Ever wonder what a cross between a bear and duck looks like? Voila! The Bearuck! I tried make the bear according to what I saw on the internet, but when I was making this, I had a computer glitch. Argh! So, as artistically disabled as I am, I tried making it neways, because I was pressed for time to send this to Jessica and Kristy.
I made the mouth, but found that it looked more like a duck than a bear. So, then, I tried to make a little hair curl for the duck. It still didn't look right, so then, I tried making the ears.
The black onigiri was SUPPOSED to be the ears....unfortunately. However, the proportions were um....off; slightly. Okay, so way off! After disparaging for a moment or two, I spotted wasabi peas in my snack closet, and tried to pass them off as the ears. So, they shared ears... oh well. I placed pan fried circular cut outs of the spam in between the nori onigiri.
The onigiri itself is, literally translated from Chinese as Oily Rice (You Fan). The actual rice is not as oily as it sounds, and is more like sticky rice. The rice was leftover from last night. Oily rice is made out of fancy grade rice, so it's like a sticky rice. To shape sticky rice, you must have some water so it won't stick on your hand. Sorry, I can't share the Oily Rice recipe with anybody; Family Secret.
I rounded out the bento with blanced green beans and baby carrots. For dessert, it was lychee and grapes. The lychee is from a can.
Enjoy!
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