on 105 degrees all night. The next day, they were chewy "bacon"!).

After we left the produce section, things were a bit trickier to identify~

"I wish I'd taken Chinese when I had a chance!"

(Frankie showed how overwhelmed he was in another way)

We did manage to find our way to the sea vegetables, and bought a three-foot long back of dried kelp fronds, along with two other types of dried varieties which we couldn't identify. :) Sea plants are wonderful for adding iodine to the diet (we like them crunchy and dried, as opposed to reconstituted in soups). We also bought a "bale" of sweet potato starch noodles for $7 (it would have been about 30 in a normal grocery store), and a few other assorted goodies that were very tasty. The one thing that we bought and still haven't figured out what to do with is powdered white prune! If anyone knows, please let us know (It's not JUST powdered fruit, we can tell).

If we manage to get back there anytime soon, we'll have to pick up some fermented foods like kimchi, miso, and natto, to get lots of those good "bugs" into our bodies.

May you find something new to try this week!

Love,

Marqueta