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I remember a few years ago, maybe five or six, there was this wild craze with these individual fruit jelly lychee cups. A tub of maybe 30 was something like eight dollars and they were juicy, sweet and incredibly refreshing, especially when chilled.

They were addictive too. I could eat handfuls at a time. Even Mu accidentally ate one and it’s against his religion (there’s pork product in the gelatin). Despite the sacrilege, even Mu had to admit they were delicious.

Then one day, all of a sudden, they vanished from the Chinese supermarkets all across town. I never read anything, but was told they were pulled from the shelves for being a choking hazard.

Today, for the first time in all those years, I’ve finally tasted the sweet nectar of lychee jellies once again.

To the best of my memory, the jellies taste the same. Afterall, the lychee flavour hasn’t changed much. But what’s changed significantly is the stiffness of the jelly which encases the fruit chunks. It’s a lot softer and less like a gummy and more like watery Jello.

It’s still good I guess, but just not the same! How could something so delicious cause so much harm?