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As far as the turtles go...I'm sitting at one of those big round tables with the lazy susan. I'm sitting next to the president of the company who is our client. He spins the lazy susan around and stops it...and then there is this big plate of boiled turtles. Not turtle soup with chunks of turtle meat in broth...I'm talking about turtles still in the shell, dead and boiled. The president picks out the biggest turtle from the plate and drops it on my plate.

I look at it for a few seconds or so and I'm really weirded out by it...among other things I had pet turtles when I was a kid. The president then takes another turtle, holds it by the end of the shell with the dome of the shell facing downwards, takes his chopsticks, and peels the meat off the shell and wolfs it down. He then pointed at the turtle on my plate and everyone in the room had their eyes fixed on me. Now, in Chinese culture it's considered extremely offensive to refuse food that people serve you, especially when the one serving it to you is a corporate bigwig like this guy was. I just said "God forgive me" and then peeled and ate the turtle.

It was chewy and hard to get down. Not a repeat.

GoodNeighborgirl wrote:

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DIMPLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are alive!!!! Thank God!
You are never allowed to leave again, mmk?

Ick. Ummm, yea sorry about that turtle thing. What was the first thing you ate when you got back to Amsterdam???

GNG!!! *smooch*

First thing eaten upon returning to Amsterdam: Went to the Hard Rock and got myself a Black Angus burger. €13.50 for a friggin' burger, but absolutely worth it.

Have you ever had Dutch beef?