Comments on: Cream Watermelon http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/ Deas Richardson is currently living as a JET and teaching English in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, a gorgeous part of Japan. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rocking in Hakata » Blog Archive » Japanese in Heroes - Part I http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Rocking in Hakata » Blog Archive » Japanese in Heroes - Part I Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:42:29 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-1922 [...] even longer - hence the separate posts. Rest assured, however, that you won’t be watching me chew at any point in this series. First, to preface the videos, I’m going to list the people who [...] [...] even longer – hence the separate posts. Rest assured, however, that you won’t be watching me chew at any point in this series. First, to preface the videos, I’m going to list the people who [...]

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Deas Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:50:53 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-794 Well, you were moaning about how much of your life you've wasted watching me chew on stuff. Some people get upset about having wasted so much of their lives watching me not chew to an appropriate extent. Can't please everybody all the time (or anybody sometimes). Ha ha. :-P Well, you were moaning about how much of your life you’ve wasted watching me chew on stuff. Some people get upset about having wasted so much of their lives watching me not chew to an appropriate extent. Can’t please everybody all the time (or anybody sometimes). Ha ha. :-P

]]> By: Nic http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Nic Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:46:23 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-791 Precisely. Good lord, your readers / viewers berate you for not chewing properly? Well, whatever fills up the ol' mailbox eh? Precisely.

Good lord, your readers / viewers berate you for not chewing properly?

Well, whatever fills up the ol’ mailbox eh?

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Deas Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:23:31 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-787 Chuck - I hope you continue to watch me chew. But in honesty, the very first comment I received on this post was an email castigating me for NOT chewing. Apparently I look ridiculous popping the whole chunks into my mouth. I figured if I bit them in half, juice would dribble down my chin. Anyhoo - don't I look ridiculous anyway? :-P I got smart and found them online. So <a href="http://www.friendlys.com/" rel="nofollow">Friendly's</a> is like <a href="http://www.dennys.com/en/" rel="nofollow">Denny's</a> or <a href="http://www.shoneys.com/" rel="nofollow">Shoney's</a>? Any other similar restaurants? I'm fascinated by regional chains for some weird reason. Chuck – I hope you continue to watch me chew. But in honesty, the very first comment I received on this post was an email castigating me for NOT chewing. Apparently I look ridiculous popping the whole chunks into my mouth. I figured if I bit them in half, juice would dribble down my chin. Anyhoo – don’t I look ridiculous anyway? :-P

I got smart and found them online. So Friendly’s is like Denny’s or Shoney’s? Any other similar restaurants? I’m fascinated by regional chains for some weird reason.

]]> By: Nic http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Nic Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:58:03 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-786 Friendly's is like a... Denny's or a.... Hojo's up north, I suppose. They have them around the north east, but apparently not down south it seems. I used to always get ice cream first. I was more all about their deserts than their second rate food. Btw- i finally watched the video. I can't believe how many minutes of my life I have wasted watching you chew. heh ;) Friendly’s is like a… Denny’s or a…. Hojo’s up north, I suppose. They have them around the north east, but apparently not down south it seems.

I used to always get ice cream first. I was more all about their deserts than their second rate food.

Btw- i finally watched the video. I can’t believe how many minutes of my life I have wasted watching you chew. heh ;)

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Deas Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:14:13 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-777 Alex - a nice mango or banana lassi rocks my world, too. Chuck - I'm glad you're in for the creamsicles, but I'm still curious about this Friendly's place and this watermelon roll that it sells. You still got some 'splainin' to do. Alex – a nice mango or banana lassi rocks my world, too.

Chuck – I’m glad you’re in for the creamsicles, but I’m still curious about this Friendly’s place and this watermelon roll that it sells. You still got some ’splainin’ to do.

]]> By: Nic http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Nic Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:59:05 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-776 Oh jesus. I'd sell my soul right now for a good creamsicle. Mmm. Oh jesus. I’d sell my soul right now for a good creamsicle.

Mmm.

]]> By: Alex http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Alex Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:45:09 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-770 Come to think of it, all of the creamy drinks I've had are always based on things like mint, peach, vanilla, etc. Flavored drinkable yogurt is always strawberry or apple. Orange and cream are natural enemies. We need to find a way to patch things up between them. Come to think of it, all of the creamy drinks I’ve had are always based on things like mint, peach, vanilla, etc. Flavored drinkable yogurt is always strawberry or apple. Orange and cream are natural enemies. We need to find a way to patch things up between them.

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Deas Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:44:09 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-769 Alex - I also am addicted to cream. In fact, my family says my little sister and I add coffee to our cream and sugar. (Though I have no qualms about drinking it however it's prepared for me, including the astringent black straight-up style that Japanese people seem to love.) I too will be the first to sign up to eat a real <em>creamelon</em>. Until then... By the way, speaking of cream concoctions - have you ever had a satisfactory dreamsicle flavored adult beverage? I still haven't. I try almost all of the orange cream drinks that I come across, and they are almost always awful. The problem is natural (I think) - citrus curdles dairy. You can't use real orange and real milk in a drink...someone needs to figure it out. You hear that world? That's two cream-based confections we are in need of. Get working on it. How about it, culinary science? :-D Alex – I also am addicted to cream. In fact, my family says my little sister and I add coffee to our cream and sugar. (Though I have no qualms about drinking it however it’s prepared for me, including the astringent black straight-up style that Japanese people seem to love.) I too will be the first to sign up to eat a real creamelon. Until then…

By the way, speaking of cream concoctions – have you ever had a satisfactory dreamsicle flavored adult beverage? I still haven’t. I try almost all of the orange cream drinks that I come across, and they are almost always awful. The problem is natural (I think) – citrus curdles dairy. You can’t use real orange and real milk in a drink…someone needs to figure it out.

You hear that world? That’s two cream-based confections we are in need of. Get working on it. How about it, culinary science? :-D

]]> By: Alex http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Alex Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:07:40 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/07/03/202/#comment-768 I love cream. I put it in my coffee. I put it in my sodas (not Coke, but I'm talking Italian Cream Sodas). And, I'd even put it in my watermelon. So I was really excited when I read the title of your post. I was let down, though. I was thinking of some awesome hybrid GM food; a product where scientists had successfully fused cream and watermelon, allowing them to grow as one on a vine. I was imagining that all of the actual water content of the WATERmelon was replaced by cream, and we should really be calling it CREAMelon. But, just looking at that strange picture that looks like someone had put watermelon seeds in a pineapple makes me sad. That is not the delicious fruit of my dreams. That's some sort of...cucumber Pepsi... I love cream. I put it in my coffee. I put it in my sodas (not Coke, but I’m talking Italian Cream Sodas). And, I’d even put it in my watermelon. So I was really excited when I read the title of your post.

I was let down, though. I was thinking of some awesome hybrid GM food; a product where scientists had successfully fused cream and watermelon, allowing them to grow as one on a vine. I was imagining that all of the actual water content of the WATERmelon was replaced by cream, and we should really be calling it CREAMelon.

But, just looking at that strange picture that looks like someone had put watermelon seeds in a pineapple makes me sad. That is not the delicious fruit of my dreams. That’s some sort of…cucumber Pepsi…

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