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Ssshhhh..... Little gecko ate some forbidden meat recently. Kekekeke..... :o
It all began wid a recent biz trip to Hanoi, Vietnam wid one of his viet lizards in tow as a translator. While on da way to da airport on da last day, we both came across a lot of restaurants touting "Thit Cho" (Ahem... doggie meat). So little gecko lamented jokingly dat tis a pity we didn't get to try da taboo meat. Den all of a sudden, da viet lizard whispered quietly to him "Pssst, boss ah.. ya sure ya wanna try thit cho??" And for da rest of da journey to da airport, little gecko was introduced to da culinary world of canine meat :o
Apparently, all da viet lizards in little gecko's industrial estate have been indulging regularly in doggie meat! Whether tis someone's birthday or someone's returning back to vietnam for good, it calls for a celebration. And no celebration is complete without... ahem, a doggie feast. So prior to any feast, all da viets would eye around for a suitable sized stray mutt. Den da unknowing dog would be lured into da factory compounds on a Sunday morning (when all da factories are closed) where it would be butchered :o :o Little gecko will spare ya da details for da time being.... So, dat's how da population of stray dogs in da neighborhood is being kept under control??!! Kekekeke....
Ok, we'd now fast forward to a few days later wen little gecko is already back to work at his reptile workshop ;p Apparently word got around dat little gecko was curious about trying out doggie meat so another one of little gecko's viet lizard crept up to him soon after and said "Pssst, boss..... ya wanna try thit cho rite? I saved a premium cut for ya already..." Kekekeke...... omg, omg, omg!!!! :o
It so happened dat some of da viet lizards' friends were heading back to vietnam for good since their working permits were expiring so it was reason enuf for another celebration. And since dey heard dat little gecko was curious, dey saved a portion of da hind leg for him ;p But where da heck did dey acquire da dog dis time???
"Ahem...., hasn't boss noticed one of da dogs we reared is missing??" Da viet lizard replied sheepishly..... *pengz......*
Little gecko has 2 dogs in his factory. One is owned by his fat caretaker lizard aunty while da other is reared by his viet lizards. Da latter was adopted as a puppy 6 months ago and all da viet lizards promised da local aunties it is not for reared for consumption but kept purely as a pet...... Ok, so now ya know ya can't trust a viet lizard to keep his word.... ;p
So one evening, after work was over at 8.15pm, little gecko hurriedly ferried da viet lizard over to his house for da forbidden feast ;p Only one request from little gecko : make sure da mutt meat is tender so one need not chew and let da imagination start running wild....
Unfortuantely, dis very viet lizard spent too much time attending to his salad to realize he had left da slices of da meat frying in da pan for a tad too long till it became very chewy like beef jerky!! *bark! bark!!*
Dat evening was like an episode str8 out of Fear Factor. Laid before little gecko was a platter of dark meat, much darker dan beef. Ya are supposed to dip it in a special condiment of fish sauce flavored wid crushed garlic and lime juice before eating it wid a sprig of mint and cilantro. Haiyo!!! Da very thing dat little gecko requested for was da very thing da viet lizard overlooked!! As da meat was tough and chewy, each piece had to be chewed slowly and thoroughly to separate da muscle fibers, and dats also wen ya mind starts running wild and entertain of all sorts of things!!!! Imagine, ya saw dat mutt just a week before ya left for Vietnam, and about 2 weeks later ya see it instead on ya dinner plate.... *faints*
Little gecko's heart pumped wildly like it had a caffeine overdose. But wait!!! Little gecko din do anything wrong rite? ;p
So wad was da whole experience like? Well, putting aside one's prejudice, there is really nothing wrong wid consuming canine meat. Da only reason it became taboo is because most of us think of dogs as pets and hence very much part of ourselves such dat consuming dem is like an act of cannibalism. But wad if others do not view dogs as pets den? Afterall your views may not be universally shared rite?
Little gecko feels most meat (other dan say one's own kind) is fair game (pardon da pun). If pigs can be eaten, so can a rabbit. Whoever says dat a cute animal cannot be slaughtered for meat is already guilty of prejudice thinking. Wad makes us cringe or feel taboo den is perhaps wad we've all been conditioned to think or wad we personally feel emotionally attached to...
For little gecko, he has to admit he felt a little sick in da tummy while chewing da meat not because there was anything wrong wid it but little gecko was wondering which rubbish bins in da estate dat mutt had been scavenging on prior to being slaughtered ;p
Ok, now little gecko has already tried fertilized duck eggs and dog meat. Wads next?? Da viet lizard made another revelation after da feast...
"Boss ah... do ya know dat cat meat is even more prized and tender??" LOL
It all began wid a recent biz trip to Hanoi, Vietnam wid one of his viet lizards in tow as a translator. While on da way to da airport on da last day, we both came across a lot of restaurants touting "Thit Cho" (Ahem... doggie meat). So little gecko lamented jokingly dat tis a pity we didn't get to try da taboo meat. Den all of a sudden, da viet lizard whispered quietly to him "Pssst, boss ah.. ya sure ya wanna try thit cho??" And for da rest of da journey to da airport, little gecko was introduced to da culinary world of canine meat :o
Apparently, all da viet lizards in little gecko's industrial estate have been indulging regularly in doggie meat! Whether tis someone's birthday or someone's returning back to vietnam for good, it calls for a celebration. And no celebration is complete without... ahem, a doggie feast. So prior to any feast, all da viets would eye around for a suitable sized stray mutt. Den da unknowing dog would be lured into da factory compounds on a Sunday morning (when all da factories are closed) where it would be butchered :o :o Little gecko will spare ya da details for da time being.... So, dat's how da population of stray dogs in da neighborhood is being kept under control??!! Kekekeke....
Ok, we'd now fast forward to a few days later wen little gecko is already back to work at his reptile workshop ;p Apparently word got around dat little gecko was curious about trying out doggie meat so another one of little gecko's viet lizard crept up to him soon after and said "Pssst, boss..... ya wanna try thit cho rite? I saved a premium cut for ya already..." Kekekeke...... omg, omg, omg!!!! :o
It so happened dat some of da viet lizards' friends were heading back to vietnam for good since their working permits were expiring so it was reason enuf for another celebration. And since dey heard dat little gecko was curious, dey saved a portion of da hind leg for him ;p But where da heck did dey acquire da dog dis time???
"Ahem...., hasn't boss noticed one of da dogs we reared is missing??" Da viet lizard replied sheepishly..... *pengz......*
Little gecko has 2 dogs in his factory. One is owned by his fat caretaker lizard aunty while da other is reared by his viet lizards. Da latter was adopted as a puppy 6 months ago and all da viet lizards promised da local aunties it is not for reared for consumption but kept purely as a pet...... Ok, so now ya know ya can't trust a viet lizard to keep his word.... ;p
So one evening, after work was over at 8.15pm, little gecko hurriedly ferried da viet lizard over to his house for da forbidden feast ;p Only one request from little gecko : make sure da mutt meat is tender so one need not chew and let da imagination start running wild....
Unfortuantely, dis very viet lizard spent too much time attending to his salad to realize he had left da slices of da meat frying in da pan for a tad too long till it became very chewy like beef jerky!! *bark! bark!!*
Dat evening was like an episode str8 out of Fear Factor. Laid before little gecko was a platter of dark meat, much darker dan beef. Ya are supposed to dip it in a special condiment of fish sauce flavored wid crushed garlic and lime juice before eating it wid a sprig of mint and cilantro. Haiyo!!! Da very thing dat little gecko requested for was da very thing da viet lizard overlooked!! As da meat was tough and chewy, each piece had to be chewed slowly and thoroughly to separate da muscle fibers, and dats also wen ya mind starts running wild and entertain of all sorts of things!!!! Imagine, ya saw dat mutt just a week before ya left for Vietnam, and about 2 weeks later ya see it instead on ya dinner plate.... *faints*
Little gecko's heart pumped wildly like it had a caffeine overdose. But wait!!! Little gecko din do anything wrong rite? ;p
So wad was da whole experience like? Well, putting aside one's prejudice, there is really nothing wrong wid consuming canine meat. Da only reason it became taboo is because most of us think of dogs as pets and hence very much part of ourselves such dat consuming dem is like an act of cannibalism. But wad if others do not view dogs as pets den? Afterall your views may not be universally shared rite?
Little gecko feels most meat (other dan say one's own kind) is fair game (pardon da pun). If pigs can be eaten, so can a rabbit. Whoever says dat a cute animal cannot be slaughtered for meat is already guilty of prejudice thinking. Wad makes us cringe or feel taboo den is perhaps wad we've all been conditioned to think or wad we personally feel emotionally attached to...
For little gecko, he has to admit he felt a little sick in da tummy while chewing da meat not because there was anything wrong wid it but little gecko was wondering which rubbish bins in da estate dat mutt had been scavenging on prior to being slaughtered ;p
Ok, now little gecko has already tried fertilized duck eggs and dog meat. Wads next?? Da viet lizard made another revelation after da feast...
"Boss ah... do ya know dat cat meat is even more prized and tender??" LOL
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Each morning before da wet markets close at 10am, little gecko and his factory lizards, armed with large plastic bags, would troop down to all da stalls selling towgay to collect wad is essentially trash to dem. If ya think da husks as nicely sorted out and set aside for ya... well, nothing is further from da truth. While some aunties are nice enuf to set aside da husks in cartons for ya, others just throw dem away in containers together wid their other trash. And yes, ya gotta use your hands to dig into da pile to get wad ya want. After ya have collected da husks, ya thank da storekeepers profusely for da hoard. Frankly, most of da times, da storekeepers dun even bother to acknowledge ya.
On a good day, ya can collect up to 10 kgs of da husks and on some weekdays, da takings can drop to only 4 kgs :o These bags of husks are den whisked off to housewives living nearby for processing. Processing means sorting and removing da husks from da unwanted stuffs like da sprouts, roots, shrivelled bean pods and sometimes... other unmentionable objects... :o Once ya are left wid da husks, dey are cleaned wid anti-bacteria detergents twice before putting da stuff out for sunning.
Here ya see trays upon trays of da husks being put out to dry in da sun. Sunning dries da husks and ultraviolet light also acts as a sterilizer, immobilizing da remaining bits of germs dat may still be present. How long da husks are sun is actually an art. Da trick is not to over sun da husks till dey are too crisp and disintegrate easily. Wad ya want are husks dat are slightly springly and mellable. Here's a close up of da dried husks...
Once every few days, little gecko will bring his trusty little weighing scale over to da homes of those lizard aunties to weigh da processed husks. But even before dat, da husks have to be inspected for dryness, presence of mould, degree of cleanliness etc. Should any fail da grade, da housewives are asked to reprocess da husks again :) Yup, little gecko pays for da husks by weight. And da price? Ya can be sure tis much more dan wad Starbuck pays those poor Colombian lizards for their coffee beans ;)
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Along came Jordan one fine day. Unlike da disciplined Charlie, Jordan is a free spirit. He wanders from place to place and earns a livelihood from the books he writes inspired from da lizards he has met and places he has been to. Dey were comfortable wid each other and became good friends soon after. Just as everything seemed fine and dandy, both their pasts caught up wid dem. Charlie's father, a reformed alcoholic, came back into their lives and wanted to start afresh wid his family. Jordan, had a brush wid some shady figure while he was in Mexico and dat thug finally found him and demanded money which he didn't have.
