Thai Tea Cookies

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There’s a word missing in this snack’s name on its label, yet it’s the most important one: butter. Thai Tea Butter Cookies? There, that’s better.

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Yam Coconut Cookies

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Yam Coconut Cookies. I’d expected to be focused on this new-to-me flavor combination, yet the taste wasn’t what held my attention.

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Umbrella Cookie

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I have never cared for the taste of Umbrella Cookies, yet I have always liked their appearance.

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Squid in Soy Sauce

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This Squid in Soy Sauce tin had been sitting in my “box of goods” for several months.

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I’d been reluctant to open it.

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So much so that I let more than five months go by past this item’s expiration date before I finally opened the dang tin. Why the strong reluctance? Two words = childhood trauma. Associated with squid. Better make that five words of explanation.

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Saku Saku Panda (”Kabaya”)

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When I selected this item to photograph, I thought that I’d just be snapping some pictures of the box and the panda biscuits inside of it.

Right?

Um, no…

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