gardening is nice thing to do during this kind of time, tho it still needs patience, I'm growing lot of red pepper and some herbs, and it's starting to bloom now, might harverst in a month, living in countryside ain't that bad
@miyako19 I believe @HDMI1 meant it not in the governmental sense but more in a broad conceptual sense--non-market, from each according to his ability, to each according to his need, sort of thing.
If yall cant find perilla leaves grape leaves are a pretty good substitute, though they do lack the flavor of perilla. I added some leftover kalua pork since it's sorta close to lau lau.