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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
When i lived in DC (alas Detroit has only a small Cambodian population) a friend started dating a recent cambodian immigrant. She had hardly any English skills. He had us over for dinner one night. since we couldn't talk to her much, eventually someone turned on the television- an elephant was walking through the jungle and she pops out "WE EAT THOSE!"* she said some parts taste like pork, some like beef and some like chicken.
*Her name was supposed to be Sue Bong Lay, so it is possible the entire thing was a put on.
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I used to work with a lot of Cambodians and the focus of our work related to cross-cultural issues. I heard about Cambodians surviving the "Pol Pot times" by watching the birds in the forest and eating what the birds ate. I also heard about them eating some kind of giant water bugs that American colleagues said look like giant cockroaches. I've never heard of anyone eating elephant. I also just googled and found a story about poaching elephants in Cambodia. The Cambodians kill elephants because they trample their crops, they want the tusks for ivory or they want to sell the babies to the zoo.
Cambodian Daily article
Maybe she understood more English than you realized and she was pulling your collective legs. Or you will give me some post-hoc whiff answer.
