Monday, May 28, 2007

Stars and Stripes Rocks the Yakyuu

A Stars and Stripes writer on the delightful weirdness of Japanese baseball:

And then there’s the food. Japan has played ball almost as long as America has, but they bring their own flavor to the game. You can slurp ramen in the stands. Cram down some curry in the crowd. Peck at some pork with brown sauce. Even the vanilla ice cream is different. In Japan, it’s genetically engineered not to melt all over your fingers.


Vanilla ice cream has genes?