User Comments - matt_c
matt_c
Posted on: Early January News
January 4, 2009 at 6:48 AMHi everyone, thanks for your kind welcomes :-D I'm so excited to be managing ChinesePod (it's been a month now), this job has got soul!
@luobinzhenmei I think a couple of lessons or shows with tongue twisters would be very cool.
Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 4, 2009 at 6:16 AMAnthropomorphism:
The attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God. To describe a rushing river as “angry” is to anthropomorphize it.
@rjberki
I agree with you. People are too quick to assume that animals and other creatures experience the same sensations as us. It always turns my stomach when people say, "oh look the dog is smiling" to their kids, when in fact the dog is just sitting there, mouth open with tongue hanging out.
Thus before we start thinking about how cruel the methods of cooking these animals are, should we be looking into zoological physiology and even zoological psychology first?
On the other hand, is it impossible to ever nail down animal psychology, as any experiments are based on frameworks that are completely human constructs, and thus floored, hence the only way we can try to reduce the pain we cause to the creature's whose flesh we so enjoy is to assume they experience things like we do. Thus through anthropomorphic overkill we are still able to help assist these soon to be morsels to suffer a quick and hopefully painless death.
Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 3, 2009 at 1:28 PMWeird, the Phoenix feet comes up as 凤抓 (zhuā) in IKMQIM auto type, but shouldn't it be 凤爪 (fèngzhuǎ)? Anyone?
Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM@wchan (陈博士）嗯， 我只喜欢吃质量好一点的山脚凤抓，人家需要用新鲜的鸡抓和新鲜的绿色花椒和篇拉的小天椒。
再说如果吃凤抓的话，我比较喜欢鸡抓里面只剩软骨的那种(de-boned)。 你呢？
Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 3, 2009 at 2:45 AMFunny enough I discovered eye exercises when I was 19, that's 5 years before I came to China - it just felt really good (Marco says I'm an epicurean in the true sense of the word). Was anyone else into this before they came across it here in China?
醉虾 (zuìxiā) is also known as 呛虾 (qiàngxiā) - this means CHOKED SHRIMP - as the shrimp choke on the Baijiu (Chinese grain spirit) and sauce. Not bad, but the whole raw shellfish thing deters me (that and the choked shrimp death)
Regarding chicken breast, unlike leg and wing, the breast meat is nice and relatively boneless from a western perspective. However back in 2005, entering my 3rd year in China, I realised how dry and tasteless it was. These days I much prefer the wing, leg and the occaisional phoenix claw (chicken feet - 凤抓－fèngzhuǎ). 山椒凤抓 (shānjiāofèngzhuǎ) has got to be my favourite version when done properly well (Mountain Chilli Phoenix Claw).
Oh it's brekkie time, will post more later. Happy Saturday!!!
Posted on: Insurance Insanity
January 1, 2009 at 4:07 PMchenweilin,
Is your avatar a young Gohan, or Goten? Although that serious look almost looks like Goku. hmmm...I'm thinking either Cell Saga Gohan, or GT Goten...pray, do tell.
Matt
Posted on: The Powerless Phones
December 31, 2008 at 7:50 AMAlways charge an extra battery and keep it on you if you have important business. Alternativey keep you charger on you too if you are riding on the CRH fast train (动车 dòngchē) there are power outlets under the right or left aisle seats at the first and last rows of the carriage (also good if you want to recharge your computer).
Posted on: 山寨
December 30, 2008 at 5:42 AM@user1283 I tried to msg you regarding your question. All should be fine. Cheers, matt_c.
Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM@陈博士 哦， 那我最爱吃辣的东西所以我应该去那边常常de-boned的鸡爪 :)
@Jackfrombelgium Thanks for that :)