deadly foods

This is a very cute 'skunk book end' It is just at the moment of attack!

I really love the rice cake 'mochi'. This year the rice "cake waffle" called 'moffle' was hot and I read moffle cookersold well.  Since mochi is not sweet, it can be an ingredient of some dishes

By the way, I wrote mochi is a deadly food too. Every New Year, we have news someone died from mochi, so that we have special vacuum attachment to rescue people.
And unfortunately, we have another deadly food, it's Konjac ( you say devil's tongue?) jelly . People love it as low calorie sweets, however since it's so elastic, it can't be broken up easily. So small kids and babies accidentally swallow it without chewing and die from suffocation. But in fact, people died from suffocation with more regular foods. According to the record of 119(emergency call) and ER in 2006, there are totally 803 cases of suffocation. Here is the worst food.
1. Mochi 168
2. Bread 90
3. rice 89
4. Sushi 41
5. Candy 28
6. Dango 23
7. rice gruel 22
8. some liquid meal 21
9. devil's tongue jelly
10. Shirataki Konjyac.
Hmmm, many dangerous foods in Japan, be carefull when you try them.
ataki Konjyac. Hmmm, many dangerous foods in Japan, be carefull when you try them.

Comments

[M. Nestor]

I tried mochi a while back, and when I did I was very cautious, because I remembered your entry about it being a deadly food. Thanks for making mochi such a thrilling experience!

[bshock]

It's interesting that konjac jelly is finally being recognized as dangerous in Japan. Much of it was removed from store shelves in the US several years ago, though most people never heard about it. This item, sometimes called "cup jelly," was usually just found in Asian markets.

I know about this because my wife is a huge fan of the Japanese game series "Monster Rancher" (モンスターファーム), and one of the odd "monster foods" mentioned in this game was cup jelly. My wife searched diligently until she found these things, and developed a liking for them. She was very disappointed when they were banned in the US because of the suffocation hazard.

(However, you can still find konjac jelly here; it's just given a slightly different shape and name.)