Oh good! The really perverse blogposts are no longer the ones that readers come here looking for. In fact, I've finally reached such a state of bloggistic cleanliness that even I am surprised. The degenerates are no longer among my audience, I have become a family blog.
You may expect cheering Hello Kitty images with pom-poms here any moment now.
Celebrating the innocence that I exude.
As of seven o'clock this morning, the top ten most searched for posts that brought people here are:
1. HONG KONG ROAST GOOSE IN SHAM TSENG
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/hong-kong-roast-goose-in-sham-tseng.html.
Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011.
A guide to eating roast goose out in the New Territories, where you will pay far less for it and get stellar quality. Sham Tseng is a distant suburb of Hong Kong Island beyond Kowloon, and they do excellent bird there. Really worth the visit.
2. HO SI FAT CHOI 好事發財 DRIED OYSTERS WITH BLACK MOSS
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/02/ho-si-fat-choi-dried-oysters-with-black.html.
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011.
A very Cantonese good-luck preparation served at feasts. The reason why it is Cantonese particularly is because the name of the dish both describes the main ingredients AND sounds the same as a wish for good luck and prosperity. In Cantonese.
3. SEA CUCUMBER - SOAKING AND BRAISING A DELICIOUS SLUG
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/sea-cucumber-soaking-and-braising.html.
Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011.
What to do with that expensive ingredient that you bought on a whim. You had it during grandpa's birthday feast at that palatial restaurant out in the avenues, and you're keen to try cooking it yourself. This is how.
4. HAM SAP LO - THE CANTONESE PERVERT
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/04/ham-sap-lo-cantonese-pervert.html.
Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
An explanation of the most useful locution in Cantonese. Especially if you are a female and a depraved banker is leering at you. Which sometimes happens. Surely you want to know what to call him?
5. PORTRAIT OF A NAKED SCHOOLGIRL ON A BED OF TOBACCO
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/07/portrait-of-naked-schoolgirl-on-bed-of.html.
Posted on Friday, July 02, 2010.
Pointers on the marketing of merchandise, or, how to sell almost anything to anybody. There is no illustrated nudity here, nor any titillating descriptions. Everything is left to the imagination, except the tobacco.
6. THE TOBACCO THAT HELLO KITTY WOULD SMOKE
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-tobacco-that-hello-kitty-would-smoke.html.
Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2012.
A description of a misguided pipe-compound, that should be extraordinarily popular in Japan and Hong Kong. Particularly among depraved bankers and their ilk. We have none such in San Francisco.
7. DIM SUM: KINDS, NAMES, PRONUNCIATION, DESCRIPTION
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/03/dim-sum-kinds-names-pronunciation.html.
Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
An exhaustive list of dimsum, with the Cantonese names transcribed, sort of transliterated, and translated. Probably very useful for food mavens, as well as restaurateurs in the boondocks at a loss for words.
8. NAKED MIDDLE AGED WHITE MAN
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2012/01/naked-middle-aged-white-man.html.
Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2012.
From which we conclude that a pipe-smoking gentleman in San Francisco having a long hot soak by himself on a Saturday afternoon bears NO resemblance whatsoever to a boiled lobster. A very clean post.
9. CHINESE NEW YEAR - LUCKY WISHES, LUCKY FOODS
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/01/chinese-new-year-lucky-wishes-lucky.html.
Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011.
This post explains several Cantonese dishes appropriate for the start of the year, with their symbolism. Note the clickable label underneath ("Chinese New Year"), which will bring up other posts that might interest you.
10. BIG HEAP OF TOBACCO
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2010/01/big-heap-of-tobacco.html.
Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010.
Over one hundred discursae about pipes and tobacco, of no conceivable interest whatsoever to most people. Readers looking for this comprise a small subset, in person often quite engaging.
As you can see, it's mostly about things to put in your mouth. Nobody could possibly object to that, or see anything wrong with it.
Elsewhere on the blog, if you search, you will find raccoons, crows, mice, badgers, and weasels. Plus a lot more about food.
Also some pizza, but not very much.
Pizza is incidental.
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