Subscribe to RSS feed subscribe by email twitter stumble this page  
         
Food For Thought Goya
(Entered Sep. 15, 2004)
  Recent Food For Thought:

Here's a vegtable you probably won't find in the supermarkets back home. Sometimes called 'nigauri' in Japan, but more often people say 'goya' which is what it's called in Okinawa, where it was made popular.

goya

Goya is characterized by its extremely bitter taste, but it's also thought to be one of the reasons that people in Okinawa live so long, hence it's rising popularity throughout Japan. It's probably best not to eat it raw, you'll probably never eat it again. Try cooking it Okinawa style, fried with eggs, pork (Okinawa's just love their pork), a little soya sauce and rice wine, pretty tasty actually! When you're preparing it, cut it into rings as shown, make sure you take out the seeds, you won't like them if you eat them either. Goya's health benefits? Tons of vitamin C, and possible benefits against high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. Here's to long life!

goya

 

Pepsi Strong Shot
Zero Life
Green Cola
Pepsi Baobab
Tomato Cafe
Goya Champuru Candy
Cake Lighter Than Air
Coke Breath
Vinegar and Milk
Coke Plus Fiber
Pepsi Azuki - Red Bean Pepsi
Kit Kat's Flavour Fetish - Part 4
Sports Drink Conspiracy
Snapple Facts
Pepper Flavoured Gum
I Need Western Food, Stat!
Grilled Lamb Caramels
Free Beer
Pepsi Shiso (Beefsteak Plant)
Green Tea Coke
All Entries

Awards:
Tripbase Blog Awards 2009
Tripbase Blog Awards 2009

 

Recent Comments...

Recent Artwork:
winter beauty

Blogroll - Friends:
Michael John Grist
Genfab
Comicrocosmos by SZLIN
Jason Collin Photography
MacKenchi
Philbuchan's Weblog
The Itinerant American

Blogroll - Japan:
Alive in Kyoto
An Englishman in Osaka
As I See Japan... From L.A.
Gaijin Tonic
i, cjw
Japandemic
Japan Probe
Japan Sugoi
Japundit
Tokyo Times
Urutoranohi

Blogroll - Elsewhere:
Buy Absinthe
Degenerasian
Imoet
Scribbles
The Daily Kimchi
Travel Photo Blogging

Great Art Sites:
Red Bubble
Deviant Art
ARTslant

 

     
Blender Poll  
  Mike's Facts
   
   
sheep on the hunt