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Okay i rarely add small instances on my blog but i had to write this down because i will repress it. anyhow, I met a lovely Swis woman callled Daniela, I though it would be nice to go out for dinner with her since it was her last day in veitnam. we walked around for a while and found a place similar to a Korean BBQ except without any safty of fixed ovens. they were like little BBQs on tiny plastic tables and chairs that were small enough for a kindergardener. regardless. the lady who ran the show asked us what we want. She gave us the prices for a plate of beef. we wanted some veg too and she said they had a plate of meat ( I thought she said beef) and veg too. sounds good so we sat down for our beef fest.
oh boy, what we got was a plate of very interesting choice cuts of meet. I tried everything, but some of them were hard to swallow. we had some meat, some sweetbread (thyroid) i think it was spinal cord, and the best peice.... testicles. we had 6 in all. Daniella wanted to try one and since i ate the thyroid it was her turn to give it a go. my goodness, you would think it would look better cooked but it didn't. it shrunk and had a weird pattern on it like a honey comb and you can reallysee all the tubes hanging out. After trying it (well touching it on her teeth) Daniela literally encompassed the moment with her helarious expression of disust. I didn't want to be won over by my dinner so i decieded to give it a taste. i tried to bite right into it but i almost reacted like my friend. i decied to cut a piece of and give it a go. In all honesty, it wasn't so bad. dont' get me wrong iwouldn't go for seconds (or finish off the next 5) but i did it. i threw a raw one for the cat and it didn't eat it! I figued that was a bad sign. My GI track is a bit funnytoday but i'll be fine.
I realize that most of you reading this will make jokes of me eating balls. Listen you keep your mind out of the gutter! I am trying to get to know the culture here!
As my stomach tries to sort itself out, i am pleased to say that i'm almost healed up from the accident! my face scabs have pretty much fallen off. (so no more ridicule) and my knee has healed enough so i can bend it! Yay for me.
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