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What's your favorite sweet??

Have you checked Kansai Gaidai's Global Cast?  I was asked to write something about the international experience at Kansai Gaidai for my Global Cast message.  Please visit my entry, "My Sweet Life: An Intercultural Experience through Chocolate"  If it doesn't appear right away, you can also locate it by following this procedure: "By Date"; "06.2007"; "IES". 

Once you have located my entry, you'll see a picture of my daughter and me; also, you can read about one of my favorite chocolates and how this confection represents my childhood and my home state, Ohio!

I hope that you'll leave a comment and tell about your favorite sweet and how it reflects something about you and/or your culture! 

posted by: MaryH at June 15, 2007 12:30 | link | comments (11) |
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#1  15 June 2007 - 21:19

 

Hi, Mary!
How sweet your story is!!!
Your picture is also sweet!

I often ate kit-kat when I was high school student; especially 3rd grade. Many students who take an enterance examination of an university, eat kit-kat. The students want to pass the entrance exam, so they eat it.We eat it as a lucky charm. The sound of Kit-kat is so lucky word!!! Kit(kitto) is surely and Kat(katsu) is win in Japanese ! Sounds good, doesn't it ? The company of Kit-Kat must earn the most from November to March which are the season of the entrance examinations.

Tomoyo

Anonymous

#2  16 June 2007 - 01:12

 

Hi Mary
I liked learning more about the Japanese sweets like kit kat. By the way, can you read Japanese?
Well, I really love sweets, but my favorite is brigadeiro, the little balls made of condensed milk and chocolate that are served in children parties in Brazil.
About Brigadeiro
Camila recorded a message in chimswing about "olho de sogra" (mother-in-law's eyes) which is also a popular brazilian sweet
About olho de sogra

Hope you can try them one day!
They are both delicious!
Erika Cruvinel

Anonymous

#3  16 June 2007 - 02:46

 

Hi Mary: I think the sweetest chocolate of your live is your sweet daughter. She looks so tender and cute. About sweets all I know is eat.In Venezuela we have Brazo Gitano. It´s delicious. Do you know in Cuba there is a sweet call Mojón de negro? Sweets hugs from Venezuela, Horacio Idarraga Gil.

Anonymous

#4  16 June 2007 - 20:39

 

Hi, Mary:)
Your story and picture is very nice.

My favorite sweet is chocolate.
Chocolates mean a lot for me. When I was a high school student,
I went to Australia. I studied with Australian students and made many friends. When the day I have to leave the school, they gave me letters and full of chocolates. I felt they were the most sweetiest chocolate I had ever tried.
I like chocolates because they remind me of my good memories and sweet friends.


Shizuka

Anonymous

#5  17 June 2007 - 16:14

 

Russians are extremely fond of sweets!
When a kid I remember we all were crazy about candies and toffees (there were even special names we liked more).

Now my preference lies with chocolate and Rafaello. The first is a good nurishments for the brains - for students and teachers! And it is very tasty here in Russia.

Anonymous

#6  17 June 2007 - 21:14

 

Hi,Mary.
Your story is interesting and your daughter is really cute! I sometimes see that your husband walks with her on his shoulders.

I don't like sweets so much, but I like a crape. Then, there are many festivals in Japan. For example, Gion festival in Kyoto and Tenjin festival in Osaka. If you went to such festivals, you could find a lot of stalls which sell crapes. When I go there, I always eat a crape. It's common for us to eat a crape there. If you have never eaten a crape which is sold in stalls, please try it! It's surely very delicious.

Minami

Anonymous

#7  18 June 2007 - 04:53

 

This is really turning into an interesting discussion! It seems that sweets are related to many events in our lives, like entrance examinations, gift-giving occasions, and festivals!

My husband, Jason, and daughter, Leda, are often playing outside or going somewhere together. Sometimes for a special treat, they go to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. Recently, Leda's favorite flavors are strawberry and green tea.

Looking forward to more of your stories!!

MaryH

#8  18 June 2007 - 06:59

 

Cutenekko from Canada says:
"I used to eat a lot of chocolate bars as a kid. In Canada, they all had funny names like Mars, and Snickers. Regarding culture, my brother and I would eagerly await the arrival of March 17th (St.Patrick's Day). This Irish holiday is celebrated by wearing green..and McDonald's had a special "Shamrock Shake"--a green milkshake! The taste was actually mint, but only on this holiday could you enjoy this sweet."

Anonymous

#9  28 June 2007 - 22:01

 

Hi, Mary!!I read your story. It's interesting, and picture is very good!! I also like chocolate. I often eat Meiji bar of chocolate.It reminds me of Valentine'Day, I make chocolate by using this chocolate, and if it were left, I can eat it by myself(*^_^*)
It's very good!

Anonymous

#10  28 June 2007 - 22:02

 

#9 is Shoko!

Anonymous

#11  01 July 2007 - 21:31

 

Hi Mary!!
Thank you for the schedule of this week. By the way...I couldn't find your story!! I went to your address you posted on this web site, I saw many KGU people wrote something on there...but I was like..Where are yours?? I'll ask somebody.lol

I used to love sewwt a lot when i was skinner.lol I have been very busy,and I'm on diet right now, so I don't eat them so much. I love Birthday cakes!! There are 6 people in my family,so i get a lot of chance to eat Bday cakes:) I love to see people's smiling by cerebrating for them, and I love japanese cakes!!!!
Do you prefer japanese cake to American's??
Miho

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