03.24.07
Paper or Plastic? (Update)
Continued from Paper or Plastic?
Last night I was at a store which sells specialty products from Western Fujian. I was picking up a single pack of pig gall bladder jerky (not for my own consumption I might add), and after I had paid, the shop owner asked me “Do you want a bag?” I was overjoyed to find that I am not the only person in China who thinks that wrapping a single item which is already wrapped in plastic, inside an additional layer of plastic is not absolutely necessary all the time.
Unfortunately, when he asked me if I wanted a bag or not, I replied “yes,” possibly out of the shock of being asked, or possibly out of the fear bystanders would know I was holding pig gall bladder jerky on my person. This of course is nothing to be embarrassed about in China, but hey, I’m a Westerner, and sometimes I just can’t help it.
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| Western Fujian has eight famous varieties of jerky including pork jerky, mouse jerky, and bamboo jerky. This is the pork gall bladder variety. They are all quite tasty. |
Danielle
said,
March 25, 2007 at 2:55 am
Here i need to pay for the plastic bags, so usually i wouldn’t ask for one. I know that many supermarkets in China use bags which can be recycled. But the matter is, are they really recycled after being used? I doubt it…
Wen
said,
March 25, 2007 at 9:52 am
Hi Ben,
I googled “Fuzhou Foreigner” & was directed to your blog, and its been very entertaining. I’m planning to (re)visit Fuzhou in June and I was wondering if there were any expat bars in Fuzhou you would recommend. I would usually hang out with relatives but they’re kinda a lot older than myself and I dont know too many locals my own age. Plus, having been born and half-raised in Fuzhou, locals with traditional values (bordering closed mindedness sometimes) are not that exotic in my eyes and I would like to escape nagging relatives every now and then during my stay chatting to people with more liberal views.
cheers
wen
James
said,
March 27, 2007 at 12:38 pm
你是经不起诱惑吗？
ym
said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:13 am
i like eating jerky ,but i won’t think about so much in taking a bag or not,嘿嘿
P.S. i know this blog from china daily.com .cn