Viva La Intro

Call me Nissa, I'm a young gothic chick who has an ever-growing love for things from Japan. It started with Anime, jumped to food, now it's also culture and J-Rock. So join me as I learn and explore these worlds.

Here is a lil' about me, mind you this is just a little cause the internet is full of creepies.
I'm Nissa, or Nissy if you really must.
I do live with my parents yes, but hey it's cheap.
I have two pets: Tux and Syren. Tuxadurby is my five year old, 15lbs, tuxedo cat... who suffers from stupidity. Syren is my 15 year old chestnut (red-head) Arabian horse who thinks she's the Queen of Shiba.
My mother's two cats are Dorry and Luna-P (yes, yes, from Sailor Moon).
Hm what else? My favorite color is red and my favorite drink is Dr. Pepper.

Yeah I think that will do-for now.

Anime may be my first love of things that are Japanese, but its followed very closely by Japanese Food! Oh my god I love their food! And not just sushi, terykaki, ramen, and pokey either. No, no, no. I'm in love with udon dishes, okonomiyaki, daifuku, yakisoba, and mochi.

Every Thursday night I make a Japanese Meal for dinner and sometimes I get real ambitious and pack bento (lunches) for my mom and dad too. During my first few weeks of this I've learned a few interesting things on Japanese food culture. Ever go to your fav search engine and typed in 'bento'? If not give it a try. It really is amazing what these people do with their lunches. The only thing I have yet to try is Sake, I'm of age to drink but I've never gone out to get any because I haven't the foggiest idea of where to start. The liquor stores here are small but they do have what looks like a good selection of sake.

Now that the pointless babbling is over, here are a few basics about the kitchen cabinet essentials:
Mirin - it's a mix of sugar and sake
Soy Sauce - you do know what this is, right?
Dashi - A fish based stock, very fishy
Rice - If you don't know what that is then slap yourself HARD
Nori - Better known to us as seaweed and you usually find it dried
All these make up the main parts of the different meals, what you add after that in the recipe you follow is really up to you.