Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In Louisiana, there's a recipe for damn near everything; If there's not one, we'll make one up. ;-} On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: > I find it offensive that when we visit foreign locales, some of us somehow > feel the right to impose our on values on them. The dog meat thing in > Korea > is certainly one of them. > A lot of Jews and Muslims would be offended by eating of pigs, and a lot of > Hindi would be offended by eating of beef. And a whole bunch of > holier-than-thou Californians are offended by consumption of anything > animal-derived. > > So, my stance is that in Rome, do as Romans do, and in Korea, do as Koreans > do. > > I am pretty close to being as omnivorous as anyone can get. I've eaten > mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and cheliceratae as well. If > one's afraid, one shouldn't go to foreign locales. > > So how did it taste? I've heard it's delicious. > > Ken > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > Subject: [Leica] DEAD PIG -- now Korean food > > > > > > HB Arche wrote:>I used to order blind by pointing at things on the menu. > >> On > >> my third visit the waitress refused to accept my order - 'not for > >> americans!'. I thought maybe I'd hit on the dog dish. >When I persisted > >> she > >> went for the manager who told me the item was a meat dish but served > raw, > >> and she flat refused to let me have it. > >> > > > > Hi Arche, > > OK here you go with what might be the Korean food story of stories. :-) > > 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul Korea. Our photo unit and information section > > staff decided we'd all go out to a near by Korean restaurant instead of > > eating in the Press dining room where you could get excellent food from > > practically every country in the world. > > > > But oh no some of the ladies wanted to try Korean food. The twits > could've > > ordered it in the Press dining room. But they wanted to go to a real > > location. Off we go without our translator, about 20 of us to the > > restaurant. Now you couldn't put two words together in Korean within the > > lot, so somebody picked up a menu and picked whatever. > > Korean waitresses kind of looked funny, a couple giggled, off they went > > with the numbers of each item selected. > > > > Dinner arrived, nothing recognizable, the ordering person was told to try > > it first and if it tasted OK then it was good for all. Main course > finished > > and everyone was anxious to know what we'd just eaten? READY?????? > > > > One of the Korean waitresses who could speak some English was asked by > one > > of the girls, "What was that wonderful dinner we just had?" Waitress > > response.... "FRESH PUPPIES!" :-( You could hear a pin drop! > > > > Dinner was over right there! It went dead silent until one of the girls > > began to cry! That did it dinner was finito! None of the crew ever went > out > > of the staff dining restaurant again! :-) It's called live and learn on > the > > international scene when you don't have your interpreter with you. :-) > > > > Dr. ted :-) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Ken Iisaka > first name at last name dot org or com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA