Online Grocers & Things You Can Grow Yourself
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- February 13, 2010 at 3:11 am #49309OrionParticipant
for USA, you can also shop online at:
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/
and ebay also has some items.
don’t forget you can grow a lot of things yourself, too.. here’s some seed companies that sell asian seeds:
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
http://www.watersuntogether.com/
http://www.newdimensionseed.com/
http://www.botanicalinterests.com/store/search_results_sample.php?select=20002
http://www.territorialseed.com/
http://www.marshallgrain.com/marshall/dept.asp?dept_id=3260
http://www.pan-asianseeds.com/
for korean/japanese sweet potatoes: http://www.sandhillpreservation.com
don’t forget you can buy things on ebay as well.
you can also go to gardenweb.com & join the asian vegetables forum, as well as the seed & plant exchanges and see if anyone would like to trade with you.
you can also make your own soy milk and tofu.
you can buy up to 30lb of non GMO (genetically modified) soy beans here: http://www.tosteds.com/products.asp?cat=11
here’s a soy milk maker: http://www.soymilkmaker.com/soyapower.html
here’s a tofu kit that comes with a tofu mold and enough natural nigari to make 240 POUNDS of tofu. http://www.soymilkmaker.com/tofubox.html
hope this helps some people.
- February 13, 2010 at 8:15 am #53280stanfordParticipant
Sweet list!
Although it’s always bothered me that the “English” button on the hmart site seems to be purely decorative.
It’s always been my dream to plant uja seeds and grow ujas and make my own uja tea. But I don’t even know what those things are called in english. “Citron?”
- February 13, 2010 at 7:43 pm #53281OrionParticipant
i don’t know what an uja is. lol if it’s citron, it would be citrus- like lemon/lime/orange/etc.. which those fruits can only grow in zones 9 and up.. which means places like southern california, texas, louisiana, florida, georgia, etc. yuzu goes to zone 7b, though (think southern oklahoma).. you can get meyer lemon trees and kaffir lime trees and dwarf trees and keep them indoors, provided you get plenty of light in your home. :) you can even get dwarf pomegranate trees!
when i posted this, i was thinking of things more along the lines of chives, napa cabbage, perilla, etc. :)
- February 16, 2010 at 4:15 pm #53282unchienneParticipant
I recently ordered some perilla and sook-gat seeds off ebay. I usually like to order through evergreen seeds, but they require a min. purchase and I only have the yard and time to do just a couple this year.
Wish me luck. The warm weather plays havok on the chrysanthemum plants and make they flower (I live in S. Georgia). Never tried perilla before, but I’ve seen peoples yards with it growing and it looks like they’re fairly hardy down here. I hope so as it’s not readily available for me and neither is the powder.
- February 17, 2010 at 1:23 pm #53283GraceMParticipant
I think “uja” is more commonly known by its Japanese name, yuzu, in the U.S. But I still don’t know where you can find a tree! What I would love to grow are some maesil plums…
- February 18, 2010 at 7:12 am #53284OrionParticipant
ahhhh.. yuzu.. okay, i know where to get those. here’s a few sources:
http://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/featured_trees3.html
http://www.growquest.com/Fruit%20trees%20-%20better%20plant/Yuzu%20citrus.htm
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/yuzu.htm
here’s korean pear trees as well:
http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php?func=view&id=36
http://www.burntridgenursery.com/fruitingPlants/index_product.asp?dept=10&parent=7
http://www.tytyga.com/product/Korean+Giant+Pear+Tree
http://willisorchards.com/category/Pear+Trees?gclid=COCOkIqo-58CFRBM5QodNld9lw
http://gurneys.com/olympic-giant-asian-pear-tree/p/68045/
korean persimmons:
http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php?func=view&id=290
http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php?func=view&id=211
http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php?func=view&id=306
http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php?func=view&id=301
jujube trees:
http://www.burntridgenursery.com/fruitingPlants/index_product.asp?dept=21&parent=7
ediblelandscaping.com has quite a variety of trees & stuff available. i recommend getting their catalog, as well as raintreenursery.com’s catalog. tons of stuff in there. even jujubes, quince, etc.
in regards to maesil plums, i think they have those as well. if not, i can find where to get a tree. as far as i can tell, they’re the same kind of pear used for umeboshi…
here’s some satsuma plums: http://www.willisorchards.com/product/Satsuma+Plum+Tree?category=256
ume plum:
http://www.forestfarm.com/product.php?id=3686
http://www.tytyga.com/product/Japanese+Flowering+Apricot+Tree
http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/productdetails.cfm?ProductID=C447
http://www.camforest.com/Prunus_mume_s/2.htm < this one lets you pick your color of flower
- February 18, 2010 at 7:43 am #53285OrionParticipant
if you don’t mind hybrid vegetables, water sun together is a good source for korean vegetables..
http://www.watersuntogether.com/itemList.asp?IT_Cat1=Asian%20Seeds
they have the radishes, lettuces, spinach, cucumbers, chives, egg plant, bok choy, korean peppers, napa cabbage, mustard leaves, etc..
they’re 1.99 a pack… most of the other seeds on the website are 99 cents..
if you want to be able to save your seed, i suggest buying from people that sell heirlooms, like cherrygal.com, gourmetseed.com, kitazawaseed.com, etc. you can save hybrid seeds, but you just won’t know what will come up.. if it’ll be the same as it was the year before or not.. i mean, obviously, if you plant a pepper seed you’ll get a pepper plant.. but you just won’t know which of the 2 parent peppers you’ll end up with.
- February 18, 2010 at 10:48 pm #53286SylviaMember
https://www.maangchi.com/fans/sylvia-smith
Look at my fanpage at Maanchi.com
You will see some really healthy Perilla plants that I grew last summer.
I got the seeds from Kitazawa Seed company.
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