Pastry

Sorry for the continued frivolous posts--I've been running on little sleep this week and most of my time has been devoted to following the debate.

Also, my dear next-door neighbors swung by the other day with a bag of goodies (I know, I'm worth it) which included an Anpanman--the meta-confectionery effigy of a bean bun superhero.

I'm not making this up--there is a very popular cartoon here in Japan that features a jam bean pastry called Anpanman (アンパンマン) with a whole complement of merchandise. "His weakness is water or anything that makes his head dirty," according to Wikipedia. Anyway, in a mind-twisting development, tart imitates life as real-life Anpanmen have made their way to bakeries.

Désolé d'écrire encore un posting frivole, mais je manque de sommeil ces jours-ci, puis j'étais préoccupé avec le débat.

Hier, mes voisins m'ont apporté quelques pâtisseries, dont une qui m'a particulièrement fasciné--un anpanman, effigie curieuse d'un caractère du dessin animé japonais Anpanman."Son point faible est l'eau dans laquelle il se décompose, et toute chose salissante," confirme Wikipedia. Et, je peux confirmer de ma part que Anpanman est délicieux.