*** Quoting George Pope from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

GP> On (10 Aug 05) Carol Shenkenberger wrote to George Pope...
 CS> Fish is also seasonal in aspects and it's Gindai time I think (forgot
 CS> english
 CS> name for that one) but there are probably 50 other seafoods I can get
 CS> just now
 CS> at the local market.


GP> My Japanese mom looked it up in her dictionary -- it's "sea
bream". .
GP> she's not familiar with it and such a variety, as she's from the north
GP> islands somewhere. . . she says that kind of variety is common in the
GP> south, where you are. . . :)

Looks a bit like snapper when sold as fillets but smaller.  Cooks about the
¨same as it's a mild fish.  Decent eats at a good price when in season. 
Glad i ¨got the name close enough for your mom to figure out!  Sasebo is
very 'engrish' ¨meaning the names are not true english or Japanese but a
mix.

GP> She didn't know that cookie you mentioned -- must be a strictly local
GP> thing, eh?

Totally.  Ask your Mom if she knows a flat tofu item made with sometimes
bits ¨of fish and sometimes bits of fruit, fried brown to almost crispy. I
have no ¨idea of the Japanese name for it.  May be a local Kyushu food item
just like ¨our local 'kimchee'. It just *looks* like an oatmeal cookie at
the start (soft ¨type) and catches us astray when we first move here so we
call it a 'Sasebo ¨Cookie'.

The concession to kindness is if they see a kid in tow, they will warn ya
'not ¨cookie, tofu'. before you buy one.  Charlotte and I got one each
first time in ¨the Tonoo market, with warning.  Our Japanese is still
minimal but even then ¨we managed 'sweet' or 'fish' and Charlotte had sweet
(fruit bits) and i had ¨'fish' (Sakana).

GP> What's the generic name of it in Japanese?

No clue.  Sorry! They mix tofu with other stuff, mash it flat then fry it
¨(possibly on a grill).

                                       xxcarol

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