One of the joys of shopping at the Asian market is that, along with getting to eat some of the most AMAZING soup in the world at their deli, I get to revel in the bluntness of foreign food nomenclature.
Since I don't speak an Asian language, I don't know if the tell-it-like-it-is attitude of the food names is a cultural difference or just a sign of the awkwardness of translating into English. Either way, I love that I can find a beverage that has the word sweat it its name...
It's the Japanese equivalent of Gatorade, without all the euphemistic babble. Gatorade is basically the chemical clone of sweat - with food coloring added. I have to respect the Japanese for just putting it out there so bluntly, pretty much saying: When it's hot, you sweat. Drink sweat to replace the sweat you've been sweating. It's delicious. Enjoy. No "Is it in you?" for them.
Speaking of Gatorade, I covered a week of summer school for Holly (of gall bladder fame) a couple summers ago. One of the boys came in toting a big bottle of dark-purple/borderline-black Gatorade. I'd never seen that kind before, so I asked, "What flavor is that?"
He glanced at the label and replied, "Lance Armstrong."
"So, does that mean it tastes like Lance Armstrong?"
"I guess so."
Apparently, Lance Armstrong's sweat is aubergine in color.
I have no idea what it tastes like, though.
Nor any desire to find out.
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