# The Happy Kitchen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681 "2016-03-31T00:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/1 "2016-03-31T00:33:37Z")
For those of you who don’t want to waste time on line at the drive-through. [You can waste it at home!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gJOCwBuFc) (ingenious idea however). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/2 "2016-03-31T03:27:54Z")
Wha-- I’m just-- It’s so-- I thought I was used to things Japanese, having lived there for a year and having lived with Japanese persons most of the past 35 years, but now, not so much. Tell me that’s something for children to make, on a par with (but much harder and more time-consuming than) the EZBake oven of yore. I don’t want to know what goes into that powdered “meat” product. I thought when they opened up the package that it was going to be “add your own” meat, but no - everything is there. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/3 "2016-03-31T03:36:49Z")
Yes, the first thing I thought of was the EZ Bake Oven. But perhaps this has an application for campers or astronauts. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/4 "2016-03-31T04:53:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > But perhaps this has an application for campers or astronauts. Very tiny campers or astronauts! ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/5 "2016-03-31T10:53:53Z")
That was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/6 "2016-03-31T17:36:09Z")
Could it be part of a plan to reduce obesity among the Japanese? By the time you’re done pouring, patting, folding, slicing, microwaving and constructing the containers, it’s already time for the next meal. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/7 "2016-03-31T20:15:06Z")
I BOUGHT one of these. I’ve been afraid to “cook” it. Still afraid after possessing it for a year. … I’m not THAT hungry. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-kitchen/750681/8 "2016-03-31T22:14:04Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Wha-- I’m just-- It’s so-- I thought I was used to things Japanese, having lived there for a year and having lived with Japanese persons most of the past 35 years, but now, not so much. > > Tell me that’s something for children to make, on a par with (but much harder and more time-consuming than) the EZBake oven of yore. > > I don’t want to know what goes into that powdered “meat” product. I thought when they opened up the package that it was going to be “add your own” meat, but no - everything is there. It’s gummy candy. There’s a bunch of different ones that look like various other foodstuffs.