UC#3 sent us down a delicious rabbit hole when he suggested we research the dangers of eating Ozoni soup on New Year’s Day in Japan which causes choking deaths from the gelatinous mochi ball.
Many of these images were liberated from My Modern Met (more below).
Konel Bread
More liberation from My Modern Met:
Toast
More liberation from My Modern Met:
My Modern Met
A pretty cool web site that is a line leader for Japanese food-art. The site is currently featuring Pixar Crocks, the University of Kentucky Vesuvius Scroll project, and “The World’s Largest Photo” contest.
[ed. note: this is not “large” in the sense of pix the size of a bus, but rather “large numbers of photos submitted”. We were a bit disappointed until we saw some of the entries.]
Over 500,000 photos were entered into what the organization calls “the world’s largest photography competition.” – My Modern Met
Note: a Google image search for MyMoMo yields a lot of steering wheels:
But it also includes an investigative journalism article looking into Shrinkflation, called “What shrunk my MoMo?”
[ed. note: Khatapana is a commercial Nepali website to help manage household and small business finances.]
So how do you plan to pay for those Nepalese MoMos?
With Nepalese rupees, of course. They have a beautiful currency that features a lot of indigenous animals and cultural sites.
Of special note (one rupee note, to be exact) is a bill that features a Linge Ping.
Linge Ping (Nepali: लिङ्गे पिङ) is a traditional swing constructed during the festival of Dashain mainly in Nepal. The shape of the swing is in the shape of Shiva Linga, hence the name. It is believed that one must leave the ground once a year by riding the swing in the Dashain festival. During Dashain, multiple fairs are held and Linge Ping and wooden Ferris wheels are constructed. – Wikipedia
