Tag: food
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Day Three Hundred Three, November 21, 2011
Wild life conservation is a hot topic. I normally avoid hot topics, but today I will make a small exception. This very kind looking man(a contradiction in itself) stands on our street daily trying to sell wild turtles to passersby, so I was intrigued an moved to look it up. It seems that these turtles…
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Day Eighty Three, April 15, 2011
One of the most common sites in Shanghai streets and markets is hanging dried fish or meat. You find them hanging in the streets, with the laundry, by clothing pins, on trees, in window sills, everywhere. I still find it very hard to get used to, especially when they catch me off guard like this…
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Day five, January 27, 2011
Part of living in Shanghai is getting used to seeing the somewhat strange foods sold in the markets around town! Today, I found Pig’s snouts being sold next to ears, intestines and chicken’s feet. I asked a lady who was standing next to me about them and she swore they were delicious…I did not buy…