Dinner last night

My dinner was composed of Italian leftovers and Chinese egg rolls. The Italian leftovers I could not tell you they were made, although I do know the pasta was cooked in olive oil and then a sauce of pesto and shrimp was added unto it. Then there were pieces of chicken,  but the best part was the entree. Italian "Saucisson." My friends brought it back from their last trip, and it reminded me of home, it tasted of villages lost in the rolling hills of southern France/northern Italy. The smoked quality of the meat made it hard to chew, almost like jerky, and the spiciness included set it apart. The pasta smelled, tasted, and looked the best. It was a nice green color, with infinitely small bits of pink, and smelled of olives and pesto. The chicken had been fried in a pan and "panee" (no idea how to say that in English), and it brought back memories of our home in the mountains in France where everything was  homemade. The Chinese food, however, made me realize how much America doesn't know about other cultures. these things were deep fried, and then microwaved, and had almost no taste. they were shiny from the deep frying oil used on them, and didn't look very appetizing at all. They didn't smell like anything either, and they had the texture of wet cardboard. I didn't have any dessert as I was too tired to care at 10 p.m after 4 hours of work.