Say so much, without saying a word.
Living, as I do, in Chinatown, I have gotten used to cultural dissonance as my default mode of being. I’ve lived here for six years now and I still say to myself “Holy crapola, look at that dried squid! Craaaaazy shit! And those dried minnows…shiny!!!” Well to be fair, I don’t have cable; I’m starved for entertainment.
But for years I’ve walked past these piles, bins, and impromptu Cthalderesque mobiles of dried squid and thought I wonder if the post office would deliver one if I put a stamp and an address on it.
Now Pink Tentacle reports (via Japanprobe) a Japanese company has taken the guesswork out of the process; they are producing edible postcards made of dried squid.
Residents of the coastal town of Susami in Wakayama prefecture love the sea and the post office so much that the town once installed a mailbox on the ocean floor for scuba divers. Now, further evidence of this powerful sea/mail love comes in the form of “Surumail” — edible postcards made from squid.
Produced by the Susami fishing cooperative, Surumail postcards consist of dried surume squid (Todarodes pacificus), the local seafood specialty. The squid jerky is flattened and vacuum-packed into the shape of a postcard, and an adhesive label is included for the postage, delivery address and a short message.
So, should you get an unspeakably oceanically-scented and fully-digestable Cthristmas Cthard from me this year, don’t be too surprised.
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what an amazing coincidence! i saw giant and collosal squid last night. ok, technically i didn’t see them, i saw a cgi of them. it was a show that told the theorized life of a sperm whale that was laying on a beach in new zealand, slowly being suffocated by his own massive weight. it was a facinating show. it started when he was 2 years old off the grand banks of newfoundlandat the same time as a tsunami that hit that area in 1929. then it moved onto the loss of his family pod to whalers. at the time they were being slaughtered he was fighting his first battle with a giant squid in the depths of the grand banks. then he travelled and did something that very few whales do, he crossed between the south pole and south america and entered into pacific ocean waters. squid played a very important part of his life. the entire program was conjecture of this whale’s life based on the scars scientists found on his body as well as blood tests.
Cool postcard post, I wonder if they come in sweet or savoury flavours?
You? Send Christmas cards? Why would I not be surprised?
That’s “Cthristmas Cthard”. Quite different, ya know.
I saw the picture of a sperm whale’s skin with sucker marks on it; that’s where
HG WellsJules Verne got the idea for the battle in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, although that was, I think, a killer whale. Nobody knows what colossal squid eat, by the way. Quite the fascinating animals.Wells’ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Doubtless your bookshelf also includes Jules Verne’s classic War of the Worlds?
Ah, I haven’t had any coffee yet, dammit!
Aren’t those books authors written the other way around? I remember reading War of the Worlds, and that thing gave me nightmares!
Yes, Metro never tires of pointing out my errors. Sometimes I make them just to give him a reason to sign on in the morning.
Just trying to improve you. Granted it’s a job better done with a whip and a chair, but in my modest little way I think I’m helping.
The whip and chair were also delicious. Send more.
Glad you enjoyed them. Do you feel improved yet?
No, not enough roughage. Hardwood next time, plz.
I did hear you enjoyed your roughage, and hard wood too.
Then the PR campaign is paying off…
PR campaign?
I had no idea you thought of your personal ad as a PR campaign. How cute!
But no, I was referring to the graffitti on the bathroom wall at the Lamplighter.
Brilliant! Maybe this is the shot in the arm Japan Post needs for their sales.
and they can send us more Calpis Water in return ;)