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Kitty Morse's avatar

I LOVE those shrimp snacks. You can also buy the dried kind and fry them yourself? is that the same thing. Happy snacking!

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Greg Patent's avatar

Not quite the same thing. The dried ones do puff up, but the seasings are different. Furikake seasonings are great.

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Susan Dumont-Bengston's avatar

Fabulous concept and content! Kept in

Snackin’

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Cookin' and a'Codin's avatar

I love your photo Greg! It's proof that the delight of our inner child never really goes away.

My son-in-law takes unusual foods to school for his middle school students to try. Even the bravest may have problems with the dried sea creatures!

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Dorothy Patent's avatar

I like your son-in-laws idea. It can help kids lose their suspicion about new foods.

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Greg Patent's avatar

Maybe it’s because I had eaten a lot of different Chinese foods growing up in Shanghai that I connect with the flavors of so many Hawaiian snacks.

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Greg Patent's avatar

We are having so much fun trying bew snacks!

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Judy Clucas's avatar

Oh wonderful information! We used to snack on the dried plums as children, both the wrapped ones and the dried, salty ones. I also saw a lot of Asian snacks and other food at the Costco in Kona when we were there. What a fun place to be. I'm so glad you two are having a wonderful time!

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Susan Dumont-Bengston's avatar

Great shot of vivacious Greg - brimming with joie de vivre!!!!

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Mo Neff's avatar

Fun episode of life on an island.

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Dianne Jacob's avatar

Lovely to hear from Dorotnhy. Those squid chips look fantastic.

I went to a mui shop when we were on Oahu last year. I just pointed to the "tucks" as we called them, which were housed in the big glass jars of my childhood. So fresh! The owners said they order everything from Taiwan. I am still hording a few in our candy drawer.

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Dorothy Patent's avatar

Greg has used the word 'tucks' too; I wonder where the name came from. And we haven't seen big jars of them here on Kauai--maybe they are 'somewhere' here, too!

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