FB, Comicon & Pocky Recipe

1) Fruits Basket sticker book coming in June.

2) Comicon plans (when you get back from I-Con).

3) Pocky recipe & photos.

HOW TO MAKE POCKY

Ingredients:

Glico Pretz Roast Biscuit Sticks (http://www.veryasia.com/glprro.html)

(Glico Salad Sticks are non-vegetarian. They have chicken & pork extract in them)

and/or

Italian bread sticks

bittersweet chocolate chips

white chocolate chips

milk chocolate chips

butterscotch

(peanut butter chips don't work)

OR

dipping chocolate*

PLUS

crushed nuts, crushed candy etc.

Lots of paper or plastic tablecloths to cover tables on which you work

wax paper and/or coated paper plates

Melt the chips (microwave works - just stir half way through)

Put the melted chips into a container tall enough to dip in sticks and coat them at least half way up (such as 7 oz hot cups)

Dip the sticks into the chocolate (leaving one end dip-free)

Coat the sticks according to preference

Lay wax paper or coated paper plates to cool

*Make dipping chocolate by mixing 2 T of butter or shortening to 12 oz of melted chips. Makes it easier to dip.

**Do not use extract to flavor chips. Extract causes chocolate to seize.

See fabulous pictures.

Nola Ni

Pocky

And speaking of POCKY, go here to the Nikkeiviewblog to check out some other flavors of Japanese snacks that are Not Pocky.
Nola Ni

Pocky Recipe, Pocky Pics

WHERE ARE THE PICS FROM POCKY MAKING?
shouted Nola Ni

Fruits Basket plus Phantom Dreams

TokyoPop just announced that it will be releasing Fruits Basket mangaka Natsuki Takaya's first manga, Geneimuso, aka Phantom Dreams. It's going to be cross-promo'd with an excerpt in Fruits Basket 21.

Meanwhile, Fruits Basket 19 is going to available in its entirety on the TokyoPop website prior to its release date next week. Go to the TokyoPop website for more details.

(You can reserve FB 19 now, if you haven't already...)

Pocky ahead today! Whooee.

Nola Ni

GTO & Pocky

Okay, Pocky it is. We're making pocky at the next meeting.

Also, whoever has Coscio's GTO bring it in.

And flyers & permission slips for Comicon will be handed out at the next meeting, too.

Read any good manga lately?

Nola Ni

MAKING PLANS, EATING POCKY

First, hi Melissa (aka Manga Party London Girl). We're glad you and Jacques (spelled right???) could come to the party. It was great you were there. We hope you come back -- we're going to the New York Comicon in the spring...

Next,I just got back from a Graphic Novel conference and need input. About graphic novels. Manga. Anime. For example, the author of MAIL ORDER NINJA was at the conference, and I know, it's not manga -- but I liked his stuff. You might, too, so I bought two of his books.

Third, pocky has been secured for the next meeting. But we need to make plans for some of our meetings this fall while eating said Pocky. Onigiri? Manga/anime drawing classes? Halloween costumes? Manga bookmarks? What?

Think about it.

See you then.

Nola Ni the Librarian

POCKY POCKY POCKY

We have Pocky, pretty much every flavor,

for tomorrow night's cosplay party.
And Other Things, too.

Tonight, I go shopping for bunny slippers like Dr. Ni's...unless anyone out there has any they want to lend me.

Nola Ni the Librarian