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- Hysterical Ageusia
I have no idea how to even begin to pronounce “ageusia”, but I can tell you that it’s the medical name for losing your sense of taste.
For six terrifying days, when I was seventeen years old, I stopped tasting. Anything.
No, I didn’t have a cold. Trying to explain ageusia is very frustrating. Almost as frustrating […]
- Some Unusual Breakfast Foods
Yes, I like Spam. I like it, as Hong Kong people do, in soup, with macaroni and frozen mixed vegetables. For breakfast. Preferably with Horlicks (an unfortunately-named malted milk drink, originally from Britain, but now consumed only in former colonies), and puffy toast spread with salted butter and sweetened condensed milk. You can take your […]
- Aerial Rant and Noodle Soup Odyssey, Part I
I’m starting this entry five and a half hours into a fifteen-hour plane ride. Technology! This is the first plane I’ve ever flown in with an electrical outlet at every seat, not to mention enough computer games (crosswords included) to make a nerd like me want the ride to go on just a little longer. […]
- Back in the SAR
This is a picture of medicinal broth ingredients I took in Hong Kong on my last visit, maybe four years ago. The roots, cocoons, flowerbuds and balletically arranged frogs were displayed outside one of the many shops here that specialize in yucky things you add to chicken broth to give you a variety of […]
