Oreo Wafers?
I have a new partner at work now, apparently. I don't really know anything about her except that she speaks Chinese natively, speaks Japanese far better than I do, and has a decent command of English on top of that.
We were sitting around, waiting for the students to take a test and we somehow started talking about cookies I guess. She totally thought Oreos were made by a Chinese company, so I pulled my usual Wikipedia trick and was victorious. (There's not really a trick, it's just that people are really shocked when I have an article about something up within seconds of them mentioning it.)
So she gave me one of the packages (above) of Oreos that she had brought with her since she was on her way to a party. You can see that it is not what you might normally think of as an Oreo.
If you've ever bought those really, really cheap wafer snacks at Safeway that come in a pack of about 30 for $1, you're on the right track. Now take normal Oreo filling, minus 1/3 of the sugar, and coat the whole thing in chocolate. That's the Chinese version of an Oreo cookie.
I don't recall seeing any kanji-ish business on the wrapper, though, which seems weird because I understand that she bought them in China. I'm somewhat worried about whether or not they're a dairy product, but not so much.
We were sitting around, waiting for the students to take a test and we somehow started talking about cookies I guess. She totally thought Oreos were made by a Chinese company, so I pulled my usual Wikipedia trick and was victorious. (There's not really a trick, it's just that people are really shocked when I have an article about something up within seconds of them mentioning it.)
So she gave me one of the packages (above) of Oreos that she had brought with her since she was on her way to a party. You can see that it is not what you might normally think of as an Oreo.If you've ever bought those really, really cheap wafer snacks at Safeway that come in a pack of about 30 for $1, you're on the right track. Now take normal Oreo filling, minus 1/3 of the sugar, and coat the whole thing in chocolate. That's the Chinese version of an Oreo cookie.
I don't recall seeing any kanji-ish business on the wrapper, though, which seems weird because I understand that she bought them in China. I'm somewhat worried about whether or not they're a dairy product, but not so much.
posted by William at
10/03/2008 09:43:00 PM
5 Comments:
Those look tastier than regular Oreos to me. Yes?
They're tastier than regular cheap choclate wafers, but they're designed to match to the taste of the Chinese, who are used to less sweetness than Americans, in general. I'm particularly enamored with sweet things, so...
Hmm, add to that the fairly decent chance of heavy metals being present in the munchy... Yeah, something cool to show your friends, and set on your shelf.
I'm hoping to claim immunity through very rarely consuming Chinese-made foods. I'm not sure traditional Japanese methods are any less death-prone, though. I don't think Japan has an FDA. If they do, they must be a bunch of guys who sit around and smoke carrots or something.
Yeah, I've been slightly wary of food here, but decided that I'll play the invincibility card...and consume very little food from China if possible.
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