Photos What's goin be yer Chrissy dinner?

[Lulldapull]

Date of Event: Dec 18, 2024

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1UdwN5xsf8

I was thinking doin up a Mississippi pot roast just like this:



Nihari/ Biryani/ Polao is not on de agenda this year.

 

[Lulldapull]

@Bagheera0084 @Vsdoc @PakistanProud @Dogun18 @Sharma Ji @Mainerik @Saif @Bilal9 @RayKalm

What yous all plannin to cook up? I'm in a dilemma now hunting for the pepperonchino pickled peppers here in Japan.

 

[Mainerik]

@Bagheera0084 @Vsdoc @PakistanProud @Dogun18 @Sharma Ji @Mainerik @Saif @Bilal9 @RayKalm

What yous all plannin to cook up? I'm in a dilemma now hunting for the pepperonchino pickled peppers here in Japan.

Does Japan even have Halal anything? Don't they eat frogs there?

 

[Lulldapull]

Does Japan even have Halal anything? Don't they eat frogs there?

No frogs, very little beef, lamb chicken or pork.......it's all sea food here bro. This country surrounded by the ocean.

I wish I could get those delicious pepperonccini/ cucumbers and cracked spicy Lebanese olives here.

You know Lebanese food the best in the entire middle east no?

 

[Sharma Ji]

No special plans for Xmas. I'm supposed to fly home but those plans are looking iffy.. dont really celebrate xmas either.. if I'm down south, its generally very festive around here.. get a usual prawn something maybe ?

Ghar gaya toh ghar ka khana, sarson da saag makkai roti or something, maybe a rajma chawal

 

[Lulldapull]

No special plans for Xmas. I'm supposed to fly home but those plans are looking iffy.. dont really celebrate xmas either.. if I'm down south, its generally very festive around here.. get a usual prawn something maybe ?

Ghar gaya toh ghar ka khana, sarson da saag makkai roti or something, maybe a rajma chawal

oh bhai......try being a pendu in Japan, despite me being outta da country for the last 35 years. And married to a Japanese who wouldn't touch any land animal meat! Ye basically Buddhist qaum hae Japanese.

Try that........lol

 

[Sharma Ji]

oh bhai......try being a pendu in Japan, despite me being outta da country for the last 35 years. And married to a Japanese who wouldn't touch any land animal meat! Ye basically Buddhist qaum hae Japanese.

Try that........lol

dhoondho, zaroor milega some sorta desi restaurant.

At least you got good macchi, but Japanese, I imagine, is very acquired taste waali cuisine. Order in a Yakitori grill something.. or is that not allowed ?

idhar bhi, not so easy for north Indian palate.. tastes all different and not proper.. sure there's the odd restaurant but you really gotta search and find em, not ubiquitous.

 

[Vsdoc]

@Bagheera0084 @Vsdoc @PakistanProud @Dogun18 @Sharma Ji @Mainerik @Saif @Bilal9 @RayKalm

What yous all plannin to cook up? I'm in a dilemma now hunting for the pepperonchino pickled peppers here in Japan.

I don't cook bhai. I am an extreme caveman.

Chai bhi garam nahin karta if I can get away with it. Which is most times.

Old days when the kids were smaller, we used to drive around Poona in the cantonement past all the major churches, during the midnight mass. Just to see the crowds of makapavs and the festivities.

Nowadays, not so much. Plum cake will be there. Gifts will still be put up by the mrs after the kids sleep (one teen, and 2 in their 20s lol). The tree and lights will be there, which sometimes stays on for weeks.

We have a big compound. And an actual live real tree.

 

[Suresh Naresh]

@Bagheera0084 @Vsdoc @PakistanProud @Dogun18 @Sharma Ji @Mainerik @Saif @Bilal9 @RayKalm

What yous all plannin to cook up? I'm in a dilemma now hunting for the pepperonchino pickled peppers here in Japan.

Just like any other day. Once you grow up, in adulthood, you don't notice the days of events like birthdays, new year eve, Christmas, etc.

 

[Vsdoc]

@Dogun18 bhai what's this new emoticon mean.

 

[Suresh Naresh]

@Lulldapull,

By the way, do Japanese practice religion? You said that your wife (who is Japanese) does.

 

[Dogun18]

 

[Lulldapull]

@Lulldapull,

By the way, do Japanese practice religion? You said that your wife (who is Japanese) does.

No yaar.....Japanese are the ultimate secular people on this planet........They're cultural nationalists though, almost Nazi level.

 

[Suresh Naresh]

No yaar.....Japanese are the ultimate secular people on this planet........They're cultural nationalists though, almost Nazi level.

You didn't get my question. One can be secular by practising religion, doing rituals, etc also. So the question is do Japanese practice religion?

 

[Lulldapull]

You didn't get my question. One can be secular by practising religion, doing rituals, etc also. So the question is do Japanese practice religion?

My wife’s Shinto, which is the main religion here in Japan. However Shinto religion is basically worshipping nature. So come February you go to the main Shinto shrine here in the city of Ise. There you go stand in front of the main altar, clap twice and bow your head. Stay silent for a minute……put a donation in the box. Take a few steps back, bow down and walk out in solitude.

That’s about the extent of religion I’ve seen here bhai…..

 

[Dogun18]

My wife’s Shinto, which is the main religion here in Japan. However Shinto religion is basically worshipping nature. So come February you go to the main Shinto shrine here in the city of Ise. There you go stand in front of the main altar, clap twice and now your head. Stay silent for a minute……put a donation in the box. Take a few steps back, bow down and walk out in solitude.

That’s about the extent of religion I’ve seen here bhai…..

What does your wife think of Islam? I know you are not practicing.

 

[Lulldapull]

What does your wife think of Islam? I know you are not practicing.

No opinion on any religion. Many preachers have come n gone here. Thousands of hillbilly Christy X-Tians come here to brainwash the Japanese. However because of higher IQ and high standard of living, the missionaries are largely unsuccessful.

However, this is in stark contrast to South Korea where 30% of the population is Christy X-Tian now. Here in Japan it’s less than 1% Christy X-Tian.

Ajeeb baat hae bhai. Japanese ko chutiya banana is very hard.

 

[Dogun18]

No opinion on any religion. Many preachers have come n gone here. Thousands of hillbilly Christy X-Tiana come here to brainwash the Japanese. However because of higher IQ and high standard of living, the missionaries are largely unsuccessful.

However, this is in stark contrast to South Korea where 30% of the population is Christy X-Tian now. Here in Japan it’s less than 1% Christy X-Tian.

Ajeeb baat hae bhai. Japanese ko chutiya banana is very hard.

So even for you secularism > Islam… hmmm

 

[Lulldapull]

So even for you secularism > Islam… hmmm

I’m not religious bhai. Never was. I’m the most liberal guy here.

Again, to each his own. Whatever floats your boat.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

We have special food every day. Very delicious veg food. It is simple but so testy. I never like restaurant food no matter how good it is. I have sourced some tooooo good food grain Desi food grain grown organically. Desi Basmati rice grown in Dang jungle, Black moong, Bhalia Wheat, cow ghee. You do not need anything. Only Roti and Chutney will give you batter test than any damn good restaurant food. I can bet that if you eat Thepla with white butter and Raita (only 2 items) with me, you will forget everything. No food shall test batter.

 

[Vsdoc]

So even for you secularism > Islam… hmmm

In my experience, most Pakistanis, and Muslims in general, mistake or confabulate atheism or agnosticism for secularism.

Indians never do. We are a deeply religious largely secular people.

 

[Vsdoc]

We have special food every day. Very delicious veg food. It is simple but so testy. I never like restaurant food no matter how good it is. I have sourced some tooooo good food grain Desi food grain grown organically. Desi Basmati rice grown in Dang jungle, Black moong, Bhalia Wheat, cow ghee. You do not need anything. Only Roti and Chutney will give you batter test than any damn good restaurant food. I can bet that if you eat Thepla with white butter and Raita (only 2 items) with me, you will forget everything. No food shall be tested batter.

Tame Gujarati ccho?

 

[Lulldapull]

We have special food every day. Very delicious veg food. It is simple but so testy. I never like restaurant food no matter how good it is. I have sourced some tooooo good food grain Desi food grain grown organically. Desi Basmati rice grown in Dang jungle, Black moong, Bhalia Wheat, cow ghee. You do not need anything. Only Roti and Chutney will give you batter test than any damn good restaurant food. I can bet that if you eat Thepla with white butter and Raita (only 2 items) with me, you will forget everything. No food shall be tested batter.

I had a Brahman friend in Australia and he made one of the best daal for me that chilka urad.

He just boiled it with a pinch of chilli flakes. Once done he added asefoetida and onion tarrka.

That was the extent of it.

I’ve actually never had daal like that.

So simple yet wonderful.

He told me you don’t even need onion. Just put a teaspoon of Desi ghee. Nothing else!

I was just surprised that he wasn’t kidding.

That day I started appreciating the simplicity of hindu Brahman food.

They know exactly what they’re doing with vegetarian food.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

No opinion on any religion. Many preachers have come n gone here. Thousands of hillbilly Christy X-Tians come here to brainwash the Japanese. However because of higher IQ and high standard of living, the missionaries are largely unsuccessful.

However, this is in stark contrast to South Korea where 30% of the population is Christy X-Tian now. Here in Japan it’s less than 1% Christy X-Tian.

Ajeeb baat hae bhai. Japanese ko chutiya banana is very hard.

I have seen some Japanese attracted towards Hinduism.

 

[Sharma Ji]

My wife’s Shinto, which is the main religion here in Japan. However Shinto religion is basically worshipping nature. So come February you go to the main Shinto shrine here in the city of Ise. There you go stand in front of the main altar, clap twice and bow your head. Stay silent for a minute……put a donation in the box. Take a few steps back, bow down and walk out in solitude.

That’s about the extent of religion I’ve seen here bhai…..

Bro do you know the Nicherin ? There's the soka gakai and one other sub sect thing. I knew someone who was into it, she even later got a gohon zong installed at her place, a Jap priest blessed her house, was a pretty big deal, she told me.

 

[Lulldapull]

I have seen some Japanese attracted towards Hinduism.

Hinduism is very difficult to preach here because nobody from India comes here.

Only Nepali Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi come here from South Asia.

 

[Lulldapull]

Bro do you know the Nicherin ? There's the soka gakai and one other sub sect thing. I knew someone who was into it, she even later got a gohon zong installed at her place, a Jap priest blessed her house, was a pretty big deal, she told me.

Just talked my wife and this is her response:

This is Buddhist not necessarily a cult which she says because this is new age Buddhism, and the founder just died recently.

Most Japanese are into Buddhism and revere our Taxila Hellenistic variety of Gandhara.

Gandhara was the greatest Buddhist stronghold for the longest time!

And because the Buddha/ Bodhisatva were crafted in the western sculpture, it has special reverence.

 

[Dogun18]

Just talked my wife and this is her response:

This is Buddhist not necessarily a cult which she says because this is new age Buddhism, and the founder just died recently.

Most Japanese are into Buddhism and revere our Taxila Hellenistic variety of Gandhara.

Gandhara was the greatest Buddhist stronghold for the longest time!

And because the Buddha/ Bodhisatva were crafted in the western sculpture, it has special reverence.

Do buddhists hold Pakistan highly in the Buddhist spectrum? As in a high value Buddhist area?

 

[Lulldapull]

Do buddhists hold Pakistan highly in the Buddhist spectrum? As in a high value Buddhist area?

Most left over Buddhist are poor people in Thailand or Burma or Laos or Cambodia.

Japanese are rich and they come and visit our taxila and moenjodaro and Harrpa. The Indus Valley civilization.

Hard to believe that the crux of Indus Valley civilization is in Pakistan today….

 

[Sharma Ji]

Out n about atm, Ghar ja ke making reply.

But fascinating @Lulldapull much to discuss here

 

[Sharma Ji]

Ahh, just came to me.. memory bolt

Nicheren daishonen !

The 'nam yo ho renge kyo' thing

 

[Egyptian]

Does she say it's Pakistani or Indian?