WHAT DO THEY EAT THERE?

Why is there what appears to be a sheepshead in the garbage can at my barbers? And why does it appear to be simmering in porridge? And also, why am I here after hours, to his very great surprise? He seems to be genuinely baffled by the sheepshead. And the porridge.
And it turns out he isn't actually my barber. This isn't his salon.

The most crucial questions, I realize, are why have the police come, and are these new meds making my dreams weirder?

One of my bloodpressure medications was already making dreamtime vivid. These new pills (in addition to the others I'm taking), seem to be adding another layer to that. I can smell meaty fumes from what actually seems to be a large stainless steel cooking pot.


Yesterday while shopping on Stockton Street I passed the open front of the shop that sells newfangled gottahavits, where, upon a second look, I realized that the shopkeeper was using one of the devices to prepare a tasty dish for supper: steamed egg with large clams (大蜆蒸水蛋 'taai hin jing seui daan'). It looked delicious (香香滑滑啲 'heung heung waat waat di').
I couldn't tell, through the plexi lid, whether he had added some drops of sesame oil.
And I suspect that in the last minute he would strew some scallion over it.


It does not matter if it's sheepshead stew, Scottish style, or steamed eggs a la Cantonaise. What you need to prepare either dish is a sleek newfangled cooking vessel that looks precisely like a flying saucer over a Texas city after too much bad beer.

This new medication has been shown in a very small number of patients to have an adverse effect on the liver. And while one needs one's liver to handle beer, I'm saving it for better things, and will continue to avoid liquour of any type. I am not a resident of Texas.


In all likelihood, the space aliens will be lovers of fine cuisine rather than football fanatics. They'll judge Texas accordingly. Whether they are fine with shellfish remains to be seen.


Perhaps like a great many Wasps they shy away from hot sauce.
A sploodge of Sriracha will be optional.
But recommended.


Sometime next week I should go to a chachanteng and see if they still have steamed eggs. Easy enough to make at home, but I don't feel like doing that. Meanwhile, it's time for more coffee. I've already taken my pills this morning, and might have something to eat. The new medication is not quite comfortable in an empty stomach.




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