No tempeh?!

Trip Start Jul 28, 2008
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Where I stayed
Astrid and the Monkey's
(Malmö hotels)

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Monday, September 1, 2008

So, as you may have guessed from the title of this entry, Astrid and the Monkey's did not have tempeh.  :(  Not only that, but when I asked the guy who works there if they ever got any in, he asked me:  "What's tempeh?  Is it some sort of asian food?" What's this?!  An all-vegetarian grocery store does not carry this most precious and delectable of soy products? (by the way, is tempeh some sort of asian food?  I've never thought of it as asian, but I guess it would make sense if it was invented in the same place tofu came from)  I am beginning to forsee a tempeh-less next two years of my life on the horizon.   Yikes! 

But, Astrid and the Monkey's did have pink ladies!  But no yukon golds.  But it did have these super cool mango lassi drinks!  And black treacle!  (I've always wanted to try some of that...but it will have to wait 'till I'm rich 'cause it's spendy...but I just like know that I can buy black treacle whenever I want) 

But the happiest moment of the day actually came when I was at the good 'ol regular grocery store, the ICA (think Safeway), looking for canned tomatoes for soup (which apparently is not available in Sweden as far as I know).  There I was in some random aisle, hunting for canned tomato, when I saw it....Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce!!  Oh Shit Yes!  While there is apparently no need for canned diced tomatoes or tempeh in Sweden, they sure know their barbeque sauce...and that's what really matters.  (For those of you that are unfamiliar with the inside practices of my former place of employment...Sweet Baby Rays is what makes the world go 'round at least a few times a week.) 

School starts tomorrow, so we'll see how everything goes....
love sage
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~destiny~
~destiny~ on Sep 2, 2008 at 07:06AM

Shitty.
That totally sucks about the tempeh. I think it's from Indonesia, but I'm not totally sure. You could always make it on your own. I have a book that explains how to do it (New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook), but have never done it myself. It's probably much tastier that way though! The BBQ sauce is hilarious.

gingerbrains
gingerbrains on Sep 13, 2008 at 07:17AM

tempeh etc
1) it's lame that you have to make a travelpod account in order to comment on blogs! but i made one anyway.

2) according to my vast expanse of knowledge about pretty much everything (aka wikipedia), tempeh is from the island of java, which is indeed in indonesia. it used to be nicknamed 'javanese meat,' which kind of grosses me out.

3) next time you're in a grocery store, see if they have curry ketchup. i've never been able to find it ANYWHERE IN THE US, except for at the grocery stores on military bases called the PX. it's a german export i think but maybe they'd have it there, being europe and all. IT'S MY FAVORITE FOOD, eat it with sweet potato fries. also send me some if you find it.

miss you! love, hadley

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