Stuffed squid

After returning home from the department store I decided to cook dinner. I decided to look online to see what I could make with my newly bought ingredients and to my surprise I found a list of things I could make with squid.


I decided to try making stuffed squid.


The recipe was quite simple all it required was a cup of old rice, chorizo sausage, red peppers, the tail and tentacles of the squid, garlic, white wine vinegar , salt and pepper.

All I did was cut up the squid and fry the the rice and other ingredients in a fry pan. And then stuffed the body of the squid with these ingredients and then fried the body of he squid. After frying the body on both sides for about 2 minutes each I placed it in the oven safe dish and covered the squid with about a half cup of wine vinegar and baked for about 45 minutes on 170C. If you want to make the presentation look nice, I would add some tomatoes or other vegetables around the squid when you bake it.

The stuffing can be replaced with anything you have in the fridge.

The recipe is quite easy to make

You can find the original recipe at this link

http://pasto.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/chorizo-stuffed-squidlulas-recheadas/

The original asked for bread instead of rice, but since I live in Asia I decided to use rice instead of the bread and egg mixture.

Shopping in the Japanese department store for food

Since moving to Shinjuku I find it quite enjoyable to shop in department stores for daily goods. They are quite expensive compared to supermarkets but the quality is great.


This last week, I was walking around Shinjuku after work and decided to go check out the seafood department at Odakyu department store. After arriving at the department store I was quite shocked to find that they were having a sale on seafood.


I was able to buy a basket of squid and two Kai

The basket of squid only cost me 500 yen and the Kai cost 480 for the two.

Great deal

Days of our lives

Recently, I haven't updated my blog for a majority of reasons the  main reason being that my work has been super busy. Over the last couple of months I have had a total of 4 days off...

Moreover, a majority of my coworkers have been quitting left and right. At first, I thought this was because of overworking but boy was I wrong.


They are quitting because of company politics. I know this is a big problem in American companies but I didn't know it was a huge problem here in Japan as well. According to Japanese law, one cannot be fired if they are a lifetime employee (seishain). However, if the company wants you to be gone they will try to make your life a living hell so you will quit. This is what his happening at my current company.


My company is a branch of a publishing firm and we are mostly dealing with the production of education materials. Many of my coworkers have years of experience in either publishing or education.


I have found out that many of my coworkers don't get along. The only reason I found out was because some coworkers often excluded others from parties and etc.


Unlike in the USA, Japanese tend to bully or exclude coworkers they don't like from lunch or other social events. It is very similar to middle school or high school here. By doing this, it would cause their coworker to feel as if they don't belong and quit.


Welcome to the days of my life