+Tourist: $5.00
+Broiled Missionary: $10.00
+Fried Explorer: $15.
+Politician (Baked Labor or Grilled Green or Fried Liberal): $100.00
The cannibal called the waiter over and asked,
"Why such a high price for the politicians?"
The cook replied,
(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Khor Kean Kar)
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The blogger received the following light-hearted response from his e-buddy Dr JB Lim and wishes to share with readers of this blog:
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Saturday, 30 June, 2012 12:05 AM.
From: lim juboo
Thanks for your humor. This reminds me.
One of my favorite cuisines in Batu Pahat is Teochew porridge and hoon cheong (pig’s small intestine) and assorted dishes at the eating market in Jalan Abu Bakar. I head straight for this stall at each arrival in BP from KL.
This is also the much loved food of Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek whenever he goes back to BP. He sojourns there almost every week end.
One day I asked the stall hawker why was the hoon cheong so expensive at around RM 8-12 per plate? The uncooked hoon cheong he said is tagged at RM 16-18 per kg in the wet market.
He said he used to sell the tar cheong (big intestine) which was so much cheaper at RM 4-5 per kg. But this requires intensive cleaning. He used to pay a Cambodian or a Vietnamese worker to clean the pig’s large intestine which is very dirty and smelly. This cleaning took up all morning’s effort when most of the food needs to be seasoned and cooked before 12:00 noon ready for customers’ lunch.
But with the small intestines, they are so unsoiled, requiring no internal intestinal cleaning and excessive washing. No wonder they taste so scrumptious with their natural substances and chemistry inside, their histological morphology stays intact.
Cost wise, perhaps it is not worth eating politicians’ organs which require wide-spread clean up. Pig’s intestines are much more bargain-priced, affordable and flavorsome.
(A Teochew porridge and hoon cheong gobbler)