Chuc mung nam moi! Happy New Year! It's the year of the dragon. I could hear a parade down the street and this is the day everyone is festive, wears bright colors and welcomes in the new year. We were invited to Carie's house for dinner. Her mother took all day to prepare the food and she won't be cooking again for another 3 days. She had everything imaginable from pigs ears,tongue and hearts, pork, shrimp, some kind of bitter fruit (so we won't be bitter this new year), a crab pate, bean sprouts, and rice paper which you moisten, then take a leaf of lettuce and load everything on top of that and roll it up. I must admit I didn't try the ears, or tongue, but I tried to taste everything else. For desert we had pomelo dipped in coarse salt with red pepper and watermelon that was out-of-this-world. Carie's brother bought some Budweiser for Ron too. It was a lovely lunch. Her aunt and uncle joined us but they couldn't speak any English. Carie translated everything to them as we spoke. We lit incense and placed it next to pictures of Carie's brother and father who have passed away. Her father was in the military, fighting for the south, and after Saigon fell was taken to a re-education camp for 3 years! When he returned he opened up a Harley Davidson shop where he repaired and built motorcycles. That was the first connection Ron had with Carie when they met.
My leg was not propped up well enough, and started to swell again, so we went back home. Oh by-the-way, they found my shoe!!
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