[Osaka, 11/25/18] Vietnamese in Pakse live in seven neighborhoods, several of which they’ve named themselves. There are hoods named Rock [Đá], New Serenity [Tân An] and New Abundance [Tân Phú]. This morning, though, I wandered into Thà Hín. Even with a Lao name, it’s mostly populated by Vietnamese, and this I only found out by meandering through it. There was a
Nuts! I am like your friend from the high-rise. To me, your essays are like her recipes. I love to “brood over the fantastic dishes described in them. Their ingredients are often so exotic, so bizarre-sounding, [I] can only imagine what the words are referring to.” Sad. Thanks for the cookbooks, Linh.
Alas, eat the bugs & fake meat are just at their early stage. Huge amount of venture funding going into fake food. Plan is soon not to give non wealthy any choice but to eat it.
Worst part is that the fake meat is produced from cancer type cells in a bio reactor.
Your fictional (?) friend is right. Many exotic foods are more exciting in a cookbook than in real life, especially if they have a quirky name (With a few, it's the opposite -- they have a normal sounding name and ingredients but are delicious)
"It’s important to me that there are olive trees shading distant countries, and that somewhere, someone is eating olives.”
Can olive trees grow in Vietnam? I would suppose the weather is right. You can't eat olives straight from the tree. Well, you can, but they don't taste good. For most of us, olives come in a can or jar. I met a guy in Italy who made his own olive oil, from the few olive trees in his garden.
Hello everyone. Many articles ago Linh mentioned one of the loathsome phrases commonly used by his AWP detractors - in this case one of the variations of "get the popcorn ready". I saw it again today, though not at The Unz. Regardless of how few people read or think about our poor world, it is still amazing that those AWPs can still - STILL - regard events as nothing more than their daily entertainment. As for the Williams sisters...since I already used the word "loathsome", the synonyms disgusting, repellent, and foul will have to do.
1/i may have heard the williams sisters were vegan, but if so i forgot it - thanks for the info provided by the photo - for a while a was avoiding animal products myself, but i have returned to the omnivorous habits of my childhood
2/the italian word in "food conjuring" means, according to google translate, "Roasted Mullet Stuffed Tomatoes"
3/the wikipedia article for pakse says that the ethnic chinese population proportion is increasing
4/as you probably know, linh, as an american citizen you are subject to u.s. taxes no matter where in the world you roam [unless you have officially renounced your citizenship] - through a combination of circumstances [april 15 being a saturday, and the following monday being a holiday [observed emancipation day] in the district of columbia] tax day u.s.a. 2023 is tomorrow, april 18 - my own guess is that you're not bothering with the paperwork and it will have no practical effect on your life but i could be wrong
5/the woman who inspired donovan's song "jennifer juniper" - and married mick fleetwood twice - and got a ph.d. in psychology from u.c.l.a. - was the sister of patti boyd, quondam wife of george harrison and eric clapton - i just heard of her from an article in the daily mail
6/american indian entertainer will rogers said "everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects"
Linh interacts in a certain pleasing way. "How he is" informs his writing. I sometimes muse, what would famous people have been like "in person." Could we sit and talk over a beer? Enjoyably? How about Napoleon? Karl Marx? Thomas Jefferson? Jesus of Nazareth! Plus or minus, such thoughts intrigue. Linh gets a plus.
Nuts! I am like your friend from the high-rise. To me, your essays are like her recipes. I love to “brood over the fantastic dishes described in them. Their ingredients are often so exotic, so bizarre-sounding, [I] can only imagine what the words are referring to.” Sad. Thanks for the cookbooks, Linh.
Alas, eat the bugs & fake meat are just at their early stage. Huge amount of venture funding going into fake food. Plan is soon not to give non wealthy any choice but to eat it.
Worst part is that the fake meat is produced from cancer type cells in a bio reactor.
Yummm
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/04/15/the-lab-grown-good-meat-company-has-a-murky-past-and-theyre-extremely-sensitive-about-it/
Your fictional (?) friend is right. Many exotic foods are more exciting in a cookbook than in real life, especially if they have a quirky name (With a few, it's the opposite -- they have a normal sounding name and ingredients but are delicious)
"It’s important to me that there are olive trees shading distant countries, and that somewhere, someone is eating olives.”
Can olive trees grow in Vietnam? I would suppose the weather is right. You can't eat olives straight from the tree. Well, you can, but they don't taste good. For most of us, olives come in a can or jar. I met a guy in Italy who made his own olive oil, from the few olive trees in his garden.
Even though I am also a vegan bitch, I found the sign "save a cow, eat a vegan" very amusing!
Thank you for writing these stories. I gives me hope and encouragement. I'll subscribe soon to chip in.
Hello everyone. Many articles ago Linh mentioned one of the loathsome phrases commonly used by his AWP detractors - in this case one of the variations of "get the popcorn ready". I saw it again today, though not at The Unz. Regardless of how few people read or think about our poor world, it is still amazing that those AWPs can still - STILL - regard events as nothing more than their daily entertainment. As for the Williams sisters...since I already used the word "loathsome", the synonyms disgusting, repellent, and foul will have to do.
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1/i may have heard the williams sisters were vegan, but if so i forgot it - thanks for the info provided by the photo - for a while a was avoiding animal products myself, but i have returned to the omnivorous habits of my childhood
2/the italian word in "food conjuring" means, according to google translate, "Roasted Mullet Stuffed Tomatoes"
3/the wikipedia article for pakse says that the ethnic chinese population proportion is increasing
4/as you probably know, linh, as an american citizen you are subject to u.s. taxes no matter where in the world you roam [unless you have officially renounced your citizenship] - through a combination of circumstances [april 15 being a saturday, and the following monday being a holiday [observed emancipation day] in the district of columbia] tax day u.s.a. 2023 is tomorrow, april 18 - my own guess is that you're not bothering with the paperwork and it will have no practical effect on your life but i could be wrong
5/the woman who inspired donovan's song "jennifer juniper" - and married mick fleetwood twice - and got a ph.d. in psychology from u.c.l.a. - was the sister of patti boyd, quondam wife of george harrison and eric clapton - i just heard of her from an article in the daily mail
6/american indian entertainer will rogers said "everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects"
Linh interacts in a certain pleasing way. "How he is" informs his writing. I sometimes muse, what would famous people have been like "in person." Could we sit and talk over a beer? Enjoyably? How about Napoleon? Karl Marx? Thomas Jefferson? Jesus of Nazareth! Plus or minus, such thoughts intrigue. Linh gets a plus.