Sadly, it didn’t have pineapple, fruit cocktail OR marshmallows in it. This square of wiggly was chock full of algae, algae, and more algae! Made from nori (the wrap on tuna tekkamaki at your favorite sushi bar), it was held together with just enough agar (the growth medium in petri dishes at your favorite laboratory) to make it easy to neatly quarter and convey to your mouth via chopsticks.
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Actually, I think it looks really good. What are those little chunks? Croutons?
You know, Phoebe, I have no idea what they were! “Little Crunchy Bits” is about as close as I can get. I do wonder how they got such tiny things to be perfectly cubular, though…