05.11a Chinese English on a Jujube Package. While I was at the American Law and Economics Association conference, my wife and children went to Chinatown and bought me a present, which said this on the package:

INTRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCT
The Cangzhou sweetened jujube of brand, of which the materials are all chosen from the famous jujube producing place in china-- the non-hazard planting base of golden silk jujubes in Hebei province huangdipu town, Cangxian county, are claborated through several processions, without any artificial accretions, so that we can insure the excellent quality and absolutely natural sapor.

The other nice bit is the instructions:

Eating method: you can eat it as soon as opening.

[in full at 04.05.11a.htm]

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