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Default Dave Smith talks about "Vietnamese Food"

In article >,
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> On 2/4/2016 9:10 AM, Checkmate, DoW #1 wrote:
> > In article >,

> > says...
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> >>> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> >>> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> >>> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> >>> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
> >>>
> >>> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> >>> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> >>> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> >>> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> >>> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> >>> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
> >>>
> >>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> >>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> >>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> >>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> >>> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> >>> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> >>> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
> >> spiders and shit like that.
> >> Gooks!

> >
> > They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
> > sandwich".
> >

> Those be forest rats. They aren't like the filthy sewer rats over here.
> They taste like chicken.


They're still filthy creatures that shit on themselves.

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