http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botan_Rice_Candy

Just a fun little something new to try today for me and my boys. You eat
the rice paper wrapper. The candy itself was nothing special, but the
edible wrapper is interesting in a Willy Wonka kind of way.

Tara

On 9/13/2014 3:20 PM, Tara wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botan_Rice_Candy
>
> Just a fun little something new to try today for me and my boys. You eat
> the rice paper wrapper. The candy itself was nothing special, but the
> edible wrapper is interesting in a Willy Wonka kind of way.
>
> Tara
>

Leave it to the Japanese, a very quirky product.

On 9/13/2014 11:20 AM, Tara wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botan_Rice_Candy
>
> Just a fun little something new to try today for me and my boys. You eat
> the rice paper wrapper. The candy itself was nothing special, but the
> edible wrapper is interesting in a Willy Wonka kind of way.
>
> Tara
>

I used to eat that stuff when I was a kid. It was a great candy because
there would be a separate box on top of the box with a plastic toy in
it. I loved those plastic toys.

My wife get all sentimental when she gets a box of these caramels. When
her new step-mom came over from Korea, she gave the kids those candies.
I don't have any such associations with the candy but I kind of like
them. They are less sweet than our caramels and taste like condensed
milk and coconut.

http://www.amazon.com/Morinaga-Milk-.../dp/B002Z099J6

"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botan_Rice_Candy
>
> Just a fun little something new to try today for me and my boys. You eat
> the rice paper wrapper. The candy itself was nothing special, but the
> edible wrapper is interesting in a Willy Wonka kind of way.
>
> Tara

I remember the first time we got it. My dad told us to peel it. We were
sitting in this place in downtown Seattle that I thought was a bar. It
wasn't as kids can't go into bars here but it had bar stools. My dad didn't
believe him when he said that the paper was edible so he told the guy to
prove it. He did and he didn't choke or die so we tried it. The candy was
okay but we did like the toy inside. I think they've changed the toys now
and they're probably like Cracker Jacks things. A sticker, tattoo or
riddle. But when I was a kid there were cool things in there.

On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:01:45 -1000, dsi1 wrote:


> I used to eat that stuff when I was a kid. It was a great candy because
> there would be a separate box on top of the box with a plastic toy in
> it.
> I loved those plastic toys.

Now there's just a sticker for a prize.

Tara

On 9/14/2014 5:33 AM, Tara wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:01:45 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>
>> I used to eat that stuff when I was a kid. It was a great candy because
>> there would be a separate box on top of the box with a plastic toy in
>> it.
>> I loved those plastic toys.
>
> Now there's just a sticker for a prize.
>
> Tara
>

It's not even a shiny sparkly or holographic sticker. It's just a paper
sticker. In what culture is a sticky paper considered a prize? Not mine.
Cracker Jacks used to have some pretty good ones back in the day. They
had plastic vehicles that you assembled or whistles or clickers.

This is why the youth of today are so restless and need constant
stimulation - they got shafted by paper "prizes."

On 9/14/2014 1:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 9/14/2014 5:33 AM, Tara wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:01:45 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I used to eat that stuff when I was a kid. It was a great candy because
>>> there would be a separate box on top of the box with a plastic toy in
>>> it.
>>> I loved those plastic toys.
>>
>> Now there's just a sticker for a prize.
>>
>> Tara
>>
>
> It's not even a shiny sparkly or holographic sticker. It's just a paper
> sticker. In what culture is a sticky paper considered a prize? Not mine.
> Cracker Jacks used to have some pretty good ones back in the day. They
> had plastic vehicles that you assembled or whistles or clickers.
>
> This is why the youth of today are so restless and need constant
> stimulation - they got shafted by paper "prizes."

There is merit to your observation. Kids are very intuitive and at some
basic level they know society and its lawyers have disrespected them to
the core.

That level of cynicism is a dangerous thing to a young mind.

On Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:44:58 AM UTC-10, Mayo wrote:
> On 9/14/2014 1:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On 9/14/2014 5:33 AM, Tara wrote:
>
> >> On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:01:45 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>> I used to eat that stuff when I was a kid. It was a great candy because
>
> >>> there would be a separate box on top of the box with a plastic toy in
>
> >>> it.
>
> >>> I loved those plastic toys.
>
> >>
>
> >> Now there's just a sticker for a prize.
>
> >>
>
> >> Tara
>
> >>
>
> >
>
> > It's not even a shiny sparkly or holographic sticker. It's just a paper
>
> > sticker. In what culture is a sticky paper considered a prize? Not mine.
>
> > Cracker Jacks used to have some pretty good ones back in the day. They
>
> > had plastic vehicles that you assembled or whistles or clickers.
>
> >
>
> > This is why the youth of today are so restless and need constant
>
> > stimulation - they got shafted by paper "prizes."
>
>
>
> There is merit to your observation. Kids are very intuitive and at some
>
> basic level they know society and its lawyers have disrespected them to
>
> the core.
>
>
>
> That level of cynicism is a dangerous thing to a young mind.

Due to our technology, all the jobs suitable for machines will be done by machines leaving the young folks taking those odds and ends task deemed unfit or too expensive for machines. It might be quite an unfulfilling future for them.

On 9/14/2014 3:36 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:44:58 AM UTC-10, Mayo wrote:
>> On 9/14/2014 1:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/14/2014 5:33 AM, Tara wrote:
>>
>>>> On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:01:45 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> I used to eat that stuff when I was a kid. It was a great candy because
>>
>>>>> there would be a separate box on top of the box with a plastic toy in
>>
>>>>> it.
>>
>>>>> I loved those plastic toys.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Now there's just a sticker for a prize.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Tara
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>> It's not even a shiny sparkly or holographic sticker. It's just a paper
>>
>>> sticker. In what culture is a sticky paper considered a prize? Not mine.
>>
>>> Cracker Jacks used to have some pretty good ones back in the day. They
>>
>>> had plastic vehicles that you assembled or whistles or clickers.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> This is why the youth of today are so restless and need constant
>>
>>> stimulation - they got shafted by paper "prizes."
>>
>>
>>
>> There is merit to your observation. Kids are very intuitive and at some
>>
>> basic level they know society and its lawyers have disrespected them to
>>
>> the core.
>>
>>
>>
>> That level of cynicism is a dangerous thing to a young mind.
>
> Due to our technology, all the jobs suitable for machines will be done by machines leaving the young folks taking those odds and ends task deemed unfit or too expensive for machines. It might be quite an unfulfilling future for them.
>

Skynet will liven things up, trust me...

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:49:35 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 9/14/2014 3:36 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > Due to our technology, all the jobs suitable for machines will be done by machines leaving the young folks taking those odds and ends task deemed unfit or too expensive for machines. It might be quite an unfulfilling future for them.
> >
>
> Skynet will liven things up, trust me...

Glad you didn't capitalize the N.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 9/14/2014 6:04 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:49:35 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 9/14/2014 3:36 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>> Due to our technology, all the jobs suitable for machines will be done by machines leaving the young folks taking those odds and ends task deemed unfit or too expensive for machines. It might be quite an unfulfilling future for them.
>>>
>>
>> Skynet will liven things up, trust me...
>
> Glad you didn't capitalize the N.
>
>
I had a goo goo moment....