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Japanese-style peanuts, also known as Japanese peanuts or cracker nuts (widely known in the Spanish-speaking world as cacahuates japoneses or maní japonés), are a type of snack food made from peanuts that are coated in a wheat flour dough and then fried or deep-fried. They come in a variety of different flavors. The Mexican version's recipe for the extra-crunchy shell has ingredients such as wheat flour, soy sauce, water, sugar, monosodium glutamate, and citric acid. The snacks are often sold in sealed bags, but can also be found in bulk containers

History

Japanese-style peanuts were created in Mexico during the 1940s by Japanese immigrant Yoshihei Nakatani, the father of Yoshio and Carlos Nakatani. He lost his job after the mother-of-pearl button factory he worked at, named El Nuevo Japón, was forced to close after its proprietor came under suspicion of being a spy for the Empire of Japan.

Nakatani had to find alternatives to provide for his family. He obtained a job at La Merced Market, where he initially sold Mexican candies called muéganos [es]. Later, he developed a new variety of fried snacks he named oranda that he named after the like-named fish. He also created a new version of a snack that reminded him of his homeland, mamekashi (seeds covered with a layer of flour with spices), that he adapted to Mexican tastes. Nakatani sold them in packages decorated with a geisha design made by his daughter Elvia. While his children tended to the family business, Nakatani and his wife Emma sold the snacks on local streets. Sales of the snacks were so successful that Nakatani was able to obtain his own stall at the market. With the help of Nakatani's son Armando, the family established their business under the brand Nipón in the 1950s; the name was registered as a trademark in 1977.

Nakatani never registered the patent for the snack. As a result, various competitors made their own versions of Japanese-style peanuts.

A Japanese version originated in Okinawa, called Takorina, has the image of a Mexican charro in the bag, and it is claimed to be called "Mexican-style peanuts", though the rumour has been disproven.

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Creepypasta "If you see the peepee poopoo man buying gas station dick pills at 2 am don't ask him to give you some..." scared

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[–] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Well, my date went well, we both agreed on that but, when it came to moving forward, she said while she really likes talking to me, she didn't feel attracted. She offered to be friends, help me navigate my social anxiety, and later consider dating me again but, I told her it was best if I don't burden her with emotional labor. Instead I said we should just part ways on good terms. Well, that was how the second date in my life went.

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

doubt i'll ever live in an area where they feel comfortable deploying food delivery 'robots', or by the time they do they'll be fortified tanks you'll need a grenade to crack

which makes me sad because i really want to smash and grab one of those fucks

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

im a firm believer in "subtext is for cowards" theory but putting a +× symbol on the piltover cops/compradores in arcane is a bit fucking on the nose ukkk

[–] whatnots@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

very very stressed about a big assignment i have due tomorrow. there is just too much left to do and i'm beginning to panic ohnoes

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I shot guns today. I read theory yesterday. Please put the communal upbears into the receptacle.

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[–] x87_floatingpoint@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This tagline LOL

/r/legaladvice please help my amusement park has been hijacked by the Taliban and set on fire

Did they actually set it on fire? I don't remember that part. I only remember them playing with the bumper cars, they looked like they were having fun

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (6 children)

In my .world skirmishes I have collected a follower who takes screenshots of my comments and replies to people I'm talking with to show off the "Tankie" tag they've affixed to me along with the warning: Don't talk to them! They're a tankie!

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

a vote for bart is a vote for anarchy

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[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

its so cool that when i see a game with a shitty user review score I have to wonder if its actually bad or if its just been bombed to hell bc dumbasses think its too woke or whatever

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fairly masc looking they/them problems: I can literally give references with phone numbers of friends and former colleagues who will attest that I am way more like a lesbian than straight dude in how im attracted to women and wish there was a convincing way to advertise this.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

Future titanic rereleases coming with a little explainer on what icebergs are.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

People should have to tattoo “I impulse bought a dog over covid didn’t do any obedience training but inexplicably let it roam around off-leash” on their forehead.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

In my experience doing deliveries for several years mostly before COVID nobody trains their goddamn dogs and nobody ever has

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[–] asa_red_heathen@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Finished my triangles belt! Pretty happy with this one, its 71 inches long and decent widthwise. If you pull acrylic thread too tightly when you pull the weft through it becomes stiff and hard to tie which some of my older belts suffer from, this one was well done in that regard. The pattern is nice and simple which shows off the twill when you look at it closely.

Since the colors flip on the opposite side the back doesnt have the alternating edge color, which I actually like a lot better than the front. I wish I had made this sud ethe front so the edges would be smooth but its fine, looks kinda cool this way. Also the way you line the pattern up on this side can make a zigzag or squares which is fun.

halfway through my black weft ran out (which was 13 repeats, so its 26 repeats overall), so I swapped to a white thread for the latter half, so you can see the edges where the black weft is woven through against the white side in the beginning, and the white thread against the black edge on the latter half. You can kinda see the weft through the warp on the front if you bend the belt in the right way (since thats how twilling works) but its kinda hard to photograph, so heres the edges. I flipped the belt in the middle so the both the white and black edges with the opposite color weft can be seen at the same time.

And heres the reverse where the weft color matches the edge warp color:

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[–] frogloom@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago (3 children)

yall are tripping I’m in china and still have hexbear someone must’ve appealed it already

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I am in Wuhan, Hubei. 15:53 Sunday November 24th. Hexbear is inaccessible with CTC 5G mobile connection.

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[–] Babs@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

Spice8Rack on the Deprogram is something I never knew I wanted.

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It feels so good to hold a stack of CD-R in my hands. So much data (roughly 14 GB of it), and it's all mine meow-floppy

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm as leftist as they cum

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[–] OrionsMask@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Against my better judgment, I spent 15 minutes browsing Reddit this morning. That was enough to wish for the west to be nuked into oblivion. No Reddit for another 18 months for me.

[–] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I gotta go look at this house inspection report to make sure we're getting this contractor to look at all the things we need them to give a quote for and it's 110 pages long my god please kill me just put a bullet in my head

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finally hit 500 hours on the steam version of Dwarf Fortress. please say hello to the forgotten beast I have trapped in my fort and am farming for infinite silk, thank you

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

holy shit dawg this left field movie recc from a person ive met once is killing it

[–] TheDrink@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

One of the niche benefits of having an EV even if you live way out in the sticks like me is being able to plug stuff into it when your power goes out. I got no generator, nothing - just the electricity I saved up before the outage happened.

Of course this assumes that you remembered to plug it in last time you got home.

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[–] frogloom@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

alright true alarm - hexbear is blocked, it’s just not blocked on my travel sim card for some reason

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Aime Cesaire was a poster

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

After struggling where to put dry lemongrass with unsuccessful cooking experiments: coffee with lemongrass is weirdly wonderful niko-wonderous

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Whats the term for when a video game character gets injured and like gets all Gothic and eyepatchy? Its not a serious term, but it's something similar to cursed, returned, and scarred

[–] FunkYankkkees@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)
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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

wtf this movie is making me sad I thought we agreed movies are good vibes only

[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Made the mistake of checking my university subreddit and its full of scratched liberals complaining about the tiny 10 person protest for Palestine that happened last year. The comments are people saying they hope that the protesters get sent to Palestine and people saying Hamad is living in luxury. Just wild what these libs say. I mean its reddit so I'm not sure what I expected but still

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[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the United Kingdom, the totalitarian government forbids the people from starming their own kiers.

yeonmi-park

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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The existence of Pedro Pascal implies the existence of Pedro Fortran

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[–] makotech222@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My spouse has long suffered from anxiety and depression; somewhat mildly, as she is healthy enough to live a normal life and its not super debilitating. But for the first time, they are trying out Sertraline 10mg to see if it helps. I'm a bit worried about it, since it seems like somewhat random what it does to people. But i'm hoping for the best.

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[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

wondering what the life of the person pulling 6500xp a week in my Duolingo league is like

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It is wild to be a fluent speaker smurfing in duolingo

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Kendrick the album is good but the track where you yell-rap about your past lives is about as half-baked and corny as a typical Eminem track and the beat is about as good as one.

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Emote idea: Al Gore playing the drums with the name :al-gore-rhythm:

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Made 3 different types of bean from dry bean this weekend.

Chickpeas --> 1.5L of hummus

Romano --> 2L of refried beans

Lima - 6L of beans in a spicy tomato sauce with thyme and oregano

With the sourdough in the oven and the tray of roast potatoes feeling pretty good about my meal prep for the week squirtle-jam

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[–] someone@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

So on the recommendation of people with impeccable taste I've started watching Maniac. I am digging this.

Also, the "AdBuddy" system is both horrific and plausible at the same time. The enshitification of realty.

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Im roleplaying Harry Dubois (I gave myself alcohol poisoning last night (why the hell did I do that))

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[–] Pogchamp@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Negative mood/sadLove feeling an overwhelming sense of dread and feeling bad for other's people's actions, must love it with how much I do it otherwise why do I keep doing it thonk-cri

fr tho this blows, I'll keep forcing a smile and trying to be optimistic but damn if I don't want to just not exist for a bit catgirl-huh

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

HxH current chapter spoilers (ch 408)"We had to risk our lives to listen to pop songs from rival countries" Togashi still has those North Korea brainworms left over from the chimera ant arc I see.

The Kakin Empire being described to us does recontextualize a lot of the princes. Suddenly Tserridich (hates women dude) seems less out of place while Halkenberg and the others would have surely participated into the flesh carnivals.

The ship being put under martial law is really exciting. It must mean that one of the princes either bit the bullet publicly or the phantom troupe have crashed the funeral. Maybe Chrollo and Hisoka actually met on level 1 and are duking it out.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago

One big de-americanizing moment for me was realizing (already in my 20s) that actually most people aren't super cavalier about mass death happening to other people and places, that's really only so normal here and in places under our influence .

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Has anyone ever shot a shotgun with another gun? It would be so literal

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