I swear this is true. The names have been changed to protect, uh, me He.
He: What is this?
She: Larb.
He: Larb?
She. L. A. R. B. Larb.
He: Why are we having Larb for dinner?
She: I was hungry for Larb.
He: How do you get hungry for Larb?
She: I like Larb.
He: I never get hungry for Larb. I don’t even know Larb. Why are you hungry for Larb?
She: When I go out for Thai food, I have Larb. Unless I have Bun. And it’s not a bun. And I like Larb.
He: (drinks his Bulleit)
She: I didn’t give you the hot Larb. You wouldn’t like it.
He: Should I use the sauce?
She: Yes, but not too much. It has some pepper in it.
He: I like pepper.
She: But I know you don’t like spicy foods, so don’t have any.
He: I like spicy foods.
She: No you don’t.
He: I don’t know what I like?
She: It doesn’t matter. Eat your Larb.
He: So I put it in a lettuce leaf?
She: I prefer the cabbage.
He: So why are there lettuce leaves? Is the cabbage too spicy?
She: It doesn’t matter. Eat your Larb.
He: OK.
She: And put some rice in it, too.
He: Is that why there’s rice on the table?
She: Eat your Larb.
He: OK.
She: I found the recipe online.
He: (drinks his Bulleit)
She: Really. Want to see it?
He: Uh, no.
She: Oh, this is really hot. My mouth is on fire.
He: It has pepper in it.
She: (drinks her Bulleit)
He: (drinks his Bulleit)
She: It’s good. I love the fresh flavors. Lime. Cilantro. Mint. Cabbage.
He: Cabbage flavor? Really?
She: Eat your Larb.
He: (drinks his Bulleit)
She: This doesn’t taste like what I had yesterday.
He: You had Larb yesterday?
She: Yes, and it didn’t taste like this.
He: I thought you were hungry for Larb.
She: I am.
He: But you had it yesterday?
She: Yes, I had it yesterday.
He: But you were hungry for more today?
She: Yes. I like Larb.
He: But this doesn’t taste like what you had yesterday?
She: No.
He: So are you hungry for this Larb, or yesterday’s Larb?
She: I like this. I like Larb. Don’t you like it?
He: Why am I eating Larb?
She: I like it. Go ahead. Drink your bourbon. I like it. Go ahead and blog about it. I don’t care. I like Larb.
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(ed. note: Larb is a minced meat salad. It’s the national dish of Laos.)
(further ed. note: She likes it.)
(final ed. note: He is not allowed to eat the hot stuff, but at least She prepared some Larb without the heat. He prepared the Bulleit, and all was well.)
Larb recipe on Grit & Glimmer blog (probably not the one used in the above Actual Conversation)
I like larb. And nam sod. We had nam sod on Thursday. This is a perfectly reasonable conversation. Eat your larb.
He did eat the Larb. And all was well.
This conversation made me happy š (Also..I’ve never had Larb…I can’t decide, yet, if I want to or not…)
It’s a serious decision, worthy of a serious discussion. Sorry I can’t help you with that….
once you’ve had it, you too will crave it. Just wait…
Velda, only a guy would think this was a strange conversation – grins g
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