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You would be proud
- To: bob@halliday.org
- Subject: You would be proud
- From: "Carl Malamud [IMS]" <carl>
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 09:22:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: carl (Carl Malamud [IMS])
- Organization: Internet Multicasting Service
Just got through a 12-curse chinese banquet [sic] which featured a 56% alcohol toasting liquid. The basic drill is that the guest of honor has to drink a shot before each course and in honor of each guest (15!!).
I got my revenge at the end, and you would have been proud. They served a desert soup with ginko nuts and dates with a hazy white liquid floating in it. They made veiled frog jokes, and I finally got them to admit that the soup had some form of frog intestines in it.
I took a healthy drag of the soup, smiled, made a toast, and told them your deep-fried hairy spider story. To my great delight, the entire table was so grossed out, they couldn't finish their frog's glands. I gained great face!
It is a rare honor to make a mainland Chinese host admit they cannot finish their food, and I thank you for the inspiration. When I come back to Taiwan, I will bring a big wheel of blue cheese and a bag of spiders and tell them this is a traditional American toast. :))
Carl
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