A Scent

squatting dog said:
Never ate the kelp. I did however sit down in a village once with an old papa-san who didn't speak a word of english and my Vietnamese words were few and far between. With enough sign language and motion, I realized he was inviting me to eat with him. Sat in front of his little straw hut and we had bowls of rice and fish (heads and all). I noticed some huge roaches the bowl, so politely as I could, I flicked them out. Imagine my surprise when I watched him chow down on those bugs like there was no tomorrow. :sick: Guess when you're hungry enough, anything goes.
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I found a roach in the chili at the McGuire AFB in N.J. It looked like a chili bean with legs.
 
oldman said:
Hey Dog, Did you ever eat kelp when you were in Vietnam? If you did, do you remember how awful that stuff smelled with the fish and rice on it? And that sauce they used. What was that? But it did taste pretty good.
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nước mắm. It was stinky but had a great flavor. When we were going along the sông nhà bè river on our LCU we could always tell by the smell that we were getting close to the nước mắm factory.
 
squatting dog said:
Never ate the kelp. I did however sit down in a village once with an old papa-san who didn't speak a word of english and my Vietnamese words were few and far between. With enough sign language and motion, I realized he was inviting me to eat with him. Sat in front of his little straw hut and we had bowls of rice and fish (heads and all). I noticed some huge roaches the bowl, so politely as I could, I flicked them out. Imagine my surprise when I watched him chow down on those bugs like there was no tomorrow. :sick: Guess when you're hungry enough, anything goes.
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Those bugs are protein rich. We ate them during our survival training. Pick up an old log and try a few squirmy things underneath. Good source of protein.
 
Been There said:
Those bugs are protein rich. We ate them during our survival training. Pick up an old log and try a few squirmy things underneath. Good source of protein.
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Yeah, we were taught that also. Even had to eat a bug or to in AIT. Had trouble with the spider. damn little legs kept getting caught in your throat. Grubs were the bug of choice.
 
squatting dog said:
Yeah, we were taught that also. Even had to eat a bug or to in AIT. Had trouble with the spider. damn little legs kept getting caught in your throat. Grubs were the bug of choice.
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I found that the trick to eating those pesky little rascals was not to bite or chew on them. Just pick them up and swallow them whole. Never ate a spider, but in Somalia, they have Ostrich eggs. Not bad , but I put catsup on them.
 
Since this thread has already made a hard right turn away from scents.

I got a big bowl of noodle soup off an old mama-san street vendor once and I had just commented to myself (I do that a lot :)) that it was really good and since I was still hungry that I was gonna get another bowl.

I'd finished all the noodles and had turned up the bowl to drink the broth and when I looked over my nose in the bottom of the bowl I saw a sunken soggy cigarette butt.......depending on how you want to look at it was kinda sorta almost like finding the prize in a box of Cracker Jacks. :)

Now you're going to ask if I went ahead and got another bowl......let's just say that I was pretty dam hungry, getting tired of eating out of a can most of the time and the butt didn't seem to hurt the flavor of the first bowl and just leave it at that. :)

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I love a lot of scents -
Don't think there's only one.
Jasmine and Gardenia, I treasure
Their white petals, so soft to the touch.
Basil and Peppermint, green, pungent
Herbs delight the palate.
Rose essential oil, potent scent that
I dab behind the ears, becomes discreet.
Freshly brewed coffee, wakes me up
With crusty baked bread, which brings comfort
Though, banana nut bread is a close second.
While competing scents do vie
For my attention, the greatest
Scent of all is - you've got it -
Whatever makes me happy.
Enjoy!
 
IKE said:
Since this thread has already made a hard right turn away from scents.

I got a big bowl of noodle soup off an old mama-san street vendor once and I had just commented to myself (I do that a lot :)) that it was really good and since I was still hungry that I was gonna get another bowl.

I'd finished all the noodles and had turned up the bowl to drink the broth and when I looked over my nose in the bottom of the bowl I saw a sunken soggy cigarette butt.......depending on how you want to look at it was kinda sorta almost like finding the prize in a box of Cracker Jacks. :)

Now you're going to ask if I went ahead and got another bowl......let's just say that I was pretty dam hungry, getting tired of eating out of a can most of the time and the butt didn't seem to hurt the flavor of the first bowl and just leave it at that. :)

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I wish my first ex-wife hadn't torn up some of my photos from the 'nam.
 
the scent of Lavender, and also of Vanilla.

home baking or cooking in the kitchen scents, oh yeah they appeal.

fresh Christmas tree.

fresh mowed lawns/grass.

the scent of orange spice.

so many more~
 

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