From Grits to Chopsticks

One of our students manages the pool hall at his school and loves to play the English game of “snooker.”  Although he has tried to teach me, he is way out of my league and always wins.  After we played last week, I took a video of him making a curve shot (click this link to view: Curve Shot)

Of course, there is a danger in taking a shot from this angle.  He had a bit too much distance on this jump shot: Ouch!

Afterwards, we went out to dinner and enjoyed some fish (in case you hadn’t noticed, China is an “eating culture”).  Interestingly, the favorite fish in China is rarely eaten in America: carp.

Carp is very bony and really hard to eat (at least, for me).  But Chinese people are amazing with their chopsticks and are able to quickly separate meat from bones, a skill that I’ve yet to acquire.

I recently took this fish photo at our local grocery store:

Although sportsmen eat this fish in the States, it is rarely for sale in your local grocery.  Largemouth Bass are classified as gamefish and therefore not legally sold over the counter in most states.  A final fish photo (from the internet) is appropriate for this post:

Yes, you may have guessed that this is fish is a snook, and those who seek to catch them are called “snookers.”