I try to pick up something new for the family to taste on each outing to our local stores. I try to choose something I think they'll like. The goal is for them to learn new things can be FUN; not always gross. ::snort::
Yesterday I picked up something that looked like pretzel sticks. I thought they might be sesame. I doubt they were sesame and they weren't pretzels. Sort of a baked short, stick.....a HOT and SWEET taste all at once. They're disappearing, so someone else thinks they're good. The writing is all in Kanji. I can't even provide a Romanji name for them.
This is the other item I picked up. I suppose I was fascinated by Aomori Nebuta and the pig hiney on the front.
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Aomori is our prefecture. Nebuta, I couldn't decipher. Choco Crunch sounded promising.
Jared couldn't figure out Nebuta either.
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We did find other writing on the side of the package. Buta Hana.
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Ah, ha! Pig Snout...suddenly the logo becomes clear. Just as suddenly apprehension grows. I assured all. Surely there will not be a chocolate covered pig snout in the box. Some remembered タコのゆで団子, the octopus dumplings. ::snort::
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So cute, surely NOT actual chocolate pig snouts.
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A layer of chocolate, with rice mixed in, covered by an artistic layer that looks like a...well...pig snout.
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Some tried it right away...the younger two boys had to be manhandled into trying it....but it really was fairly tasty.
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Nebuta - could it mean "the pig" or just another way to spell "pig"? I need to find better translators...the ones I'm finding on line don't seem to translate Romanji to English. Of course there are four alphabets in Japan - Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and Romanji. ::snort::
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Well, the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri is one of Japan's largest summer festivals...I believe they actually have a smaller version of it in Los Angeles--something I should look into. I don't know where the pig snout treats come in, except for maybe the buta meaning pig...
Here's a wikipedia entry about the festival--it says nebuta refers to a float?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aomori_Nebuta_Matsuri
I think Landon would like the hot and sweet sticks. Love the pig face!
OK That's RIGHT I vaguely remember hearing about an Aomori Nebuta festival......so it must be a conincidence that buta means pig. LOL
Linda - send me your address and I'll pick you up some treats. LOL
http://www.nebuta.or.jp/english/index_e.htm Some more about the nebuta festiva. And maybe a link to Aomori Tourism.
It may be a play on words - ne can also be sleeping. Do the pigs seem to be asleep? Really!!!
By the way, I like how I can see your pics LARGE now if I click on them. It seems the Japanese above the English Nebuta says that even as he (the pig) is sleeping, see the power he has!
Kim - really? It's a sleeping pig...he does seem lethargic. ::snort::
I learn something new every day.
Sis: I think I'd be with the younger 2 in trying new things.... at least until I tasted a lot of things I likes..... Of course I am totally enjoying your adventures in eating.
I do miss "stinky fish" from the PI's. Dad never saw how I could eat those fish. BUT of course I only ate the ones that were open flat. :):):)
EAT ON BABY!!!! LOVE/PRAYERS --- MOM T.
I found that lots of children's things in Hong Kong had pigs on them- a fascination?
I love the eating adventures. My kids were young and we tried everything:>)
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