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Ah, cheddar was the go-to there.

I used to alternate bites of cheese and pb on their own so that seems fine to me. Never tried banana but salty and sweet is typically good. Bacon is smoky and umami so it seems like it should work. I'm really sensitive to banana's taste and like them rather ripe (black spots on peal) so I might like that but not anything less ripe

[is a ] casserole made of chicken, bananas, peanuts, and bacon

I'm conflicted on this. The banana is throwing me off a bit. Cooked peanuts are a thing in a lot of Asian cuisine so that makes sense on that level. I'd try it.

But I am le tired~

They could have briefly sent a fax to a Samurai, in theory. Technically not one in Japan since no cables, but a Japanese embassy in the UK (as in a group of people rather than a building) could have sent a commercial fax.

Joetsu, Niigata, Japan. I can't put my finger on it and was only there for a day, but I don't feel any need to go back. Weird layout, bad roads, rusting (not that that's rare for Japan outside of the metropolis areas), etc. People were a mixed bag as well, though no one was overtly unfriendly.

Having lived a number of years there, where in Houston you are can feel like entirely different cities (and, in terms of distance, probably should be).

What engineer would use 'ft's? *ducks*

Hah, nice! Thanks for the deep-dive. I only ever learnt Plätzchen when I studied German in the early 2000s in the US. At least so far as I can remember 20-something years later.

Well, I went from English (a mess) to japanese (differently a mess), so there is some masochistic aspect in there.

I considered learning Danish, but thought I might start with something a bit more pronounceable (I do not have faith in mastering stød or the various sounds very quickly).

Heh, I was thinking of Norwegian småkake. It's crazy how much Danish I can read in posts around here now that I'm learning bokmål Norwegian. Well, not that surprising with history, I guess, heh.

In German, it's diminutive, but it's not from 'cake'. I think it means little discs/plates or something, but it's been a long time.