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Ohhh, I ate a lot of these types of snacks when I was a kid while visiting family in Japan. I think a lot of the appeal of these is being able to make something....even if they don't taste that great (heck, I was 5. Small spoons? AWESOME). Glad to see they're still being made.

My family has always eaten them in a tofu 'salad' - cubed silken tofu, cubed pidan, a handful of spring onion and pork floss, topped with a little soy sauce and sesame oil. I remember as a kid being a bit leery of the way it looked, but having grown up with the taste, I love how creamy and rich it tastes, and it provides a good contrast to the other ingredients in the dish (sometimes I still cringe a bit looking at it). I don't think I've ever noticed a smell, however.

Japanese curry and rice, the way my mom makes it!

Vanilla cake with any sort of frosting as long as there's not _too_ much of it (sugar...high... :P)

jayfallon: I remember learning to use chopsticks as a child - I had a trainer version with loops along the chopstick that you could slip your fingers through. It makes managing them a lot easier when you aren't a super motor-coordinated child (mine were blue with little birds on the top!) But after I outgrew that, it was just practice and eventually your hands remember how to use them.

The Japanese are like that too Young! I've seen Japanese people eat western spaghetti with chopsticks.

Oh, and cold mugi-cha (barley tea) to wash it all down. :)

Pudding/custard from scratch. I always add too much cornstarch/turn the temperature up too high/cook the eggs/let it sit on the heat too long. Ah well! It's amazing how much overcooked pudding is like rubber.