December 06, 2006
No, no, I said grab bag. A grab bag!
As I walked out the door to work on Monday, I saw a package that had just arrived from my dad. I grabbed it, and opened it while speeding down the highway. Imagine the shock and near-death experience when, while barreling down the road, I pulled out this bag of -- ahem -- exotic snacks. Or, you know, if I may be so culturally insensitive, this bag o' fucking distgusting.
This crab-bag comes via a friend of his that took a trip to (I think) China. I don't have the guts to open it, let alone eat it. They look seasoned. And crunchy. Yuck. Every bite, every little cracking noise, would be a come-hither for the lunch in my stomach. New mission: Find someone to eat this, so I can take a picture. I'll be surveying my friends. Meanwhile, anyone out there in Internetland willing to take a stab? Let me know; you may just wish you hadn't.
More pics after the jump.
Here's the back of the bag:
And here's an extreme close-up -- like the last thing you'd see before one of these babies landed on your tongue:
Posted by Jason Feifer at December 6, 2006 08:15 AM
Comments
Help...I've got "the crabs" down there and it's itchy.
Posted by Norm at December 6, 2006 10:13 PM
The nutritional label is in Japanese. カニ means "Crab" 五子カニ literally means "five child crabs" as your serving size. I bet you could find snacks like this as close to home as the Super 88. If you have more friends willing to taste test for your blog you could always stop in and get additional snackage, like tiny dried fish in the candy aisle there.
Posted by ジェニー at December 6, 2006 11:06 PM
Doesn't look any worse than some of things Steve over at thesneeze.com has taste-tested...maybe he's willing to try it.
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php
Posted by Mary at December 8, 2006 04:34 PM
I'm in chef school and I'm always told to try new things. HA!
I'd like to try that stuff, For some reason crunchy dead crabs don't seem that scary...yet.
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