Poor Mac. There he was, expiring magnificently at my side -

- and needing, positively needing me to dandle delicate shreds of chicken between his pale lips; and there I was eating pork, and it was too late even to offer to share, for I had ruinously tainted the lovely pig with a melange of cultural appropriation.

That's Vietnamese noodles with barbecued pork and Chinese soy and a vinegar slaw of cabbage and carrots and apples, all stir-fried together and enlivened with a tomatillo/habanero salsa and some whole Thai chillies, topped with a duck egg and Mexican green onion. Spoiled the nice pork, I did. Poor Mac, he didn't want the nasty thing. So I ate it all myself, while he just carried on dying.

- and needing, positively needing me to dandle delicate shreds of chicken between his pale lips; and there I was eating pork, and it was too late even to offer to share, for I had ruinously tainted the lovely pig with a melange of cultural appropriation.

That's Vietnamese noodles with barbecued pork and Chinese soy and a vinegar slaw of cabbage and carrots and apples, all stir-fried together and enlivened with a tomatillo/habanero salsa and some whole Thai chillies, topped with a duck egg and Mexican green onion. Spoiled the nice pork, I did. Poor Mac, he didn't want the nasty thing. So I ate it all myself, while he just carried on dying.