just been told i've been eating old man food, or at least, that my food preferences are heading down that way. consider: teochew porridge specifically with stewed duck neck, backside, bill and feet, fish head of any species (especially when i consider the rest of the fish as remnant to be chucked, like walnut shells or watermelon rinds, in order to get to the head), wild boar meat in jelly (sometimes pork jelly, pork knuckle jelly, or aspic for the uninitiated), chilli preserved tofu (the porridge thing again), stewed pork (with ginger, with black vinegar, with chinese buns, leg or belly, or any other preparation), fish soup with bittergourd, etc.
my defence is the homogeneity of plebian food in the country, driving me to find novel tastes which are still local staples as opposed to either gourmet dishes or foreign cuisine.
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