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Box Lunch: Pikachu?

Posted Sep 29th 2008 12:30PM by Emily Matchar
Filed under: Lunch, Food Oddities, Rice

For your lunchtime pleasure, I'm presenting a series of my favorite bento boxes. Bento are Japanese home-prepared meals served in special boxes, usually eaten for lunch at work or school. These days, bento enthusiasts from all over the world share their creations on Flickr.

Today's highly edible bento comes from Sugarfreak, who's dressed up a boring old bed of white rice with a happy Pikachu face and three tiny stars, all cut from a sheet of nori. Beneath the rice is a layer of carne asada; on the side is broccoli, a red bean bun, and leftover roasted chicken.

For fun appetizers, use Play-Doh Fun Factory

Posted Apr 4th 2006 10:01PM by Sarah J. Gim
Filed under: Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Cheese, Food Oddities, How To, America

I am not exactly sure why the "experimenters" were inspired to use a Pokemon character creator intended for use with Play-Doh to make appetizers, but the important point is that they did it, and now we have very useful, well illustrated information about how to make Pikachu appetizers.

Instead of using Play Doh, they sent various cheese through the toy's extruder, which molds it into the shape of Pokemon. From their experiment, they determined that thinner, softer cheeses like Brie work as the best medium. However, very soft, sticky cheeses end up sticking to the mold and become deformed upon extraction.

As an addendum to the original experiment, instant mashed potatoes were used and the subsequent forms were deep fried, successfully creating Pikachu-shaped tater tots.

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