Word: potted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pot is a rather curious name for a restaurant, and after initial surprise, passersby likely realize that the words have a different connotation in Chinese than they do in English...
...takes repeat customers for a restaurant to keep its doors open, and you just don't become a repeat customer at a place called the Pu Pu Hot Pot if the culinary benefits don't outweigh the social losses you face every time someone asks you where you had dinner last night...
...Chen family, the Pu Pu's owners, also runs the larger Taiwan Cafe on Broadway. Liu says the other restaurant carries the same kind of food, but also specializes in the Mongolian hot pot, a kind of vegetable-and-meat stew that is cooked in a large pot and then dipped in special sauce before eating. Liu says the dish is "typical in northern China during the winter...
...phone calls--three from telemarketers who know they'll find me home at this hour, one from a younger sibling who wants to borrow $300. My six-year-old needs a hug. My nine-year-old needs a ruler with centimeters on it. My toddler needs to slam two pot lids together...
...just five foods that all three kids will eat. I'll start by cutting up an onion, but first I have to clear the countertop. Mail, newspapers, coupons--hey, there's the checkbook--it all goes on top of the dryer. The onion goes into a pot of instant broth along with a few limp carrots and some leftover chicken. The camera trails me as I crush some ice for the toddler, who's teething, and throw a load of whites into the wash...