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Try the World: Japan

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We're going to interrupt our regularly scheduled program to talk about Try the World. Try the World is a subscription box where you get food from a different country with every box. I saw this and immediately knew that this was something I had to try. My first box was France. It was nice and fun but different that what I was expecting. There were preserves and caramels and honey and tea. Those are great, but I can get them here. Yes, I know that they were French and therefore probably way more special, but I don't think my palate is discerning enough for that. Plus none of that really involved making food. I did get some finishing salt though, so that was kinda cool. The next one was Japan. It was completely the opposite. There were some candies and caramels and tea, but most of the rest was so that you could cook one dish: Okonomiyaki. Basically, Japanese cabbage pancakes. I was really excited to do this. New and different, yay! Then things started to go w