UC#3 and family continue their visit to Japan. He commemorates his visit with poetry:
Haiku Pork tongue link sausage From Kanazawa Lawson’s Choked on tough bits
Limerick A samurai from Kanazawa was hungry He went to find something to fill his tummy He entered Lawson’s, 7-11 and Family Mart After brandishing his sword, he was asked to depart Alas, he had to have dinner in his castle alone eating a sandwich of salami
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WLBOTT TOTOT: Poetry->Pix
In our ongoing Triumph Of Technology Over Talent (TOTOT), we fed UC#3’s poetry verbatim into HotPot.ai.
Fellow WLBOTTers – Japan is famous for their vending machines on the streets. Custom says you can’t eat while walking, so people buy drinks from vending machine and consume next to it, then dispose of can at the machine. One of the more interesting flavors – aloe and white grape.
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Went to a hip brew pub and pizza place in Kanazawa tonight – crab pizza.
[ed. note: Kanazawa – currently cloudy and 44°F (6.666°C – Hades temp?]
– UC#3
Out and About in Kanazawa
Japanese Slurpee Mashed Potatoes
We’ve been hearing rumors that you can get mashed potatoes and gravy from Slurpee machines in Japan.
Our 5-minutes of research only yielded video proof of Singapore Slurpee Mashed Potatoes, but we have a sworn deposition from a Friend of WLBOTT that it is indeed a thing in Japan.
For our health-unconscious visitors:
The story was also covered by HLN:
And in a related cuisine
Let’s make some French cuisine using two bucks worth of junk food from the convenience store!
This dish made with a cheese stick and Pringles pairs well with a nice Auvergne red.
Jagariko is a beloved Japanese snack food made of reconstituted potatoes formed into delicious little crispy sticks. But cheap and easy snacking is apparently just one part of what makes Jagariko great.
