[RML] SPAM whitebait

Piabinha at aol.com
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:03:27 EST

In a message dated 2/3/1999 5:32:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bhansen at ozemail.com.au writes:

> We don't usually include the heads in "chicken and cow meat" dishes over
> here - I must have missed that bit of American culture when I was over

com'on, you don't eat the heads of bandicoots and wombats? what a waste...

> And of course it is well accepted that the Chinese don't waste
> anything much from the pig.

haven't you heard the chinese expression about the cantonese, "they will eat
anything with 4 legs except a table?"

> However the other night while I was helping some friends usher in "the year
> of the Rat" they were kind enough to offer me the head of the " whole
> steamed Coral Trout with ginger and shallotts" :-)
>
> Doug will be pleased to hear that I dutifully enjoyed the cheeks but
> declined the lips and eyes :-)

what's a coral trout? f/w or saltwater fish? sounds delicious. wow, bruce,
you actually have friends? :-)

tsuh yang chen, nyc