on Mar 24th, 2007
“The chicken machine”
Today I felt like spreading the word about a quite amazing market that is located within bicycling distance from where I live. We usually refer to it as “the second hand market” as you can find literally anything here. Old books, records, movies, watches, plates, decoration stuff, computers, digital/analog cameras and video games, you name it. Or why not get a really cheap haircut? The “barber shop” is actually the most remarkable thing as.The trimmers they use are driven by either a yellow diesel generator or from the owners scooter!
It was here my neighbor James was able to pick up a really cheap Super Nintendo console. This is a real hardcore gaming machine, Super Mario World was conquered in just a few days and the hot *new* game is Street Fighter Turbo. We also have a boring role playing game in Japanese…
My favorite aspect of the market is however all the fruits and vegetables that are offered at really cheap prices. Last week I spent about 75sek and I got myself about 10 capsicum (red, yellow and green), two bags of fresh basil and parsley, 5 star fruits, a big bag of carrots, a few egg plants, fresh ginger, lettuce. Much more than I can eat in a week.
And I finally found the “chicken machine” that I read about it a few years ago. It is actually a quite cruel device. The process starts when someone points at the alive, screaming and caged chicken they fancy for dinner. Then the unlucky chicken is put inside a big steaming box. After being boiled for about 5 minutes the wet and dead chicken is moved into spinning cylinder. The cylinder is connected to a pipe from which the bird’s feathers is coming out. A while later a featherless chicken is sold to the customer. Its a bit overwhelming I guess, but can you ever get a chicken fresher than that?
Well, tomorrow its Sunday. Time to go again!
That is sickening! But so coool!!!
Wow Taiwan is soo crazy! I wish i was still there!
Hi Nathan,
long time no see. How is everything and what are you up to these days?
Yeah, Taiwan is a quite remarkable country in many ways. Never stops to impress/surprise me….
Your room is still awaiting your arrival
So, whenever you’re in the neighborhood you know what to do!
Cheers!
Wicked! Coming home to summer are u? No?
Hi Niklas,
good to hear from you!
Im afraid its quite unlikely that I will come back to Sweden for the summer. I will soon start working here in Taiwan and i believe there will be little time for summer vacation. But maybe baby, who knows…… When are you returning to “Svea rike”?
As soon as I possibly can. This is a crapcountry with a crapuniversity. But CSN is retaining me until the begin of May.