Adventures in Supermarketing

If you thought that Crunk Juice was going to be the last of Lil' Jon's cross-promotional machinations, think again.

Japanese strawberries come arranged in lines so perfectly straight, it brings tears to my eyes. Just like Japanese onions. Those aren't arranged in lines, though.

Anyone who's a fan of dim sum is likely to know the merits of steamed meat buns. Unfortunately, these aren't nearly as good as the real deal but in a pinch, they make for a good microwavable snack. Katakana readers and the extremely observant alike will notice that these are pizza flavor.

This Australian guy, Clayton, is always eating the above fruits in our Japanese class on Tuesdays. At first I thought that they were orange tomatoes, so one day I told him that he reminded me of my hippie bus driver from middle school who told me that his name was "Frank Alfonzo Rob Bob" and who also used to eat tomatoes like apples while driving the school bus. Well, turns out, these things are actually a completely different fruit called persimmons. I've never seen them before in the states but according to Wikipedia, there's some sort of persimmon festival in Indiana? Who knew?