I just finished eating two small steamed buns filled with red bean paste not unlike the kind one gets at dim sum, except that these were shaped like bunny rabbits with two little red dots for eyes. It struck me that the phenomena of making non-animal products look like animals (see Peeps, chocolate bunny rabbits, animal crackers) is strange, given that we generally try to make animal products look like they don't come from animals (by skinning, removing heads, etc.).  ¶ 12:20 AM