As for me, my needs are few, and my desires
equally few but not necessarily the same or
even compatible.

Understood... and similar here, though probably not quite as minimal
as you.... :)

But when I want something, it's a dilly.

And how often obtainable...?

I don't keep track; doing so would be discomforting
and ultimately fruitless.

American has come out with a new snack: Nakd Berry Delight,
which is essentially with the exception of 3% contamination
with raspberries a raw gluten-free dairy-free no added sugar
fruitcake with cashews, figs, and raisins. Kind of interesting.

Indeed interesting...

Though not poisonous interesting. Fruitcake gets
a bad rap, part of which may be undeserved.

Available only in first class, coach getting Biscoffs (good but unhealthy by anyone's standards) or pretzels (bad and unhealty).

Another perk of your exalted status.... ;)

I was going to say Lilli's, but in this case
I got it on my own. I can coattail only when
I'm on the same ticket.

last" and in the fine print on the back, "Availability, selection and pricing may vary by Club or BJs.com. Items available only while supplies last." No waffles as to that not applying in some states....

That looks eminently fightable, especially given that
silence (as they don't want to trumpet out the eceptions).

I suspect they've researched it out, and made it relatively
unfightable... :) Maybe you can research that further.....

If it became relevant to me, perhaps. But in general,
I figure it's a bluff in the same way that many
copyright notices are.

... After all is said and done, a lot more has been said than done.

It may be better that way.

&

people, who have long since despaired of finding
opiates, gold bars, or explosives on me, do an
especial scan for bak kwa.

I take it that that is another thing that would be confiscated

For sure. Customs is very strict - perhaps unduly
so - about meat importation (or smuggling). The
standard response given by the front-line agents
apparently is "mad cow disease." It is said not
to be an adequate rebuttal to point out that the
meat in question is not bovine.

did they find it on you....?

Course not. I skirt the edge of rules sometimes,
when it suits me, but never go directly against,
and further, catching me with this would be
cause to take away my privileges, which would
lose me perhaps two days (i.e., 48 hours) over
the course of a year.

So no chance that you'd bring any home for echoites to try....? ;)

Nope, unless you want to make it.

Bakkwa
categories: Cantonese, holiday, pork, snack
Yield: 1 12" by 14" sheet of jerky.

500 g ground pork, dark lean meat, 10% fat
2 Tb soy sauce
2 Tb oyster sauce
1/2 ts fish sauce
125 g sugar

Homemade Chinese Pork Jerky

Preheat oven to 140F/60C.

Put the meat and all other ingredients into mixing
bowl and mix in one direction only for 2 min. Line
your largest baking tray with baking paper. Pour
meat out on baking paper and use spatula to spread
out and smooth over into an even approx 2 to 3 mm
thickness. Place baking tray in oven, leaving the
oven door open around 2". Around the 8 hr mark of
drying you should test the meat sheet and when you
can lift it without breaking it to pieces (try
rolling it up gently), flip over to other side.
Let dry for a total of 12 hr until the meat is dry
throughout and can easily be lifted up in one piece
without any sticking to the paper.

Cut meat sheet to a size that will fit into your
grilling pan and grill each piece over medium low
heat for a few minutes until caramelized with black
spots here and there. Turn over and repeat on other
side. Let cool completely and cut into 2" by 1"
rectangles. Store in airtight container and eat
within a week, if it can last that long. (Tip: If
you don't want it all eaten in one day, I would
suggest hiding the container!)

Adapted from S.C. Moey, Chinese Feasts and Festivals: A Cookbook thehongkongcookery.com
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