OH MY. These looks yummy! Your onigiri is perfectly shaped. How long have you spent on these bentos? I'm going to learn how to make an onigiri one day. XDD~

Thank you ^^
Well, I suck at making cute onigiri shapes, that´s why I use a special mold for them ^^; ... it makes things easier.
Hmm, good question. I think actually DOING s.th. didn´t take so long .. perhaps 20 minutes. But you have to prepare the rice (which have to lay still in the water for half an hour), cook the Swabian pockets or the spring rolls in my case (if you don´t have leftovers from the day before) etc. ^^
But what I did was really something quick, I didn´t have much time back then ^^;;;

O___O I heard that you need to use special rice called Pearl rice to make onigiri or sushi right? Haha I see. But it's still good. I bet I'll take 2 hours to make a simple bento. o(n__n)o

Well, yeah. The best rice to use for onigiri is sushi rice, it´s not expensive (at leat not here where I live, I have no idea what´s the deal in other countries ^^;)
Err, no I don´t think you´ll need 2 hours unless you want to make an uber-cute and artistic bento ^^;
Well usually you can use left-overs for your bento, but the thing is I usually don´t have any leftovers from dinner ;o; ..... *headdesk* XD I should eat less in the evening I guess? XD

wow, tienes habilidades para la cocina , que envidia , me dan ganas que muestres como las cocinaste para aprender algo que sea TVT

y ver si una lo puede hacer tambien XD

EEEHH???? No, no, I totally suck when it comes to cooking, REALLY!!!
So what I´m doing right now EVERYONE else can do it, too, I swear!!! ^^;;

Wow, they look sooooooo yummy! *drools*

Menno, du machst mich ganz hungrig! xD

Hehe~ das ist Sinn der Sache! *eBil laughter* XDDDDD

How did you color the eggs!? These looks FAB!

Oh, I didn´t color them. You can buy them like that here in Germany ^^;
I only know how to color "empty" eggs for Easter, so ... I have no idea how they do it with hard-boiled eggs, sorry (^^;;)

P.S.: Love your MatsuJun icon <3

Aww! What a pity!
It's a shame this country of mine has no such things.T////T)

Why yes yes~ Total <3

In order to color hardboiled eggs, you can either buy a kit (in the US, the most well known kits are made by brand called Paas, but there are more out there) or use a combination of food coloring, water and vinegar.

You can also use white wax or a white crayon to make markings on the eggs, neither of which take the dye, and that will leave neat patterns on your eggs. There are also a number of other techniques that can be used to really make colored eggs unique, and I found a website for you (and anyone else who may be interested in learning more about dyed eggs) here: http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_eastereggs.htm

(PS - I added you after you posted the wonderful pictures of your trip to Japan in the foodporn community. I find your journal fun and quite interesting, plus, I lived in Germany for a few years. I speak a little German, and plan on taking German as a minor in college because I wish to become fluent in the language. Anyhow, I just wanted to introduce myself - my name is Jenifer. I hope you find the egg decorating information helpful, or at least interesting!)

... Is it weird that I've never eaten an onigiri before?...
:S
I think it's crazy how much I want to eat one after seeing your bentopicspams.

Am hungry now...

ah!... that is one very cute egg-shaped salt cellar.

Boah wie lecker sehen die denn aus *.*
Aber schmecken Maultaschen und Frühlingsrollen denn überhaupt kalt? lol
Ich will auch endlich Bento machen, aber meine Bentobox, die ich mir nachgeschickt habe, ist immer noch nicht da ToT

Das hab ich mich auch gefragt und es einfach mal ausprobiert.
Schmeckt beides, wenn auch anders als warm. Insbesondere kalte Maultaschen sind echt net schlecht!!! ^^ Werd ich sicher wieder mal machen :)
Oh je (T___T) Naja, die wird schon noch kommen.
Ich reg mich auch grad ein klein wenig drüber auf, dass ich außer einer Bentobox nix weiter bentomäßiges aus Japan mitgebracht hab, jetzt darf ich mir alles teuer über ebay holen (T_T) ... naja was tut man nicht alles ;)
Und danke!!! ^-^;

Ostereier? XD

Eher Nikolauseier XDDDD

OMG!!! I want some...*stomach suddenly growls*
they look so oishii

Everything looks so tasty! Bento #5 is my fave, and now I'm supposed to thank you now?????? I'M REALLY HUNGRYYYYYYYYYYYYY =O

Aw~ die Sachen sehen alle so toll und lecker aus ;_;

One big thing I just dont understand about bento boxes....
Even if you brough the largest one, it is still so small!!

That´s what most people think at first, but for women my age 600ml are enough, although I always use a LOT of veggies and fruits and they don´t all fit in ^^; But you don´t need to buy Japanese bento boxes, you can use normal lunch boxes as well ^^

Uwaa~ All of that looks really yummy. xD I wish I had the patience to even attempt to make a bento..even if I don't have any actual bento boxes. xDD

You don´t need a bento box for it, you can use normal lunch boxes as well. As you can see I only have one bento box so far, so I´m using normal lunchboxes as well ^^;

Ah....well I don't even have a regular lunchbox...xDD I never really used one so..xD

I see o___O; .... *lol* Well I needed at least a normal one from time to time (for university for example) ^^; ..... but now I´ve got a Japanese one and other ones are hopefully on its way to me ^^;;; .... <~ *spent too much money* (T_T)

I probably used to have one...when I was in like elementary school or something, but I guess as I got older I didn't use it much anymore. xD and in my last two years of high school, especially my last year, I stopped really eating lunch at school anyways...xD

So cute!!

I'm going to pay attention to anything you post about bento because I just received mine today, its so cute <3 Blue with white a bunny and a lovely bag to go with it. I just have to think and buy things to put in it in the mornings now >_>

Yours look very yummy though ( ^ _ ^ )

KYAH!!! Really?? Cool!
I hope I´ll see some cute bento photos of your box and with what you fill it soon?? Can´t wait to see!!! ^-^
Oh I think I know which box you´re talking about. I like it a lot, perhaps I´m going to buy that one as well XD

Thanks <33

XDD Yay I'll keep the bento's gallery marked.

The first one is a big lunch. XD
I really like that salk cellar thing. It's so cute. :D

Thank you ^^;

Yah ... it was really too much for me (^^;;) .... I always think it´s only onigiri, that´s not food, it´s only a snack, but eat 2 and you´re totally full XD
Thanks, I didn´t even know we had s.th. like that, I discovered it only by chance ^^

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH CHOCHA DEARRR :9

i forsee even more fanciful bento lunches from you in future ne?~ hahaha.
Its not easy making bentos. ;_; and it takes plenty of skills to do it like those people do. the cute octopus.. funny faces onigiri :D haha. ganbatte ne?~

oh and bento boxes are a little pricey if you don't get them in japan ;_;
they're hard to find! at least i find it hard to find japanese bento boxes here. >:

Haha~

Well, I´m going to buy some bento accessories and stuff at ebay soon ... prolly .. although I hate ebay, but there´s no other way right now ;__; ... and after that I´ll be able to make cuter bentos ^^ .. although the most important thing is that the food is yummie in my opinion ^^;

I wanna slap myself for not buying more bento stuff in Japan ^^;;;; *sigh*

You should post these in bentolunch hon :) That community rocks ^^

Oh, I´ve already done that from time to time: http://community.livejournal.com/bentolunch/tag/chochajin
But nevertheless thanks for the tip ^-^/

OISHII!!! <333333333
*es nicht gegessen hat, aber es einfach mal annimmt* ID
Ich finde die Maultaschen ja toll... das ne gute Idee ^__~

Lol und das Spekualtius Gebäck XDDDD
Alles yummie ^__^

*lol* doch es ist essbar XDDDDD wenn vermutlich auch nicht jedermanns Geschmack. Die meisten rennen ja schon schreiend weg, wenn sie Nori sehen, obwohl sie es noch nie probiert haben. Dabei isses so lecker (*_*)

Naja immerhin NOCH keine Lebkuchen ;P
... ich liebe Spekulatius (*___*) .... schade, dass zu viele von denen einen fett machen XDDDDD

Ja ja, das kenne ich.... "Ieeh.... Noriblätter... SEETANG!!!!" *weglauf*
o______o Die haben ja keine Ahnung... wenn sie es nicht probiert haben <.<

Lol.... man kann bei uns fast in jedem Supermarkt schon Lebkuchen.. etc kaufen.
x__X
Dann esse nicht zu viel *o* XDD

*sich jetzt Abarenbo Mama <33 und Swan no Baka anschaut *___________* *

What are Swabian pockets?

Looks yummy!!!

Erm, something to eat? XDDDD;
It´s a typical German food (rather South Germany, that is): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maultasche

Ahh~! Now I really want to try making my own bento!

du bist ja richtig in deinem element XD
scheint echt spaß zu machen!

Meinst du? Naja .... XDDDD;
Auf jeden Fall ist es ein teures Hobby ;o; ... hab mich grad arm bestellt bei ebay (T___T) ... und reg mich drüber auf, dass ich nicht mehr direkt aus Japan mitgenommen hab, als ich die Chance dazu hatte XDDD;;;;

*pat**pat*
wenn man da ist, denkt man nicht daran, ne?
weil man da alles hat XD"
aber nur noch da XD""
kenne da noch so jemanden, will ja keinen namen nennen |D

X3;;
Ooh! They sound yummy!

This looks very delicious indeed, you're really getting the hang of this :) I love the colour of that egg ^_^

Thank you, but I´m still a beginner as you know ^^;
I love all of your bentos btw. ^^
I´ve spend a HUGE amount of money @ ebay today for bento boxes and stuff ^^;;;;
I hope everything will work out and I will post pics of everything as soon as it´s arrived here savely ^^;

Thank you ^_^ Well, you know that practice makes perfect, ne? ^^;
I know exactly how that is lol, I almost went bankrupt a few years ago spending huge amounts of money on bento stuff XDDDD Hehe, but now I haven't bought a bento box for over 1/2 a year, plus I sold some of my old ones on eBay about a year ago.
And I can't wait to see your pics of the new boxes and more yummy bentos!!! ^^