I feel as if it has been ages

Fran Quest continues - Tried another new flavor

1. Aromatier Moriichigo- Strawberry
2. Winter Premium - Torokeru Purarine
3. Winter Premium - Furan White Chocolate
4. Aromatier Rum & Vanilla
5. Original Chocolate
6. Ore Banana

THe Pretz Quest continues

It has definitely been a while since I posted. This morning I have add a pretty pleasant addition to one of my quests. Another Pretz - Milk Cocoa - and it was good, real good.

Pretz Quest
1. Melon Pan
2. Milk Cocoa

Not sure how my various quests will do with this ecomony but I am going to try to fit in special treats from time to time.

Back to the Pocky Quest

I finally found a new flavor pocky at the store. Thanks Little Tokyo's Marukai!

1. Tahitian Vanilla
2. Strawberry (w/ flavor crystals)
3. Strawberry
4. Coconut
5. Dessert - Chocolate
6. Chocolate Crush (Almond)
7. Chocolate Crush (Rangdosh)
8. TsubuTsubu Marron
9. Milk
10. Fuyo no Kuchidoke (Winter Seasonal)
11. Green Tea Marble
12. Marble - Kaoru Rum Raisins
13. Dessert - Noukou Ichigo Chocolate (Strawberry)
14. Marble - Mousse Shitate Mild & Bitter
15. Tsubu Tsubu Blueberry
16. Marble - Horoniga Caramel Chocolate
17. Dessert Banana
18. Brazilian Pudding

R.I.P. Pringles Can Creator

via Associated Press:

Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
3 hours ago

CINCINNATI (AP) — The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans.

Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati, died May 4 at Vitas Hospice in Cincinnati, his family said. He was 89.

Baur's children said they honored his request to bury him in one of the cans by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles container in his grave in suburban Springfield Township. The rest of his remains were placed in an urn buried along with the can, with some placed in another urn and given to a grandson, said Baur's daughter, Linda Baur of Diamondhead, Miss.

Baur requested the burial arrangement because he was proud of his design of the Pringles container, a son, Lawrence Baur of Stevensville, Mich., said Monday.

Baur was an organic chemist and food storage technician who specialized in research and development and quality control for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co.

Baur filed for a patent for the tubular Pringles container and for the method of packaging the curved, stacked chips in the container in 1966, and it was granted in 1970, P&G archivist Ed Rider said.

Baur retired from P&G in the early 1980s

Fran - The Original (by Meiji)

Well I was determined to make some progress. Here is the picture of the Fran snack I mentioned earlier. It was pretty good. The cost was reasonable too. I actually purchased it at a Korean Market off of Olympic Boulevard. I can't think of the name of the store though. The security guard was a bit irritating.

Almost Pocky

Well my Pocky quest has slowed down - a bunch. I recently bout some pocky-like snacks called Fran. On the box it says "The Original" so I wonder if it came first. The company that makes it is Meiji. I plan on looking it up to find out more about it. I did see some of their commercials on Youtube but it was in Japanese and I barely know Hiragana.

They were pretty good. I would buy them again. I plan to cut down on snacking though. I took a picture of the box but I have to find it on my computer. In fact, I'm behind on uploading pictures

What is Pocky?

Pocky (noun)
a crunchy and popular Japanese snack made by the Glico company. essentially a stick cookie dipped in any sort of a variety of flavored creams. the most popular flavors are strawberry and chocolate, though more esoteric flavors like yogurt, milk, and honey also exist. there is also "men's pocky," which features a darker bittersweet chocolate

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