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Versatility sees survival of konnyaku in Japanese culture

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  • Altria at 10:31 AM JST - 18th September

    Apparently konnyaku is almost as good as the real thing if you heat it up first.

  • plasticmonkey at 11:34 AM JST - 18th September

    My wife makes me eat konnyaku, and I pretend to like it. Altria buys the stuff and pretends to eat it.

  • breechan at 01:04 PM JST - 18th September

    Vile gunk! It quivers... But the konnyaku fruit jellies are good!

  • Noripinhead at 03:12 PM JST - 18th September

    What is the big deal about konnyaku in Japanese culture? If somebody wants to make a formal proposal of marriage, nobody should be complaining. The whole world does it.

  • Freespeech at 04:24 PM JST - 18th September

    Calcium hydroxide : yummmmm !!

  • The_Marion at 10:00 PM JST - 18th September

    Konnyaku is also mentioned to be very effective in the treatment of diabetes. There is no cure but it is a step in the right direction.

  • kjunluc2 at 02:03 AM JST - 19th September

    It takes 3 years to grow konyaku to harvest size. It's dug up at end of growing season and replanted at next.

    I like it in sukiyaki but not crazy about it.

  • noshiyoya at 05:22 AM JST - 19th September

    fap fap fap!!! ;D

  • Osakadaz at 02:44 PM JST - 19th September

    that was a very interesting article.I like Konnyaku.Fry it up with suji-niku and mirin and shoyu.Damn good.

    I have also heard of the microwaved konnyaku 'trick'. ;)

  • The_Marion at 11:06 AM JST - 20th September

    The book The Okinawa Program by Willcox, Willcox and Suzuki has several pages devoted to Konnyaku and in the main it is noted for the fibre it contains. Konnyaku keeps your innards clean and this is one of the reasons the Okinawan people live such long lives. Heck, I am 88 and clean as a whistle.

  • Zolt at 01:34 PM JST - 22nd September

    From what my gf told me, young japanese like to warm it up in the microwave and use it as a cheap "stimulation" toy.

    How she got to know that I have no idea and don't want to know...

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