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SWEET & SOUR
CHINESE FOOD HAS A UNIQUE SAUCE. THAT SAUCE IS CALLED SWEET
& SOUR SAUCE. IT IS ONE OF TWO INGREDIENTS
IN THE WELL-KNOWN DISH
SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN. THE OTHER INGREDIENT IS CHICKEN. CHINESE
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT,
AND SO IS THEIR FOOD. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR BEING
ANGRY AND YELLING A LOT. MOST CHINESE PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH
SO THEY HAD TO ASK SOME ONE WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH TO COME UP WITH A NAME FOR THEIR BEST SAUCE. THE PERSON THEY CHOSE
AS NOT VERY SMART, AND HE HAD A HARD TIME DESCRIBING THE SAUCE. HE SAID, "ITS KIND OF SWEET AND...OR...SOUR..."
THE CHINESE PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NAME HE WAS GIVING THEIR SAUCE.
THE THRUTH IS THAT SWEET & SOUR SAUCE IS JUST
SWEET. IT'S NOT SOUR AT ALL. THE LESSON IS TO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS OVER OR A SAUCE BY ITS NAME.