Post #333652 by Cammo on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 5:48 AM

I wish I had the imagination to make this stuff up:

"As part of an ongoing battle against invading swarms of giant jellyfish in local waters, some residents of Fukui prefecture have developed a method for converting the jellyfish into powder, which is used to make souvenir cookies. The jellyfish treats, called “Ekura-chan saku-saku cookies,” are now on sale at JR Fukui station at a price of 580 yen for a box of 10.

Three years ago, students from Obama Fisheries High School in Fukui prefecture developed a method for turning the invading jellyfish into powder. (dry them, then toss them into a blender?!) A Fukui-area company followed up with a cookie recipe that includes the powdered jellyfish as an ingredient. The result is a cookie with a superbly textured sweetness nicely complemented by the bitter, salty flavor of jellyfish."

And here they are!

What a sickening end to a Gamera movie; make cute little cookies out of the jellyfish monsters, and smiling little Japanese kids eat them!