Yum, cow intestine
Jacobmarian: aaaugh what kind of parasites live in Octopus that also can live in people?? Well, I am hopefully going to be in China from June 22 to July 6th. But, I just found out I need to get a visitor Visa or something. Glad Myron told me…
And – Paula, Canon’s seem to be pretty good snapshot digital cameras. I really still like mine. It is probably several generations of upgrade over my old camera, I know it has over 2x the megapixels. Can you go to a store like Walmart and see if they have a display version that you can mess around with? Also, there are a lot of online sources for reviewing cameras. The only problem is, I don’t know if they use SD cards…
Now, the funny story. Today was the English class bbq, at Smile and Carol’s place (got lots of photos, I’ll post later). A lot of people came, it was great. But, while we were barbecuing, Elton put some strange stuff on the grill. “Hmm, looks like meat. I’ll try some of that.” [munch munch munch] “Wow! This stuff is really great!” I eat a whole bunch of it.
Later, Elton brings out another package and wants to know if we want to cook some more. I ask him what it is, but Ransom beats him to it. “Horumon!” He says, munching happily on a big sizzling piece. “What? Hormone?” (it sounds basically the same) “what’s that??” Elton: “Uh… actually, we normally don’t tell Americans.” Alarm bells blare in my head. Nobody hears though. “It’s cow intestine.”
YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. YUCKYUCKYUCKYUCK.
Ransom smiles big, grabs a sizzling piece from the grill, and plops it on my plate. “Here. Have some intestine.”
Hah hah! You ate intestine! I’m pretty happy to say that I don’t have any stories like that from Azerbaijan (at least, not that I know about).
I already ordered the camera, so I’m choosing to face buyer’s remorse over prolonged indecision. Amazon ended up being $30 cheaper than Wal-Mart, plus free shipping. I didn’t remember that your old camera is a Canon – I’ve always liked it. I’m not expecting to get $400 of value from a $200 camera, but I think this one comes closest to what I want for the price I’m willing to pay.
I believe it can use the rechargeable batteries and SD card that I salvaged from my old camera, so there’s a pretty nice savings already.
P.S. Korean restaurants rock if you go to one with someone who knows how to cook the food. I’d probably end up with 2nd degree burns if I went by myself.
Apparently a little worm called Anisakis simplex. But don’t worry “Shrimp, eel and octopus are always cooked for sushi” right? Tim, your best bet is to cook, freeze, or ignore what is in your food. Happy eating!
My observation on Japan vs China (read in Frankenstein Monster Voice):
Japan water GOOD.
China water BAD.
China water make me need to stay near bathroom.
Uurgh the thought of parasites makes me sick. Even sicker than intestines. Mostly because I remember a story about this guy not knowing he had worms until one crawled across his eyeball and he could see it. Then he found out they were swarming through his body. I’m gonna be sick now. But… I’ll probably keep eating the sushi.
Oh – thanks for the tip uncle Ted. I will certainly remember this! What about the food – did it ever make you sick or just the water?
If it makes you feel any better– pig intestines, which I’ve had the luck of tasting over here… taste like they still hold what pig intestines are meant to hold. So at least you tasted them and liked them, whereas I tasted intestines and hated them.
I’m so glad that you are back to posting. However, I’ve been missing your fabulous photos. Also– I’ll buy you a steak dinner if you catch a Tanuki and take a picture of it.
I am sure that there are plenty of positives out there, but what have you seen for yourself? Would you like more of my fascinating mobility Wanna good joke? What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t work? A stick.
Thanks!,