Back at the farm, the Abdullahi daughters were frying rice flour with ground walnuts - pancakes for everyone.

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They decided to introduce Bell's bialys--flatter than a bagel and hole-less, they're made with water, flour, yeast, salt and ground onions--to Japan.

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Here's how it goes: A group of runners (aka pack of hounds) looks for clues (dashes of flour or chalk marks) on the ground to indicate the correct path.

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