I discovered loquat Jello at 7-11 tonight. Inside, you could see three fleshy loquats suspended in a delightful, 'just too big' plastic cup. The loquat balls, resembling sponge clown noses, tasted funny. Ha ha, no they tasted like big apricots.
Of course, as the advertisers promised, I did experience absolute extravagance upon tasting.
More on loquats(come on! spruce up your staff room with random trivia!): (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/loquat.html)
Also, check out (http://www.yongfook.com) under Food Reviews. You'll find a wacko, brilliant take on the stuff we see here (almost) every day. Yongfook (John) used to live a few hours from here in Aso.
I tell of my day-to-day experiences in a funky Japanese town from my American viewpoint. This blog could also be called 'Bizarro World', 'Notes From Kyushu, a Smaller Island', or 'Teaching English in Japan: Smash Your Ego in 10 Easy Lessons."
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
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1 comment:
Note: Grapefruit Jello is exactly as tasty as it sounds. It's beyond me how it made it onto the shelves of the local 7-11. Perhaps it was all those years of strawberry-flavored(i.e., a strawberry never came close to this Jello) Jello that I now lack an appreciation for desserts that are not sweet in the slightest.
Here's how I might imagine this product's Japanese advertising campaign might go:"Grapefruit Jello--absolute extravagance for the one who dislikes the sweet-flavored dessert."
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