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Old 09-12-2007, 07:36 AM   #1
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September 12, 2007: Japanese wasp crackers



Spluch catches this one, an animal IotD which has been helpfully pre-baked into a crunchy, stingy form. A Japanese snack baker has come up with the idea of embedding wasps into a rice cracker, Of course, since so many of us enjoy eating crackers with homemade wasp dip.

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Wasp hunters from the village, who are mostly in their 80's, catch them in nearby forests.

They are then boiled in water, dried and sprinkled over the cracker mix, which is then stamped by hot iron cracker cutters.

A bag of 20 crackers costs 1.60 pounds, but output is limited as the wasps are caught in the wild for optimum flavour.
Right, you don't want to deal with those inferior domesticated wasps, they suck.

At least the aging wasp hunters -- the mighty, proud wasp hunters! -- are not going without employment.
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Old 09-12-2007, 07:47 AM   #2
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From the link...
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The jibachi senbei, or digger wasp rice crackers, each contain five or six black insects which are clearly visible to the naked eye.
5 or 6? Typical Madison avenue. The picture shows the cookie stuffed full of waspy goodness, but the truth is in the fine print.
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Old 09-12-2007, 08:38 AM   #3
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I'll ask the question:

What about the stingers?!?!?!?!
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Old 09-12-2007, 08:49 AM   #4
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"...output is limited as the wasps are caught in the wild for optimum flavour..."


So these are free-range wasps?

Do they have any milk-fed wasps? Those are the most tender.
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Old 09-12-2007, 09:23 AM   #5
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What's the difference between a WASP and a Cracker anyway? Somebody ask freshness...
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Old 09-12-2007, 09:37 AM   #6
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Oh no you di'int!

Cracker ass cracker.
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Old 09-12-2007, 10:51 AM   #7
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What's the difference between a WASP and a Cracker anyway? Somebody ask freshness...
Wasps are the bosses. Crackers are the peons. It leads to a great deal of cognitive dissonance for those of us crackers who got promoted into management while the wasps were distracted by their golf games.
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Old 09-12-2007, 11:06 AM   #8
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Old 09-12-2007, 11:16 AM   #9
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Well at least nobody asked if they have Jews in crackers.
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Old 09-12-2007, 11:25 AM   #10
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what flavor is your bf anyway? :p
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Old 09-12-2007, 11:27 AM   #11
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he's chocolate....or pumpernickel, i think
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I saw a loaf of bread at the store, billed as "DARK PUMP" ... srsly
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what flavor is your bf anyway? :p
As of a week ago, he tastes like EX.
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As of a week ago, he tastes like EX.
Oh dear, sorry. I wondered if my impertinent question was a little below the belt....
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Ewwwww!
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