Food, Food, and More Food Thread

tabana wrote:Only here. Probably because it's red. I Russia, Russian dressing is probably vodka with mayonnaise. :hehe:

And a little ketchup. :mrgreen:

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:lol:

So THAT'S what I was doing wrong. No wonder I can't use chopsticks! :hehe:

Anime Dad wrote::lol:

So THAT'S what I was doing wrong. No wonder I can't use chopsticks! :hehe:

Hehe....pretty funny picture huh? :P

Tu_triky wrote:[image]

:lol: :lol: So that's what I've been doing wrong.... :hehe: :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
:lol: :lol: So that's what I've been doing wrong.... :hehe: :rofl:

That picture cracks me up.

Tu_triky wrote:That picture cracks me up.

If there was a larger, printable pic, I'd post it in my office. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
If there was a larger, printable pic, I'd post it in my office. :mrgreen:

Haha...let's go celebrate and grab a snack:

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Tu_triky wrote:Haha...let's go celebrate and grab a snack:

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:lol:

Nothing is off limits to the Japanese. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
:lol:

Nothing is off limits to the Japanese. :hehe:

All options are on the table... :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:All options are on the table... :hehe:

Apparently so... Whatever makes a buck, er, yen. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Apparently so... Whatever makes a buck, er, yen. :beaten:

Boogers are big business. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:Boogers are big business. :hehe:

"There's gold in them thar nostrils...!!"

bmwracer wrote:
"There's gold in them thar nostrils...!!"

Crusty Calcifications Can Count for Cold Hard Cash.

Tu_triky wrote:Crusty Calcifications Can Count for Cold Hard Cash.

:lol:

My tongue almost snapped off its roller reading that one. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
:lol:

My tongue almost snapped off its roller reading that one. :hehe:

Hehe. :hehe:

It's my illness of words ~ an alliteration ailment.

<Triky goes back to practicing with chopsticks pulled from nostrils>

I'm not sure if I should post this in the entertainment news thread, but here it is. :P

Pair of melons fetch record price of 2.5 million yen
SAPPORO -- Two prized local melons fetched a record price of 2.5 million yen for the pair during the season's first auction at a wholesale market on Tuesday. "I had expected Yubari melons would fetch a high price, but I didn't expect the figure to be this high," said a startled broker at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Sapporo's Chuo-ku.

The pair of melons, which weigh 3.9 kilograms in total, fetched the record price of 2.5 million yen after 100 melons were put up for auction on Tuesday. Soon after the bidding started at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, with a starting price of 2 million yen per set, Sapporo-based wholesaler Ibi bid 2.5 million yen a set.

After the successful bid, the melons immediately went on sale at a retail store run by Ibi near the wholesale market for 1.25 million yen each. Takeo Fukawa, 24, manager of the store, said, "I wanted to support Yubari," referring to the financially struggling Hokkaido city where the namesake premium melons are grown.

The hammer price for Yubari melons during the season's first auction has been on the rise over recent years, fetching 600,000 yen for a pair in 2005, 800,000 yen in 2006 and 2 million yen in 2007 -- the year after the city of Yubari became an organization designated for fiscal reconstruction following financial difficulties.

Aki Hoshino wasn't immediately available for comment.

(Mainichi Japan) May 13, 2008

tabana wrote:I'm not sure if I should post this in the entertainment news thread, but here it is. :P

Pair of melons fetch record price of 2.5 million yen
SAPPORO -- Two prized local melons fetched a record price of 2.5 million yen for the pair during the season's first auction at a wholesale market on Tuesday. "I had expected Yubari melons would fetch a high price, but I didn't expect the figure to be this high," said a startled broker at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Sapporo's Chuo-ku.

The pair of melons, which weigh 3.9 kilograms in total, fetched the record price of 2.5 million yen after 100 melons were put up for auction on Tuesday. Soon after the bidding started at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, with a starting price of 2 million yen per set, Sapporo-based wholesaler Ibi bid 2.5 million yen a set.

After the successful bid, the melons immediately went on sale at a retail store run by Ibi near the wholesale market for 1.25 million yen each. Takeo Fukawa, 24, manager of the store, said, "I wanted to support Yubari," referring to the financially struggling Hokkaido city where the namesake premium melons are grown.

The hammer price for Yubari melons during the season's first auction has been on the rise over recent years, fetching 600,000 yen for a pair in 2005, 800,000 yen in 2006 and 2 million yen in 2007 -- the year after the city of Yubari became an organization designated for fiscal reconstruction following financial difficulties.

Aki Hoshino wasn't immediately available for comment.

(Mainichi Japan) May 13, 2008

:lol: Nice touch at the end there, tabana. That's crazy expensive for some fruit.

:victory:

Seriously. They probably did it just to help the place and for the publicity too. Not many people can afford that. Cost more than my car. :sweat:

tabana wrote::victory:

Seriously. They probably did it just to help the place and for the publicity too. Not many people can afford that. Cost more than my car. :sweat:

Cost more than a pair of Limes....