Readers have spoken: Its grasshoppers-on-a-stick for Pam

** Adoption countdown: 7 days until Pam, Terry and Matthew return home **

By TERRY R. CASSREINO

ZHENGZHOU, China (Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, 6:25 p.m.) – The poll is closed and Pam and I are on our way to find grasshoppers-on-a-stick.

Pam and I would like to thank you for participating in our first poll, “Which exotic food should Pam eat before she leaves China.” The winner with a whopping 6 of 18 votes cast was grasshoppers-on-a-stick.

If you’ve been following our blog the past week, you’ll remember that grasshoppers-on-a-stick were quite plentiful and popular in Beijing. Zhengzhou doesn’t have a night food market like Beijing, where a lot of exotic food was sold.

Because there was such overwhelming desire for Pam to eat grasshoppers on a stick, that’s what we will do. So, off we go to the Zhengzhou 24-hour grasshopper-on-a-stick fast food shop (Grasshopper King, I think they call it here).

And don’t forget: If you were one of the six who voted for grasshoppers-on-a-stick, kindly send your name and address to us by e-mail so Pam can send you a nice thank-you card.

Stay tuned …

Copyright 2008 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.