[Official] Swiss, Austria and... blue potatoes?

[ducere-isoru.livejournal.com]

Official update!




http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-1229.html

Comments

[pixelmicrocat.livejournal.com]

Damn...I'm hungry now =A=
Also, it says 404 error on the page...god knows who's been hotlinking this time :/
Blue potatoes! It says naturally blue, how weird ^^ I'd love to try them :P

[blind-unicorn13.livejournal.com]

So are soooo gooooodddd......and hai thar Austria and Switzerland~ Looking good there!
But seriously I'm addicted to those chips.... At 1st my friend and I were reluctant to try them though hahaha

[aduial-peredhel.livejournal.com]

I get a 404 error message. Makes me sad. I wanna see Austria. ;A;

They are probably sweet potatoes. I've seen sweet potatoes come in a variety of colors including the typical orange, yellow, red, and purple.

[mintbun.livejournal.com]

...*pokes blue potatoes* Looks strange yet appetizing.

And heh, seems like Autria and Switzerland's relationship is still awkward.

[wafflesama.livejournal.com]

YOU EAT BLUE POTATO CHIPS, HIMRAUYA?!


No wonder you're insane.


But we love you for that. ♥

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

Really, you guys have never seen or heard of blue potatoes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Blue_potato)?

P.S., THEY'RE DELICIOUS

P.P.S., I can't see the first image so I have no idea what's going on. ;A; But now I could really go for some chips.

[island-of-myst.livejournal.com]

Oh those blue potatoes o.o (They always looked more purple to me ^^")

[lalaluciie.livejournal.com]

jetBlue airways? Is he going somewhere, or did he get that napkin for free with the blue potato chips?

[lalaluciie.livejournal.com]

Edit: I mean I know they don't go as far as Japan (I'm pretty sure they don't) but still.

[gramarye1971]

Looks like a belated Swiss Foundation Day sketch, with some discussion of the William Tell legend (specifically, the bit about Gessler's hat) and Switzerland's military history. ^_^

[kossan.livejournal.com]

*screams at midnight*

this one cheers me up a lot x"DDDDDDDDDDD

[amelia 'emmy' jones (from livejournal.com)]

They sell those blue potato crisps here in the states. :D. They're tasty but incredibly healthy. They also come in purple, red, and yellow and red stripes....0_0. They use beets, blueberries and other natural products to color them. You can buy them at a Whole Foods Store.

[nuitfroide.livejournal.com]

Himaruya is asking why they're blue, yet it clearly say that it's all natural blue potatoes. That is not a fair accusation.

And yay! Switzerland and Austria!

[dragonsigma.livejournal.com]

I see those types of chips in the stores where I am. I think the more important thing is that's clearly a snack-sized bag from JetBlue, and a JetBlue napkin. That's the sort of stuff you can only get on an airplane.

Hima, where are you going?

[lalaluciie.livejournal.com]

I noticed that too. If he did/was/is traveling somewhere, he could've gone from the AmericanAirlines in/near Tokyo then transferred to a JetBlue plane or something. /probably over thinking this

[icelilly]

I have never seen blue potatoes before where I live. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough?

Yay Austria. :D

[tokyohottie11.livejournal.com]

That food looked goooooood.
Those blue potatoes, not so muuuuuuch.

[thealmightykit.livejournal.com]

*sobs happily* WELL FINALLY. Hnnnnggg these twwwwooooo. You guys just don't even know how happy this makes me.

[fullxmetalxgir.livejournal.com]

Personally, I grew up with that kind of sweet potato, and was pretty freaked out when I found out they came in orange.

[ohmypizza.livejournal.com]

Smae here. When I found out that sweet potatoes came in othe colors, I was like "WTF is this, sweet potatoes are purple!". I don't think that those are blue. They look purple. I don't even think that there is any naturally blue food.

[lethal-bonbon.livejournal.com]

-foodie senses explode-
I NEED THOSE BLUE CHIPS FOR MY LIFE
it's just that, i'm so fascinated with blue foods...arghhh i'm hungry even though i just had dinner...

hehe, so much foe yay in today's update. sexual tension much, boys?

[mizabee.livejournal.com]

I thought it was called blue waffle, not potatoes...

[jedijenchan.livejournal.com]

Those blue potato Terra Chips (http://www.terrachips.com/our-chips/exotic-potato-chips/72822967901) are very good. You can find them sometimes at your supermarket, or Whole Foods may have them.

[mel-girl.livejournal.com]

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG MY OTP ARE TOGETHER IN A PICTURE AGAIN \O/

[kecen.livejournal.com]

I consider them to be purple potatoes. The airplane to New York had the blue potato chips.

Translation! I want those blue chips...

[y4nderenka.livejournal.com]

8月1日　スイス建国
August 1st, Swiss National Day



スイスの建国の日からちょっと遅くなってしまいました…(；´ヮ｀)
I'm a just a little really late for Switzerland's national founding day.

スイスの英雄とされているウィリアムテルの敵役で
ハプスブルクの悪代官ゲスラーさんは
自分の帽子にお辞儀強要とかちょっと可愛い。
Gessler, the evil Hapsburg bailiff* who wasthe villain in the story of Swiss hero William Tell, telling everyone to bow before his hat was kind of cute.

[Note: A bailiff was sort of like a governor.]

フランスに負けるまでのスイスはやたら血気盛んですね。
それからの傭兵業で外貨を稼いだりや武装中立の立場を固めて
国を守り続けたのもすごいなぁ。
Switzerland was recklessly vigorous until he lost to France, wasn't he?
It's great that he was able to continue to protect his country after that by earning foreign money as a mercenary and taking a position of armed neutrality and such.

今日は少しお返事と4巻おまけ更新予定。
I plan to update the replies and volume 4 extras a little today.

それとアメリカ編 ここが世界の中心だ！の感想ありがとうございます。
コラムや漫画楽しんでもらえれば何よりです。
アメリカは不思議で面白い国ですぞ！
Thank you for your thoughts on, "That and America's Volume, This is the Center of the World!"
I'll be most happy if you enjoy the columns and manga!
America is a mysterious and interesting country!

■おまけ＊アメリカの不思議な食べ物
Bonus: America's Mysterious food

[udon.jpg]
知ってるうどんとなんか違う
This is kinda different than the udon that I know.


[poteto1.jpg]
青いポテトチップス。何故青くした！
Blue potato chips. Why did they make them blue!?

Re: Translation! I want those blue chips...

[cinziamattia.livejournal.com]

thanx :D

[mez82.livejournal.com]

Oh, those blue potatoes are really good ;u;
I buy them whenever I'm in the states, lol

[hoshiko-2000.livejournal.com]

Yay, Austria~ And looking foward to those replies and updates ^^.

And on another note, I am really, really hungry now.

[geuna.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, blue potato chips... my favorite! (nom nom nom)

[spam-monster.livejournal.com]

Jet Blue does not fly to Japan as far as I know, but their main hub is in New York. So he could be in NYC right now.

[seabirdicat.livejournal.com]

Just to add my 2 cents and clear up any misunderstanding, the blue (purple really) potatoes are not the same as the purple yams. I've only ever had the purple yams in Hawaii but one can find the purple potatoes here in Wash state at farmers markets or co-ops or fruit stands while they are in season if you are lucky.

So I just wanted to point out that there are both purple yams and purple potatoes. ^^ And the purple yams are much more intensely purple than the potatoes (though the potatoes are still pretty purple..)

[ohmypizza.livejournal.com]

That might explain why I grew up with them. Now that I thought about it, I've never seen those on the Mainland. Are the purple potatoes savory, or sweet like sweet potatoes? To be honest, when I saw that picture, I thought that they were sweet potato chips because of the color and the shape.

[seabirdicat.livejournal.com]

Well, the purple potatoes just taste like normal potatoes. Purple potatoes have been around for ages, long before Europe got ahold of them. It's kind of funny because mashed potatoes made out of them are very grey and unappetizing looking (but taste just fine of course).

[fma029812.livejournal.com]

This is so weird. I was on a jet blue flight from New York to Boston the other day! I wonder if he was on the same flight?!