Preserved eggs triggered by a foreigner war
Reporter Chen Qian children
Because a preserved egg, suddenly fell into American Danny Huo Erwa of the "international disputes" in the whirlpool.
June 28, U.S. Cable News Network (CNN) on its website, "I tasted the most disgusting food", which "Chinese preserved eggs" in the first place. The article set off a Chinese discontent, but complaining about in the text preserved eggs "like the devil boiled egg" Danny has temporarily become common knowledge.
The third day after the release of the article, 35-year-old Danny received her first written in Chinese e-mail. Read Chinese, he posted the message content into the Google translator, immediately found himself being called a "ignorant, obese Americans," and even "racist." Many letters were mistakenly thought he was "America correspondent" or "columnist."
"Actually I do not, I am only human, one would like to try new things and my son's father." Danny in the long-distance phone, the China Youth Daily reporter frustration.
The American men living in the town of La Buke, Texas, is a local bank's IT manager. Outside of work, he often toss some "Funny project."
This year the April night he and the kids enjoy together a "foreign food", and photographed with a camera this interesting time.
Danny on this "food item" design quite satisfied, he likes to play with the children, nor found a number of homely delicious food is actually unusual, for example, jellyfish salad, braised eel with pickled trotters. The only trouble is that some food is difficult, "the exit", say, preserved eggs.
Danny retrospect, when the supermarket to buy food in the Far East is purely preserved eggs "impulse". But at home, learned through Wikipedia preserved eggs of the production process, especially to see that "transparent brown protein" when Danny was a bit hesitant.
But father and son or the courage to sit on the table next to the big man Danny sat, preserved eggs began to introduce the camera. 6-year-old son took out a magnifying glass, myself study for a while after leaving the table clutching his nose.
"I heard that eating preserved eggs is the best way to imagine it as cheese, cut into small pieces to it, pinned together with other things to eat, but I still want to try a bite ..." before the camera, Danny fighting back "ammonia smell" the half-preserved eggs into his mouth and immediately spit it out.
"Too difficult to eat, it's like the devil for my cooking eggs, it used to be eggs, but chose the wrong path." Side of the son laughing. Danny still can not give up, and try to eat biscuits sandwiched small pieces of preserved egg, and ultimately could not swallow.
The end of a night of agonizing, he uploaded the video to the blog, and Bowen wrote: "This is really the most stupid I've eaten something."
The man said, the blog is his stage, he likes to use humor, exaggeration performances, so come join the audience laugh. Prior to the preserved eggs, Danny also ridicule the eel: "It's like a snake, walk on the beach encounter a fish, combined with the unholy birth after things."
But let Danny unexpected is that many Chinese did not understand his humor on preserved eggs.
After completion of preserved egg experiment, Danny happened to find CNN's "citizen reporters" the people collecting the forward part of the story on the disgusting food, he did not hesitate to upload information on preserved eggs. However, in the CNN tour part integrated into submission after the release of the next day, Danny's blog and e-mail ushered in the friends of the abuse.
At first, he jokingly made a "welcome you, the international friends!" In the title of the blog to explain the circumstances surrounding the matter, he has posted a translator to prepare a Chinese apology. Subsequently, he took the initiative "olive branch" to "Taipei Times" issued a letter of apology.
But more and more to Danny's surprise, abusive e-mail and thus did not decrease. So far, he has already received more than 100 such messages, the most for his "injury" is that some people criticized him for "the children's education as racist."
Now, angry Danny Chinese translation of the message has lost patience on the blog, he said he will not be further apology or explanation.
"Although I did not enjoy the egg, but I did not offend the meaning of your culture." Danny said.
The Americans actually like a lot of things with Chinese elements in his phone, told reporters that he worships Bruce Lee, also dreams of one day traveling to China. He also stole a few Chinese, although so far only remember the "Hello" pronunciation.
In the "preserved eggs" incident, Danny also received some friendly greetings, e-mail was sent to comfort him, let him not be too concerned about all this and more Chinese people sent him a specially preserved eggs cooking recipes.
"But I will not eat, unless there are professional people to help cook." Danny said.
Even if they are involved in "international disputes", Danny created Funny enthusiasm did not damage the project, recently launched a new project. In the blog, he spent three days a week to learn the Brazilian judo, he also "dragon and tiger fight," Bruce Lee poster in the picture into your PS photos.
"Now, I was a little worried that people will be unhappy." Danny said he did not want to laugh at Bruce Lee, just like to do some interesting things.
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