Abdul Ka Huong Food Quotes

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Huong spends a great deal of time meticulously describing food in this book. I did not understand this at first but do now realize why she does now. In a war torn country food is not prevalent nor can one be a picky eater if they expect to survive. Wild game such as tigers, orangutans, and any animal that could be caught and killed were deemed edible. Having been through survival school I know this is accurate. If hungry enough anything is edible as long as it will not kill you or make you sick. Like most Asian cultures Vietnam is and was a rice based society. However, there is regional variations of foods in Vietnam. Through Quan’s travels we see this variation as he travels from south to north and back south again. According to “Vietnam”