Squid express
Posted on 15. Jan, 2007 by dimaks in Life
Spending my saturday afternoon away was nevertheless a nice one, even though this uninvited cough I’ve been having since the night of friday last week is really annoying. This freezing air might be the biggest factor in it. But anyway, I already went to the nearby drugstore “たらしま” (Tarashima) – about 12 minutes by bicycle from my dormitory and bought medicine. After taking like 6 tabs (3 tabs per take, jap meds usually come in low milligrams), I already felt the healing effect. The 40 something oldman drugstore attendant surprised me with his english. He spoke well (with the slight british accent) and so, I was forced to switch to english mode 
He even gave me 2 sachets of free vitamins – that was nice, and I thanked him.
Anyway, so what’s up with the squid express above? Well, that was my lunch dish last saturday (Jan. 15). It is actually a nameless recipe. I don’t know what it is called since the idea of cooking it just came to my mind instantaneously. So, can you guys suggest a name of it for me? The ingredients are pretty common, and so as the cooking procedure – you know, the usual saute and fry thing then add this and that, simmer, etc.
Contained in this unnamed recipe were the following:
- medium-size squids
- tomatoes
- string beans
- string onions
- onions
- green peas and corn
- eggplant
Seasonings are salt, black pepper powder and turmeric powder. I used olive oil in cooking this dish.
My weekender entry 
…and wishing you all a bright and healthy week ahead.
‘hope this cough will squid away ASAP.
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Ms`Ma|ambing
Jan 15th, 2007
veges con calamaro.. wula lang.. lol. yun lang naisip ko eh
mukang masarap ah.. hrmn… mukhang balak mong gawing career pagluluto ah..
weee.. mishu.. ^_^
tina
Jan 15th, 2007
Squid Express sounds ok. Haha. -_-
Wow ha.. you made a dish all on your own? Amazing! Hehe
Oh and I agree about us people being responsible for what is happening to us not God. Agree agree.
dimaks
Jan 15th, 2007
@Ms`Ma|ambing
hmm career sounds a bit complicated …lets say, future sideline? hehe.. veges con calamaro (res) counts as one
@tina
smart and easy pick huh.. yeah, i did it on my own and i’ve been forcibly cooking (the price of being away from home) since april last year (2006). oh wait, yes i bought myself an oriental cookbook
Prab
Jan 15th, 2007
And here I am thinking that you went there to study Engineering and not on how to become a chef.
Sabagay, maybe it can be a sideline.. lol
dimaks
Jan 15th, 2007
I am actually trying not to be monotonous with my stay here in Japan. There were a couple of other things I intended to do in my early days here; joining martial arts and calligraphy club. But then, my intensive jap language course hampered it. So many things, less time.
Shai
Jan 15th, 2007
Salamat sa pagbisita sa site ko =)
Hindi kasi ko kumakain ng seafoods eh but my sis saw the pic and she said that it looks delicious daw, do you have plans on becoming a chef? lol, and mahilig ka ba talaga mag experiment?
dimaks
Jan 15th, 2007
@Shai
at oo, mahilig ako mag-experiment, buti na lang, nakakain pa ang nagiging resulta 
You’re welcome! becoming a chef sounds too ambitious i guess. tama na siguro ang matutong magluto
Ms`Ma|ambing
Jan 15th, 2007
by the way, “calamaro” is an italian word for squid.. hee^_^hee
verns
Jan 15th, 2007
call it URSULA…di ba Ursula yung giant woman slash squid doon sa Little Mermaid? hrhrhrhr
Prab
Jan 15th, 2007
Hala, so everytime you eat you get reminded by the evil old sea-witch? lol
kathy
Jan 15th, 2007
Oishisou!!! Next time you come to our house, please cook this for us, ne? Hehe…just kidding.
pining
Jan 16th, 2007
That looks delicious
haven’t had squid for years ( hubby doesn’t like it )! Anyway, just dropped by to say hello and thanx for visiting my humble blog..
dimaks
Jan 16th, 2007
@Ms`Ma|ambing
ok so calamaro will make it sound like an italian recipe, dapat siguro samahan ko ng side dish na pasta hehe
@verns
URSULA? and it makes the recipe witchy? just thinking aloud
@Prab
baka favorite ni verns ang little mermaid nun bata pa siya :p
@kathy
mukhang napasubo ako dun ah, demo.. daijobu desu!
@pining
sige po, dalaw-dalaw lang kayo.. salamat din.
akosijod
Jan 16th, 2007
hey. thanks for dropping by my blog. anyway, i have a nice name for the squid express. actually, it is a name we use for meals we cook without a recipe. we call these things maskipaps – as in maski papaano. ahaha..
anyway. i sometimes cook by simultaneously adding ingredients. as long as i know how it tastes i will just put it in!
tata!
herb
Jan 16th, 2007
uy sarap naman! penge~! puro frozen food kinakain ko lately eh…*sniff*
peter
Jan 16th, 2007
hmmm. yummie.. ncie food. dow ma cholesterol ata..
dimaks
Jan 17th, 2007
@akosijod
yeah, i think experimenting will enhance your cooking creativity and the feeling is always good especially when you come out with a great-tasting recipe.
maskipaps sounds creative.. sikat sa UP yan
@herb
sabay sa winter season ang mga kinakain mo ah, hehe
@peter
but its always good to eat it with tea on the side, hot or cold.
ty. i think the paste from the squid made it look like what you thought of
verns
Jan 17th, 2007
Dimaks ayaw mo nun…may ganun sha na factor…witchy! hehe but yes the Little Mermaid is one of my favorite Disney animated movies
By the way I would like to share this one…Glady’s Guevarra, I don’t know if you know her but she’s a singer/tv personality, has a business she named Goto Republic. They’re selling different types of Goto. Anyway she calls one of their Gotos “GOTOHELL” kasi spicy yung goto na yun hehe La lang..funny kasi ng name at the same time catchy. So probably everytime somebody orders it and the waiter serves it, sasabihin ng waiter ” Sir, gotohell” hrhrhrhr
@Prab— hehehe that’s it if they they ursula hehe
dimaks
Jan 17th, 2007
I know GG (not galunggong hehe)
astig ng goto na yun ah. am sure meron ding “GOTOHEAVEN”, kaya? para tanong ng waiter, sir, maam, “GOTOHEAVEN”?
Ms`Ma|ambing
Jan 18th, 2007
eek.. hon talaga, kelangan ba pag tunog italian, mi kasama laging pasta? hee^_^hee
Ms`Ma|ambing
Jan 18th, 2007
ano ba squid sa magui? yun na lang… lol.. o kaya naman ed’s squid veges, para ikaw na ikaw..
verns
Jan 18th, 2007
hahaha oo nga noh? either way kung pikon or honga yung customer, tiyak sampal aabutin ng waiter lolz
Richmond
Jan 18th, 2007
I do love eating octupus… but squis is waaay better…
sexy mom
Jan 23rd, 2007
OISHQUID – baka pwede yon?
and how is your cough? gone now, i suppose
dimaks
Jan 24th, 2007
@sexy mom
‘just needed some mucolytic tablets plus lots of fluid intake.
Another addition to my list. Wow that sounds like japanese
Cough has subsided now
Thanks for dropping back