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Just one snack today. I'd been intrigued by this packet from the beginning, because I couldn't work out what kind of thing was in it. It felt like a folded cloth - but my best guess was that there was a sachet of powder inside, perhaps for mixing into water.

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If I'd bothered to translate the label before opening it (but that would have been boring) I would have known that it contained 不思議食感わた菓子 (mouth wonder candy floss), and if I'd paid heed to "わたパチ" (crackling cotton) in big characters on the front, I might have been prepared for the subsequent fireworks. But probably I wouldn't have believed it anyway. Only ever having eaten candy floss prepared on the spot in fairgrounds, I didn't know it could be folded like a bright pink fan and foil-wrapped for freshness with an eat-by date of September next year, let alone combined with popping candy. Even the sight of a cannibalistic blackcurrant did nothing to prepare me, though no doubt it should have.

I would love to show you the candy floss itself, but I'm afraid I ate the evidence. Delicious, delicious evidence...

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Date: 2015-12-29 11:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com
I find these tasting notes fascinating. Where do you find them or get them form and are they available in the UK? Just wondering.

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Date: 2015-12-29 12:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
They were sent by my friend Chiho - we've been swapping snacks from each other's countries. I don't know whether any of them are available in the UK: I'm sure you some could be obtained via specialist shops or websites (actually I just looked and if you put "Japanese snacks" into Amazon you can get some), but they're all new to me.

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Date: 2015-12-29 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com
Okay, thanks for your help anyway.

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Date: 2015-12-29 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com
So it explodes? Like Poprocks?

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Date: 2015-12-29 03:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
Yes. Hardly had I recovered from the SHOCK of finding pink candy floss in a foil-wrapped packet but I was SUCKER-PUNCHED by the popping candy.

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