some things i did NOT eat

these have been presented to me for eating at work at various times over the past few weeks:

1. congealed cow blood stir fry -- brown chunks that look like liver. i did not eat them.

2. fish stomach -- a soup ingredient that i also declined to sample. i did inquire about whether this is something my colleagues cook at home. and i asked,  "how do you ask for fish stomach at the market?" turns out, conveniently, that you can ask for fish stomach, which includes the head/skull and spine of the fish, and the stomach. it looks like a tiny, grey, split-open banana.

3. Ego brand corn rice stick with Vegetarian Meat Floss -- this was a snack that was given to me by a colleague. its a package deal and was shaped like an ear of corn with flossy stuff on it. i had to eat some, but then i just brought the rest up to my office to pretend to eat it (but really to blog about it.)