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I'm not really much of a meat-eater in general. I'm not a vegetarian by a long shot, but I rarely crave meat-based things.

Related to this, my box of Japanese foods arrived today.

As part of my order, I bought Pocky. My intent of this was to confirm my correctness: Anime fanboys and girls who run around going 'Kekekekeke!' and saying 'kawaii!!!' and other such things seem to praise Pocky endlessly. It annoys the heck out of me. It's just a darned Japanese biscuit covered in chocolate! Not even a cookie, more like a breadstick! It cannot be worth endless praise and daily conversations!

So I bought some in that order and I tried it today. As I ate the first stick I was nodding to myself. I was right. Flavor was poor, almost no chocolate coating... but then I had another. And then I discovered It.

The secret of Pocky.

If you eat two or three at once, it's a whole different experience. (Stick with me here, this is going to sound odd and/or gross.) When you eat two or three together, it feels like you're snapping a bone between your teeth. Now I know, I know. That sounds terrible. Before today, I would have ew'ed at this. But it felt good. Really good.

I've discovered my inner carnivore, and it likes sucky Japanese cookies.

There's irony somewhere in there.

truth about most Japanese candies/cookies

Date: 2003-06-03 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elo-sf.livejournal.com
...they suck to the american palette

Re: truth about most Japanese candies/cookies

Date: 2003-06-03 08:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
That's what I've found, two-for-two. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that tastes between cultures would differ so much...

part of it is what we are used to

Date: 2003-06-03 08:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elo-sf.livejournal.com
I've for example found that "authentic" German candies are too sweet for me. But that after gorging myself on a bag full they seem tolerable.

Date: 2003-06-04 01:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bouteillebleu.livejournal.com
Pocky in other flavours can be quite nice, too... I happen to prefer the strawberry ones to the chocolate flavour. Have you tried those?

Date: 2003-06-04 01:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
I have strawberry that I haven't tried, and an "almond crunch" one. I might try one of those two tonight.

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