After nine years we’ve seen a lot of weird things. Just when you think you can’t be surprised by “stuff” in Asia something pops up and you go “now that’s something you wouldn’t see in Dallas!”
Our very sweet language teacher is an excellent cook. When she arrives to teach us our weekly Chinese lesson she will sometimes bless us with something she has cooked. Well, last Friday she brought us some Rice Krispy treats.
While at the local market she saw some puffed rice (in bulk – not the cereal) and remembered that one of her former students (an American) had given her a recipe for Rice Krispy treats. So, she bought the puffed rice and prepared the treats. I doubt that she followed the recipe exactly though.

Her -admittedly Taiwanese- version of the treats included peanuts and seaweed. Fran and I decided that they were ma ma hu hu – roughly translated as so-so