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Old 02-06-2008, 01:28 PM
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Re: Are you irritable?????????????

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Originally Posted by AmazingGrace View Post
Ya know what Jeanie? I think a lot of them do not understand when you tell them it makes you sick.. I had the same problem with my best friends family. I would tell them and tell them... well finally one time I got real sick and they asked why I was sick... I yelled.. the food!!! They then said oh the food not sit well? I had told them so many times.. they just didnt understand.. after that they toned it down a bit... but they dont understand the meaning of spicy... so they dont know how to tone it down well at all...
You are so RIGHT!!!

We figured that out, because we were constantly reassured that "We'll take care of it" and it would remain the same--

Our host cooked for us the last day, it was delicious, but I knew it was going to kill us. He kept telling us that he cooked different and his food would not make us sick--well I asked him on the way to the airport how he made one of his dishes-

he said he used:

Lamb, Onion, Tarragon, Ginger and CHILI POWDER!!!!

I dont know how missionaries of the past lived through this stuff!
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