popplers

Dang!

November 11th was Pocky Day, and I missed it! For those of you who haven't tried it, Pocky is a yummy snack consisting of biscuit sticks that are dipped in chocolate, or milk chocolate, or strawberry, or chocolate and nuts, or what-have-you. I am told that it is actually pronounced "pokey", although I always read it as "pokky". The best flavor of Pocky, by far, is the goofily named Men's Pocky: Crispy pretzel dipped in dark chocolate for the type of person who enjoys the finer points in life. The Glico Company (makers of Pocky and Pretz) declared 11/11 Pocky Day, because the 11s look like Pocky. While I realize that I'm a day late (2 days late if you're on Japan time), I plan to celebrate today with a package of Pocky Chocolate. Happy Pocky Day, everyone!

p.s. Tangential Pretz-related comment: doesn't this image from the Pretz website make it look like she's going to drive a Pretz into her eye?