re: #220 CuriousLurker

I know, right? I’m totally ruining our street creds.

You should’ve seen the time the halal butcher gave me a chicken with the head & feet included in the bag—something I wasn’t aware of till I got home and pulled it out. I’m sure the blood-curdling scream was heard several doors down.

Next time I bought chicken from that guy it was like, “Look, I’m American—I don’t want to be reminded that my food was once a real live chicken, m’kay? No. More. Heads. Or. Feet. Got it?” He just sorta shook his head & shrugged, heh.

Also reminds me of a time when we were doing a commemorative dinner for a Post-Doc who was moving on, at a very nice Chinese restaurant. One of the dishes was a salt-roasted chicken, and being a real Chinese place they left the head on the platter. The folks sitting around the table couldn’t take their eyes off it, so the Post-Doc put it on a little dish, and covered it with a teacup, to hide it.

My boss arrived late (as usual), looked around the table, and said, “Geez! Is there anything left?”

The Post-Doc said, “Here, Dan, we saved this for you!”

And handed him the little plate and teacup.