2009/01/8

shucking bivalves for food

January 08th 2009 Posted to Uncategorized

Scallops, clams, oysters … all pretty much the same. What bothers me to no end though, is at what point in this process does the darn thing die?

I’ve seen opened clams that are still alive, but this one doesn’t appear to be here:

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2006/11/5

Comrade Food

November 05th 2006 Posted to Uncategorized

This jar of preserved bamboo shoots from the Chinese supermarket here… Comrade Food brand. Hahaha, you chuckle knowingly. Cue the Internationale. Right?

Wrong. Because Comrade Food is made in Taiwan.

“What…?” You say.

Look, on the jar it says it’s made in Taizhong City. (It’s hard to see in this blurry photo, but there it is.) Now, Taizhong is hardly known to be a hotbed of camaraderie. But then again, “comrade” means something else on the renegade island, namely, “gay”. Well, whatever. In the company of “Darkie/Darlie” brand toothpaste, also sold in Taiwan (look it up), I must say branding with Comrade Food is nothing unusual.

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