Thursday, July 31, 2008

BEWARE OF GREEN FOOD -- ANOTHER HANDY HEALTH HINT

A while back I had a heart procedure done at a local hospital. As we checked out, Spouse suggested lunch at a Chinese restaurant since they serve many healthy vegetables. This particular restaurant also serves its own version of pizza and a few Mexican dishes apparently for those Chinese-food haters who were dragged along against their will.

I chose my usual favorites – the healthy fried egg roll, the healthy fried shrimp rangoon, the healthy fried rice, making it a point to skip the fish bait which no one should eat unless they want parasites and hepatitis. However, considering I had just been released from the hospital, I did make a concession to have some healthy guacamole.

We weren’t too far into our meal when I loaded my fork with a big glob of guacamole. No chopsticks for me, no siree bob. As soon as the guacamole entered my mouth, I had a nanosecond of exploration of this substance along with the immediate thoughts : Hmmm . . . "What an odd texture for guacamole." followed by a most inelegant "What the f . . . !" right before my eyeballs started spinning in their sockets. Then, while the top of my head blew off like Space Shuttle launch, green stuff started flowing from my ears, nose, and mouth as I tried desperately to rid myself of this Al K. Duh-inspired poison. If you have ever had your mouth fumigated with a blow torch and then rinsed with rubbing alcohol, you have some idea of the experience of this guacamole. Of course, Spouse has no idea of what’s going on and thinks something has gone wrong with my heart again. I can’t talk because my tongue and teeth are in flames, and I’m still trying to get the stuff out before, God forbid, it should go down my throat. Somehow in the midst of my physical chaos, I noticed a woman two tables away pointing at me and laughing. Bitch. She wouldn’t think it was so funny if it was her hair that was singed from the inside-out.

Afterwards, we learned that the Chinese guacamole was actually wasabe, some sort of nuclear horseradish that probably glows in the dark. People who go to Chinese, Japanese, and other -ese restaurants to eat fish bait apply a dot of this green stuff (which masquerades as guacamole) about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Apparently they believe it will act like Germ-X and kill all the parasites, viruses, and bacteria in the fish bait they are eating. And they just may be right.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

hope things are going ok for you

The Sur-Realist said...

Why,yes, thank you. Things are going fine (unless you count poverty, old age -- the usual things that afflict most of us). I hope you are doing well also. Wes is bored. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the luxury of a computer or communicating like we do. If you have a chance, just drop him a post card with a kind word.

Anonymous said...

Wes Teel is a criminal

The Sur-Realist said...

Dear J. Perry,
Thank you for using your real name. Yes, you are correct. Sort of. Wes Teel IS a criminal, but only technically. Much like you have good sense, only technically. Apparently you can read or you wouldn't have found this web site. Now, read it from the beginning (you can skip the attorney's rules part because it's boring). Next, go to Legal Schnauzer and read that. If you STILL can't understand how Wes is nothing more than collateral damage, call the Mississippi Supreme Court and ask to speak to the Honorable Oliver Diaz, a Supreme Court Justice, who will explain it to you in legal terms. Frankly, I don't think you are up to that. Whereas one day Wes will be exonerated and will no longer be a criminal, I'm afraid you can't expect much of a change in the status of your intelligence.
The Sur-Realist has spoken.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Perry, I agree with you 100%. Don't try to voice your opinion here though, or the Sur-realist will question your intelligence and get really snippy. How childish... What a mental giant she is, huh?

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, she's a smart one all right :) You gotta give the old girl credit though. She's one heck of a cheerleader for that good old boy Teel. He needs someone to talk him up. Bless her heart...

Anonymous said...

Stopped by to read and am now sitting here laughing so hard that it's difficult to type message telling you what a gifted writer you are.

Your merry heart is a powerful medicine!