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

 CS>
 CS> Not to worry.  We have 'local names' and that may not be the right
 CS> name in
 CS> Japanese for this fish.  Just the one we use here for it.  It's a
 CS> snapperish
 CS> looking thing.  Could even be the Tagalog name for it .

GP> Yup, tough in an international world, eh?
GP> Yeah, I think "sea bream" works. . . :)

GP> She seemed to deem it in the "tai" category (so maybe
"gintai"?) which
GP> is translated on the menus here as "red snapper"(yummy!)

Could well be!  My Japanese is 'phonetic' filterd from a southern accent. 
The ¨area has 80%Japanese and 20% 'gosh, USA or married to it'.  My best
friend is ¨german and her english is just getting usable (married to a US
Navy person).  ¨She's got me scratching my head to remember English names
for stuff that she ¨sees in the stores locally.  Heck if i know what
'KangKoon' is in english!  ¨There's another green she loves and found out
in town thats kinda like a very ¨strong kale.  I forget what she calls it
but the japanese storew owner now adds ¨that to the kanji label since he at
least has something else to call it. ;-)

Would Gindai become gintai?  Easily here.

 CS> Just remember the rice has to me medium or short grain (calrose is a
 CS> good one
 CS> to use and easy to get outside of Japan).  Has to be 'sticky rice'.

GP> Yes, I have Japanese sticky rice, and my "Japanese mom"
has educated m
GP> as to the better brands to pick up here in the grocery stores. . .

hehe she would!  That horrid 'fluffy stuff' isnt fit to feed pigs much less ¨humans.
                                       xxcarol

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