One of the things I like about China is English adjectives that are selected to describe things. For example, last week or so I was in a hotel lobby waiting for a driver and one of the hotel attendants pointed at the bottled tea I was drinking and said, "That is a charlatan". I must have looked at her crazy because she went on, "Your tea is a charlatan." I was still confused and replied using 30% of my Chinese vocabulary, "Ting bu dong." (I don't understand). She said, "Your tea, it is a fraud." Then it all made sense. She was pointing out that my tea wasn't really tea, it was artificial.
This type of thing is seen more in product packaging and store signs. The photo proves it. Who cares if Corn Stick is Aromatic. What does the stuff taste like? I'll find out tomorrow. The bag has been designated as my mid-afternoon snack.
UPDATE: I tasted the Aromatic Grilled Corn Stick. It tasted exactly as if you would put salt on Corn Pops, which I don't like.
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