June 19, 2008

American chinese food becomes official chinese food

Kung pao chicken made official for Olympics | Oddly Enough | Reuters

"Bean curd made by a pock-marked woman," as the Beijing Youth Daily rendered the spicy Sichuanese dish, is now "Mapo tofu." And "chicken without sexual life" becomes mere "steamed pullet."

Posted by cmwillis at June 19, 2008 9:55 PM | TrackBack
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