this is for my mom, and other costco-loving suburbanites.

there is much truth in pinku's writeup about her trip to the costco in tamasakai.

cute, precise japanese vs. inexpensive, bloated american. to me, it's just so culturally dissonant.

i mean, really. that bundle of ham could probably feed sixteen--nay, twenty-nine--amigurumi. easily. ;)