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June 19, 2008
Oh Damn
I was so looking forward to ordering some "Bean curd made by a pock-marked woman" for lunch today
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- What's in a name?When it's a local dish like "Husband and wife's lung slice" or "Chicken without sexual life," lots of furrowed eyebrows on famished foreigners.
So, with the Olympics a few short weeks away, China is giving its cuisine a linguistic makeover.
It is proposing that restaurants change the names of exotic, but bizarrely named, delicacies to make them more delectable for the estimated 50,000 visitors arriving in August for the Summer Games.
The appetizer "Husband and wife's lung slice" is taking on the more appetizing "Beef and ox tripe in chili sauce."
"Chicken without sexual life" has been transformed into "Chris Matthews."
Yet another cultural loss for our world.
Posted by Mr. Bingley at June 19, 2008 07:02 AM
Comments
Sad times, indeed.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at June 19, 2008 08:56 AM
That's Capitalistic Communism for you.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at June 19, 2008 09:27 AM
Chris Matthews--oh, you're killing me.
Well, they can't use "You don't need to know what's in it" more than once to name something.
Posted by: Kate P at June 19, 2008 09:32 AM
"Chicken without sexual life" has been transformed into "Chris Matthews."
Bwahahahaha.
Posted by: Dave E. at June 19, 2008 11:50 AM
"Chicken without sexual life" has been transformed into "Chris Matthews."
I always thought it was the other way around.
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 19, 2008 04:56 PM
Gummy baozi is BAD baozi - just remember to use the high-grade cardboard.
Posted by: nightfly at June 20, 2008 09:49 AM
Freaked out story. Thanks nightfly.
"What's in the recipe?" the reporter asks.
"Six to four," the man says.
"You mean 60% cardboard? What is the other 40% ?" asks the reporter.
"Fatty meat," the man replies."
In Waukegan that's called "Little Caesar's".
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 20, 2008 11:57 PM
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