YES!! Ever since these guys got banned about 4 or 5 years ago, I'd uhhhhhh forget to take out a few packages out of my suitcase from Tokyo back to the states. My favorite brand EVER is this one: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/moris/434990/690955/
Who knew I can make them at home! THANKS FOR THIS!!
reason #987234987239824 robyn ROCKS
KATSU CURRY FTW!
@onedaylingers: ... the power of suggestion is strong in this one. *goes to get ramekins just to make candied jellies in them*
lucrece: hear, hear! I love me some (the entire jar *ahem*) nata de coco ;)
A piece of nata de coco in there makes me really really happy :)
jenny76: I can't say I've ever come close to embracing aspic in its many forms... mostly because I tend to associate that wobbly consistency with fruity sweetness, and getting a savory, gamey hit instead can be quite a shock =p
synaesthesia.dc: I've not seen them even in stick form! Will you tell us where you spied them? Thanks!
devlyn: I've not had fruitery jellies, but if they are a lot firmer than jello, and have a "vegan" tag somewhere on the packaging, then they're probably the same...
mooonnaaa: I *ahem* forget to take stuff out of my suitcases all then time =p I'll have to go look for your fave brand the next time I'm in Asia, but what's great is that making this stuff at home is really easy on the pocket!
cafe peach: I showed you guys the small, ice-cube tray ones here. What's not in the pic are the massive ones I made in ramekins that I'm totally digging into with a spoon on movie night ;)
Thank goodness these aren't the jellied tongues I thought they were, namely the beef tongue in green Jello molds that my great-grandmother used to make.
Are these any different than the "Fruitery Jelly" or the lychee jelly candies? I purchase them at the local Uwajimaya (Japanese grocery store)...
I think you can still get them in stick form, just not in the other form.
The problem is that when kids choke on them in the more round form, it's because, unfortunately, it's the right size to get stuck in their trachea and work almost like a stopper. It doesn't really melt so it is very hard to get out as compared to other objects. Pretty sad.
ah geez, i remember when these were banned. I loved eating them as a kid (hell, as a teenager), and its still mind-boggling to me that all sales of these are banned because a toddler choked on them. are plastic bags banned because of suffocation problems with kids?
i had no idea i could make them at home... thanks a bunch!
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