Pass the Sour Cream
Bradley Charbonneau
I had been in Asia just over two months--something like ten weeks, or if you’re counting days, about seventy days.
Of course, if you’re counting meals, like I was, think about two hundred and ten.
Add iodine-purified water, a permanent layer of dust on my tongue, and let's just say I couldn't always hold down what I did eat.
Food was becoming my meaning, my passion, my existence.
I dreamt up meals in my head: leafy salads, steak, anything without rice and noodles.
Sure, rice and noodles are great, but try them for seventy days, three meals a day--try anything for that long.
I wanted food from home.
Besides, just before coming to Asia, I'd spent six months in Africa eating things that were beige, bland, and beaten.
Oh yes, Asian food had sounded exotic and adventurous, but at this point given a choice between a baked potato and the Great Wall of China...
Pass the sour cream.
Author - Bradley Charbonneau.
Narrator - Bradley Charbonneau.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2020 Bradley Charbonneau ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
I had been in Asia just over two months--something like ten weeks, or if you’re counting days, about seventy days. Of course, if you’re counting meals, like I was, think about two hundred and ten. Add iodine-purified water, a permanent layer of dust on my tongue, and let's just say I couldn't always hold down what I did eat. Food was becoming my meaning, my passion, my existence. I dreamt up meals in my head: leafy salads, steak, anything without rice and noodles. Sure, rice and noodles are great, but try them for seventy days, three meals a day--try anything for that long. I wanted food from home. Besides, just before coming to Asia, I'd spent six months in Africa eating things that were beige, bland, and beaten. Oh yes, Asian food had sounded exotic and adventurous, but at this point given a choice between a baked potato and the Great Wall of China... Pass the sour cream. Author - Bradley Charbonneau. Narrator - Bradley Charbonneau. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2020 Bradley Charbonneau ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:16
Chapter 2
Duration:00:00:15
Chapter 3
Duration:00:00:14
Chapter 4
Duration:00:01:16
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
Duration:00:01:27
Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
Duration:00:01:41
Chapter 9
Duration:00:01:24
Chapter 10
Duration:00:01:11
Chapter 11
Duration:00:01:10
Chapter 12
Duration:00:02:37
Chapter 13
Duration:00:01:43
Chapter 14
Duration:00:02:55
Chapter 15
Duration:00:01:14
Chapter 16
Duration:00:02:43
Chapter 17
Duration:00:00:50
Chapter 18
Duration:00:05:51
Chapter 19
Duration:00:03:43
Chapter 20
Duration:00:01:55
Chapter 21
Duration:00:00:43
Chapter 22
Duration:00:00:22