>  > > CS> Hehe sorry.  Yes, from Japan.  'Fumi Furikake' just is 'rice
 >  > > CS> seasoning' and it coems in little jars or a small
dip dish which
 >  > > CS> you use tiny spoons with.
 > 
 >  CS> I'm trying to think of where they would be in a USA store.  In Japan
 >  CS> of course, it would be the spice section.  Wegmans I think probably
 >  CS> does have it from the descriptions of the place.  TJ's probably too.
 > 
 > As I said a day or so ago, I did find it at Wegmans...  With spices in
 > the Asian section, specifically the Japanese part...  We don't have a
 > TJ's here (I presume that's Trader Joe's?)... I was in one once, when we
 > were out in Arizona visiting our son who lived out there then.

Yes, TJ is Trader Joes.  Reputedly to be a good place.  One is being built
here and should be open soon.  It's not on the web page but should be on in
Virginia Beach come spring?

 >  CS> Be thinking a jar the size of a calumet baking powder tin.  Thats the
 >  CS> most common one.  Will be a product of Japan almost for sure (avoid
 >  CS> others such as china lately, if you even see it from China).  Japan
 > 
 > That's what I found, a jar about the size of the Calumet... And very
 > clearly marked as "wasabi fumi furikake", with the rest in English.
 > Well, most of the rest... there were Asian characters on it too...  :)
 > 
 > Interestingly, after I got it home and looked more closely, it said that
 > it was a product of China.  Hmmm...  Should I return it to Wegmans?

Naw, but it does mean it doesnt have 'real wasabi'.  Thats ok, I use fake
types all the time here.  For the wasabi type, china should be fine.  I would
take it back if the ebi (shrimp) type.

If you can find dried shrimp (normally small things like coctail sized or
popcorn sized but dried), crush a few of those in there for the ebi type with
the wasabi kick.  Real common trick in japan to save money as it's cheaper to
buy dried shrimp and add them than get the stuff with it added already.

 >  CS> food standards are as high or higher than ours.  In fact, there are
 >  CS> some foods they won't import from us due to different food safety laws.
 > 
 > Yes, I had heard that.

;-)  Never worry about a product from Japan as far as food goes.  Other than
a few odd items like fugu (puffer fish) and a bracken fern that you can
safely eat only a small amount of, it's good stuff.

Oh and when there, be careful of some of the mushrooms.  They have a wider
view of what is acceptable there and some of the 'magic mushrooms' will get
you in trouble with the law here. (sold openly there as a legal intoxicant
and used in small amounts even by old grannies with arthritis).
             xxcarol
               
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